Racial Quota Dispute May Delay Jobs Bill
Washington negotiates a fight over racial quotas that could stall a $4 billion federally funded public works jobs program. The dispute, already in court, affects minority owned businesses seeking entry to construction and risks delaying major state and city projects nationwide. A Justice Department official described the issue as of interest to every working man.
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Justice Department
Congress
Department
Associated General Contractors
California
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Montana
John Ellis
Supreme Court
US Allies Clash Over Arms Embargo on South Africa
At the United Nations the United States and Britain and France debate immediate arms embargo or a warning resolution against South Africa over its racial policies. Debates pause until Friday with no vote expected before Monday. Carter aims to back embargo, while Western powers veto in 1975 blocks persist.
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N.Y
United States
U.N. Security Council
South Africa
U.S
Andrew Young
Britain
France
Soviet Union
China
Council
Carter
Israel
Richard Moose
Washington
Executives Ready to Pay Up to Two Dollars a Gallon
A Vestaur survey shows American business and financial leaders would pay as much as 2.08 per gallon to continue driving to work, with nearly 20 percent refusing to switch at any price. The study notes public transit is not seen as a viable alternative in most cities. It also reports 85 percent favor a 26 cent gas tax increase over rationing. Vestaur is a First Pennsylvania Corp subsidiary.
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Philadelphia
Vestaur Quarterly
Vestaur
John Dickerson
Dickerson
First Pennsylvania Corp
19-Year-Old Arrested For Mass Murders In Seaside
In Seaside California a 19 year old high school dropout, Harold Arnold Bicknell, jailed on four counts of first degree murder for the knife slayings of his grandmother Josephine Smith, 66, her daughter Suzanne Harris, 28, Harris' daughter Rachel, 6, and Harris' niece Renee Ferguson, 16. Bicknell, who joined the Navy after the victims' funeral, was flown from the San Diego Navy center. Bail set at 50000 with possible increase. police expect more arrests soon.
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Seaside
Calif
Harold Arnold Bicknell
Navy
San Diego Naval Recruit Training Center
Bill
Gullett
San Francisco
Bicknell
Monterey
Monterey County
Dean Flippo
Josephine Smith
Suzanne Harris
Burns Criticizes Carter Policy Ahead of Fed Action
Fed Chairman Arthur Burns condemns Carter administration spending and urges investment instead. Blumenthal urges Middle East nations to curb oil prices as U.S. trade deficit figures for September loom. Bethlehem Steel posts a $477 million Q3 loss. GM hits a record $402 million Q3 profit while Chrysler declines. The Fed’s rate hike to 6 percent faces White House opposition as Burns defends tighter money to curb inflation. Inflation has run about 5 percent annually over the last quarter.
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Arthur F. Burns
Carter
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Middle East
U.S
Commerce Department
Burns
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors Corp
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Spokane Wash
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