Government consumer help line list across federal agencies
A compiled roster lists nearly two dozen federal contacts for consumer issues. It covers Food and Agriculture, Air Travel, Business, Consumer Information, Product Safety, Energy, Housing, Education, Antitrust, Work Regulation, Stocks and Bonds, Transportation, Mail, and more with names, titles, agencies, addresses, and phone numbers.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Nancy Stearts
Sec. For
Consumer Affairs
Agriculture Dept
Washington, D.C
Jack Yohe
The
Consumer Advocate
Civil Aeronautics Board
Sam Shernwim
Commerce Dept
Consumer Information
David Peterson
Consumer Information Center
General Services Administration
Antitrust
Gregory B. Hovendon
Justice Dept
John Read
Labor Department
Frank Donaty Jr
Investor Service
Securities & Exchange Commission
Antonina P. Uccello
Office of Consumer Affairs Transportation Dept
John Auten
Office of Financial Analysis
Treasury Dept
Thomas Chadwick
U.S. Postal Service
OSHA Hearings Open On Job Noise Levels Across Nation
Washington AP reports the federal government opened hearings on workplace noise regulations with OSHA proposing stricter medical testing and a lower noise limit. EPA backs 85 decibels while industry groups and labor unions prepare to present testimony over four weeks from 100 witnesses. Government studies show costs of 13 to 30 billion dollars to meet the proposed standards amid health concerns cited by experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Daniel P. Boyd
OSHA
Boyd
Afl-Cio
A Scientific
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Labor Movement
Governent
New York
President Honors Food Council Russian Airmen Warned Of Hunger Threat
President Ford honors three Russians connected to the 1937 North Pole flight Aleksander Bel yakov Georgi Baidukov and Igor Chkalov for the historic route from Europe to North America. The World Food Council warns hunger threatens peace and seeks over 1.6 billion dollars in aid plus a 1 billion agricultural fund to back developing nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honors Food Council
Washington
Ford
North Pole
Europe
United States
Aleksander V. Belyakov
Georgi F. Baidukov
Igor V. Chkalov
Valery Chkalov
Vancouver
Wash
Oakland
Calif
Portland
Ore
White House
Hans Friderichs
John T. Dunlop
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Metropolitan Opera
Wolf Trap Farm
Virginia
Rome
World Food Council
United Nations
Council
John A. Hannah
Hannah
Asia
Africa
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Women Priests Again Conduct Worship Service
In Oberlin Ohio two women priests led communion despite church action against the male priest who invited them. Revs Alison Cheek and Carter Heyward conducted the service two days after Rev L Peter Beebe was found guilty of violating priestly vows by letting them lead a service on December 8. A church court urged Bishop John Burt to admonish Beebe. failure could lead to suspension. Beebe said the matter is conscience and vowed to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin, Ohio
Episcopal Church
Alison Cheek
Carter Heyward
Christ's Episcopal Church
Peter Beebe
John H. Burt
Ohio
Beebe
Oraily
Miss Heyward
New York City
Miss Cheek
Annandale
Christ
Philadelphia
House of Bishops
Italian Reds Free Of Kremlin Leader Says
Italian Communist Party leader Enrico Berlinguer says the era of Kremlin directives to non Soviet bloc parties is over and the party has absolute autonomy. He spoke at Rome and cited gains in regional elections while denying plans to join the national government. The interview notes the party’s 1.7 million members and aims for social reforms and modernization without pulling Italy from NATO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Communist Party
Enrico Berlinguer
Kremlin
Soviet Bloc
Time Magazine
Rome
Berlinguer
Time
America
Communist Party Movement
Christian Democrats
Italy
Greece
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Oil Jobs Take Americans Into A New World
In Dubai and Abu Dhabi, about 2000 Americans work in the oil industry, adjusting to desert towns turned modern. Wives face social restraints, shopping, and limited outings while their husbands work offshore or in drilling projects. Expatriates describe a new world with mixed freedoms and cultural discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Trista
Arabian Gulf
Danny
Lake Charles
United States
Dubai Petroleum Co
Continental Oil
Conoco
Iran
Shiraz
Isfahan
U.S
Abu Dhabi
