Grocery Prices Still Going Up Moderately
AP survey shows July prices rising at a moderate pace with scattered sharp boosts. Items frequently increasing include frozen orange juice concentrate tomato sauce milk and frankfurters while chopped duck pork chops and eggs fell. The market basket rose on average 2.2 percent in five cities and fell 9 percent in eight. Coffee dipped with a 20 cent drop in six cities while orange juice rose in eight cities.
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Associated Press
Providence
R.I
Salt Lake City
Carter staffers protest Carter abortion funding stance
Washington AP reports female White House aides prepare a memorandum opposing federally funded abortions in Medicaid. The draft notes deep discomfort with the administration’s stance and signals possible Cabinet signers, amid private discussion at a recent abortion issue meeting. Meanwhile in Clayton Missouri two University City youths face charges for starting a Plastic Bottle Corp. fire during a firemen’s strike, with investigations ongoing and youths unnamed due to age.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Housing and Urban Development
Patricia Roberts Harris
Glayton
University City
St Louis
Thre Plastic Bottle Corp
Births in area families include nine newborns across several towns
Angela Janette Hedges weighed six pounds ten ounces at Audrain Medical Center while her father Wendell Hedges serves at Ft. Richardson Alaska. Laura Suzanne Flynn born at 9 40 am weighs seven pounds eleven ounces at Addrain Medical Center to Ray Flynn. Eric Dale Leake arrives weighing eleven pounds eight ounces with Alan Leake employed at North American Refractories Co. Charles F Roden's son Richard Shane Roden born at Audrain Medical Center six pounds five ounces. Alan Joseph Baldwin weighs eight pounds ten ounces born to Gerald Baldwin at Audrain Medical Center. Gerald works for Southwestern Bell.
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Wendell K. Hedges
Montgomery City
Angela Janette Hedges
Audrain Medical Center
Hedges
Ft. Richardson
Alaska
United States Army
Ray M. Flynn
Martinsburg
Addrain Medical Center
Laura Suzanne Flynn
Flynn
Alan D. Leake
Perry
Agdrain Medical Center
Eric Dale Leake
Leake
North American Refractories Co
Richard Shane Roden
Charles F. Roden
Mr. Roden
Claussen Excavating
Gerald J. Baldwin
Auxvasse
Alan Joseph Baldwin
Baldwin
The
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Ichord Seeks Meramec Dam Referendum Vote
Rep. Richard H. Ichord plans a regional referendum on the Meramec Park lake project to decide its fate. The Globe-Democrat reports formal requests were to be delivered to Gov. Teasdale and Sen. Eagleton, aiming to avert further federal funding cuts.
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ST. Louis
Meramec Park Lake
Richard H. Ichord
D-Mo
Globe-Democrat
Washington
Ichord
Meramec
Joseph P. Teasdale
Thomas F. Eagleton
Eagleton
John C. Danforth
R-Mo
Congress
Controversy Surrounds Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant in California
Diablo Canyon on the central California coast sits idle as the NRC weighs licensing. A nearby ocean fault Hosgri raises quake concerns with USGS warnings of a 7.50 quake versus the plant’s 6.79 design. Protesters link antiwar and civil disobedience as media coverage grows after Seabrook style actions.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
California
Diablo Canyon
Diablo
Hosgri
Oil Company
Pacific Gas and Eléctric Co
San Francisco
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Hoggin
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Pg&e
Seabrook
N.H
Clamshell Alliance Returns to Seabrook Site Protest
Seabrook New Hampshire AP reports the Clamshell Alliance resumes protest at the Seabrook nuclear site three months after 1,414 arrests. A vigil at the gate follows last week's NRC appeals board reinstatement of the construction permit amid EPA approval of the cooling system. Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, the project’s major stockholder, warns months may pass before activity returns. few workers are expected as union leaders note many found other jobs.
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Seabrook
N.H
Clamshell Alliance
Clamshell
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Appeals Board
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Public Service
Rory Calhoun Seeks Divorce in California Custody Fight
Actor Rory Calhoun files for divorce in Santa Monica Superior Court after separation since February. He will share custody of their daughter, 35 year old wife Susan Kathleen to receive monthly child support. Calhoun, 55, is known for River of No Return How to Marry a Millionaire and starred in The Texans.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Rory Calhoun
Susan Kathleen
Superior Court
Calhoun
GOP Leaders Rally Against Cargo Preference Payment Politicized Link
Three top Republicans accuse President Carter of a blatant political payoff for maritime campaign contributions over a cargo preference bill. The group cites a Cambridge Reports poll showing broad program support despite energy plan opposition and seeks full explanation in open hearings.
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Washington
Carter
Republican National Committee
Bill Brock
Senate
Howard Baker
Tennessee
House
John Rhodes
Arizona
Cambridge
Paul McCloskey
Rcalif
United States
Stuart Bizenstat
McCloskey
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Strike May Curtail Steel Firms
Thousands of iron ore workers in Minnesota and Michigan walk off to strike the basic steel industry. United Steelworkers claim a strong vote after failed local negotiations, risking production and potential damages from the no strike clause dispute.
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Duluth
Minn
Minnesota
Upper Michigan
United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel Corp
Andrew Starsky
Pittsburgh
Linus Wampler
Lead
USW
Hurley
Wis
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