Man commutes 94 miles daily by bike plane and car
John Booker, 36, engineers aide, travels 94 miles each workday from Bradenton to Honeywell in St. Petersburg by 8 minute bike ride to a private airstrip, 17 minute flight to the airport, and a five minute car ride. He praises flying for avoiding traffic and notes similar weekly fuel costs.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
John Booker
Booker
Bradenton
St. Petersburg-Clearwater
Honeywell, Inc
Air Force
Lakeland
Utilities steel roots face coal strike threat in November
With coal stockpiles dwindling utilities and steel mills fear a miners walkout Nov 12 could curb production. FEA drafts contingency plans to divert coal and potential embargoes while TVA reports 41 days of reserves and calls for voluntary curtailment.
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New York
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Associated Press
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Loss no problem for Russia’s grain situation
Washington’s move to halt 125 million bushels of U.S. grain shipments to the Soviet Union poses no immediate problem as Soviet reserves reach a three year high. Western experts foresee a large harvest and note the country remains not dependent on imports while prices have risen.
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Moscow
Washington
Russia
Earl Butz
Ford
U.S
Soviet Union
United States
Nursery School Opens in Middletown and Closes This Week
A Middletown nursery school opened recently to teach freshmen home economics students hands-on child care. The program ends this week, offering a practical lesson in childcare.
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Middletown
David Flick
John Sheckler
Ford Intervenes as Two Firms Cancel Grain Contracts with Russia
President Ford secured cancellation of 500 million dollars in grain export contracts with the Soviet Union to prevent higher domestic grocery prices amid a disappointing harvest. Continental Grain Co. and Cook Industries, facing government pressure, agreed to end deals, while officials push a voluntary cooperation plan to avoid broad export controls. The move comes after Soviet purchasers signaled large corn and wheat purchases and follows a six day West Coast tour by Butz and Ford officials to assess markets.
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Washington
Ford
Soviet Union
Ron Nessen
White House
Continental Grain Co
New York
Cook Industries, Inc
Memphis, Tenn
Treasury
William E. Simon
Agriculture
Moscow
Continental
Cook
Butz
United States
Agriculture Department
U.S
Tony Dechant
Farmers Union
Ford Amnesty Program Fails to Heal War Wounds
As the Ford conditional amnesty draws near its first weeks only a small share of 4000 listed draft dodgers and deserters have accepted legal forgiveness. Pentagon and Justice Department officials say results are inconclusive amid opposition from anti amnesty groups and ACLU legal challenges.
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Washington
Ford
American Civil Liberties Union
Justice Department
Pentagon
Justice
John Russell
William Saxbe
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Atterbury
Army
Indian Summer Warmspell Expected This Week
Forecast shows a stretch of warm weather with high temperatures in the upper 70s. A chance of showers is possible tomorrow but temperatures should rise again into the 70s.
Perk campaign denial stays firm on Senate bid
Cleveland mayor Ralph J. Perk plans to continue campaigning for the U S Senate despite reports from The Associated Press and Columbus papers that he might end statewide efforts. Campaign manager Robert Bennett called the reports a deliberate lie and said Perk will keep all commitments.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Ralph J. Perk
Perk
U.S. Senate
United States Senate
Washington
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Associated Press
John Glenn
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ACLU
Veterans Organizations
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