Richard B. Jackman
Carol Petterson
Edmonton
Alta
Carol
Eastern Bechtel Corp
Das Island
Bechtel
Chiyoda Corp
Gulf States
Dubai Creek
Virginia Johnston
Sanger
Calif
Python Squeeze Nearly Fatal For Miami Beach Entertainer
MIAMI BEACH AP A 16 foot python wrapped around nightclub performer Joe Savage neck and torso during a weekend show. He lost consciousness on stage before stagehands freed him. He was treated and released from a hospital and plans to return to the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fila
Joe Savage
Savage
Nixon Resigns From Supreme Court Bar
Washington AP reports former President Richard Nixon was granted resignation from the Supreme Court bar. The court ordered his name removed from the list of attorneys admitted to practice before it. Justices Douglas and Rehnquist did not participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Supreme Court
Nixon
William C. Douglas
William H. Rehnquist
8 000 Ferris Wheel Rides Is New Record
Topeka youths claim a 22 day ferris wheel spin record at a local amusement park riding the wheel about 8 000 times. They slept in a wheel shed and plan to join a circus in Madisonville Conn later this month. In a separate dispatch from Dar es Salaam Tanzania the US agreed to lend Tanzania 12 million dollars for agricultural projects to boost food production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka, Kan
Topeka
David Chabira
Jocko
John Denaka
Bimbo
Denaka
Chabira
Madisonville
Conn
Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
United States
U.S
Beverly Carter
Cleopa Msuya
Hollerin contest draws hush and brag from across states
In Spivey’s Corner North Carolina the National Hollerin Contest crowned 78 year old Henry Parsons of Clinton as champion for a 1915 yell titled Oh Quit that Tickling Me The event promoted by the local volunteer fire department grew into the crossroads communities signature festival drawing contestants from Texas New York and Florida and tracing Hollerin’s origins to signaling and neighborly chatter
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Spivey
N.C
H.A. Oliver
Texas
New York
Florida
North Carolina
Henry
Pop" Parsons
Clinton
Parsons
Spivey’s Corner
Jobless Rate Down In Fall Greenspan Says
Washington AP report quotes Alan Greenspan predicting unemployment peaks at 9.2 percent in May, then declines by next January to about 8.5 percent and to 7.25 to 7.5 percent in 1976. He calls the recession “pretty much spent” and cautions about inflation and fiscal deficits. Friedrich von Hayek argues lasting inflation cure may require another year of high unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Greenspan
CBS
Friedrich von Hayek
von Hayek
NBC
Meet the Press
Cops and Robbers Show To Continue In Park
In Los Angeles a Superior Court judge allowed police trainee drills in Elysian Park to continue, rejecting a suit that called the training frightening. The mock arrests and shakedowns have drawn spectators for over 40 years near Dodger Stadium highlighting a longstanding park attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Superior Court
Julius Title
Elysian Park
Dodger Stadium
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary Kay Ryan
Bureau of Complaints
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Westbard Ave
Bethesda
Hazel Rollins
Federal Energy Administration
12Th & Penna Ave
N.W
Emmet J. Gavin
Federal Power Commission
Ruth Beeler White
Consumer
Food & Drug Administration
Fishers Lane Rockville
J. Thomas Rosch
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Federal Trade Commission
Decker Anstrom
Commissioner Administration On Aging Health, Education & Welfare Dept
Virginia H. Knauer
Office of Consumer Affairs
Jean Green
Public Information Officer Policy Commission
Health, Education Welfare Dept
Housing and Urban Development
Wilbur Jones
Environment
Lena Beauregard
Consumers On Interior Dept
Warner L. Baylor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Vera Cohen
Margaux Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Errol Wetson
Andre Meunier
First
Paris
Kreisky
Bonn
West Germany
Bruno Kreisky
Helmut Schmidt
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Lynnwood
Seattle
Peking
Bangkok
Thailand
Kukrit Pramo
China
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Malaysia
Philippines
Hollerin
Keeven
Eva
Howard
Anston
Liberty Tues
Francis the Talking Mule
Showtime
Little Dixie Drive-In
Simmons
Slendera
Mexico
Missouri
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