Virginia official named to chair Ohio River Valley panel
Cincinnati AP reports Warren L. Braun, current chairman of Virginia State Water Control Board, will assume the chairmanship of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission on July 1. The commission, formed in 1948 to address interstate water pollution in the Ohio River Basin, elected Braun at its May meeting.
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Cincinnati
Virginia
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation
Warren L. Braun
Virginia State Water Control Board
Braun
Commission
Ohio River
PBS satellite system gives stations more program choice
PBS officials say a new satellite setup lets 276 noncommercial stations select from up to four channels, boosting autonomy and potential for stereo sound, multilingual broadcasts, and closed captioning by fall 1979. The system, leased from Western Union, expands from three current feeds to four, with five regional transmitters feeding 165 licensees and 148 receivers nationwide.
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Dallas
Public Broadcasting Service
Dan Wells
PBS
Wells
Washington
Columbia
S.C
Tallahassee
Fla
Lincoln
Neb
Denver
HEW jogger dies after Capitol Hill three mile run
David K. Wilson a 46 year old HEW program analyst collapsed near the finish line of a three mile run to HEW headquarters in Washington. He died at Capitol Hill Hospital after bystander and medical teams failed to revive him. Wilson helped coordinate intergovernmental exchanges and was active in efforts to enforce a 1972 sex discrimination law in education. His widow said he had jogged regularly and hoped to run the Marine Corps Marathon this November. The event featured several dozen HEW employees and about 120 participants, many young women, who rallied for stronger enforcement of the law.
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Washington
David K. Wilson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Wilson
Capitol Hill Hospital
Gerald Britten
Britten
Marine Corps
AFSCME leader warns California tax rollback could cost jobs
Jerry Wurt, president of the 1 million member AFSCME, told AFLCIO convention the California Proposition 13 signals broader tax cuts. He called it a deception costing billions in federal writeoffs, benefiting business while harming government employees. He urged federal tax reform and progressive state funding incentives.
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Jerry Wurt
American Federation of
California
Wurf
Aflcio
America
Wurt
Carter
Sweden’s Mountains House Large Industrial Plants
Sweden has long housed large industrial plants carved into mountains, a feature reflecting the nation’s resource needs and engineering prowess. The rugged terrain enabled expansive underground facilities that protected operations and improved efficiency, shaping regional industry and employment across several decades.
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Sweden
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