Ford signs mortgage bill after Senate approval and auto delay debate
Senate approved a mortgage financing measure for thousands of moderate income homebuyers by voice vote and sent it to the White House after a compromise on buyer fee limits. Ford pushes four year delay on stricter auto exhaust rules citing catalytic converter health concerns. No fault car insurance plan advances in Senate committee, promising savings of up to $1 billion annually. Navy grounds all 139 F14 fighters amid safety inspections after a crash. earlier 600 F4 Phantoms also pulled for checks. Also two distant Lebanese born cousins face espionage hearings in New York and Baltimore next month, marking a rare Soviet spying case in recent years.
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Rockville
FBI seeks slayers on Pine Ridge Reservation in renewed hunt
FBI agents intensify search on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota for those who killed two agents during warrant service. About 200 agents search rugged hills with armored vehicles and aircraft, while tensions rise over past violence and tribal divisions.
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Associated Press
Pig tissue valve gives Cheryl Petit a chance at normal life
In Miami Beach doctors implanted a heart valve made mainly of pig tissue in 19 year old Cheryl Petit after she survived childbirth. Without the operation she faced likely death, but the implant enables a physically full life after recovery.
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Fla
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Fort Lauderdale
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Mount Sinai Hospital
Paris jewel theft tops list of great heists
Four gunmen dressed as delivery boys robbed the Paris apartment of an American heiress taking jewelry valued by police at about a million dollars. The incident ranks among history’s boldest thefts and leaves investigators with few clues.
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Wisconsin 55 mph limit set to expire Monday
Wisconsin faces the expiration of its 55 mph energy crisis speed limit as the Senate adjourns without renewing the program. Officials warn federal funds and fuel conservation goals hang in the balance while lawmakers argue over rail and energy measures.
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Wisconsin
Charles Cicchetti
Senate
Cicchetti
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Col
Lewis Versnik
Fred Risser
Molasses Flood Hits Milwaukee Yeast Plant
About 60,000 gallons of molasses leaked from a cracked tank at a Milwaukee yeast plant, flooding Canal Street and covering the plant floor two feet deep. Firefighters spent four hours washing the thick liquid into sewers while plant personnel began cleanup. financial loss was not yet estimated.
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Canal Street
Badger Briefs: Postpone Action and Merit Pay Move
Madison Senate postpones action on a proposed clean election fund funded by voluntary state tax form contributions. Kissinger to visit Milwaukee July 14 15 for policy address and All Star ball. Merit pay formula for state employees approved 21 5 sent to Gov Lucey to take effect with next fiscal year. Assembly Senate panel forms to address medical malpractice insurance after failure to agree.
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Senate
Patrick J. Lucey
Kissinger
Milwaukee
Henry Kissinger
Wisconsin legislators depart without budget action
Wisconsin legislators leave the statehouse for a long weekend still divided on the 1977 budget energy conservation and medical malpractice reform with a stalled 3.2 billion plan. Gov Lucey pushes for caps on municipal and school spending and threats a veto. Salary increases for lawmakers loom while a conference committee seeks compromise within ten days.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
Lucey
la Crosse
Assembly-Senate
Vanishing breed Bidwell refuses staff for Madison senate row
Sen. Everett Cy Bidwell of Portage is among a vanishing breed in the Wisconsin statehouse. He answers his own phone, has no administrative aide, and runs his office frugally to focus on constituent service. Bidwell objects to pay hikes for lawmakers and says he prefers direct contact and hands on work.
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Cy’’ Bidwell
Portage
Statehouse
Bidwell
David Berger
Milwaukee
Frances
Assembly
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