National Guard patrols Memphis as strikes hit city
National Guard troops maintained an uneasy peace in Memphis as police and firefighters staged simultaneous strikes for the first time, curfews disrupted nightlife and business. Guards guarded police stations and firehouses. many strikers were arrested while some later returned to work. Local officials likened the labor turmoil to past crises as Elvis Presley anniversary events were dampened.
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Memphis
Friendly Cab Co
Ulyses Nesbit
Presley
Graceland Mansion
Robert Walker
Walker
Robert Love
Gas turbines provide standby plant power
In New York a UPI report notes gas turbines let firms generate their own power for standby or continuous use. Ronzoni in Brooklyn uses two Solar Saturn turbines for primary power and 800 degree F exhaust heat for co generation. Small installations offer light, compact, versatile units with lower maintenance and downtime.
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New York
UPI
Roger Swingle
International Harvester
Solar Turbines International Division
San Diego
Swingle
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ronzoni
Earthline to appeal ruling to close Wilsonville dump
A Macoupin County judge ordered Earthline Corp to halt burying hazardous wastes at the Wilsonville site and remove contaminated soil, prompting attorney Fred Prillman to say Earthline would appeal. The ruling could trigger a lengthy appeal possibly reaching the U.S. Supreme Court as Wilsonville residents cheer the decision.
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Earthline
Wilsonville
Springfield, Ill
UPI
Fred Prillman
Earthline Corp
Springfield
Macoupin County
John Russell
Russell
Prillaman
Torney
Kenneth Boyle
Boyle
U.S. Supreme Court
Missouri
Macoupin County Farm Bureau
Madison County
Illinois
William Scott
Environmental Protection Agency
Pollution Control Board
Circuit
EPA
Carter urges Congress to resist lobbyists and inflation
President Carter told 8,600 at a Midcontinent Farmers' Association conclave in Columbia Missouri that Congress must resist lobbyists to win the fight against inflation. He pledged to halt expanded beef imports this year, reject price controls on meat, and pressed for hospital cost containment while criticizing energy and water legislation. He warned that without congressional resistance the inflation fight would fail and urged cost controls on hospitals.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Congress
Columbia
House
Senate
Robert Byrd
House Commerce Committee
United States
Marathon swimmer Nyad gives up 80 miles from Florida goal
Diana Nyad abandoned her Cuba to Florida crossing after 41 hours in the water, about 80 to 85 miles south of Key West, due to swollen tongue and jellyfish stings amid 3 to 5 foot seas. She returned to Key West aboard an escort boat, not seeking medical aid.
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Miss J.C
UPI
Diana Nyad
Cuba
Florida
U.S. Coast Guard
Nyad
Bahia Honda
Florida Keys
Coast Guard
Florida Straits
Key West
Ken Gunderson
Sand Key
Gunderson
Mort Crim to join Detroit TV station WDIV
Mort Crim, longtime WBBM Chicago anchor, will join WDIV Detroit as co anchor of the 6 p.m. and 1 p.m. newscasts starting September 18. Crim, 42, has anchored for KYW Philadelphia and WHAS Louisville and served as an ABC News correspondent. He last year won an Emmy for Illinois automobile and homeowners insurance reports. He will also handle special projects and documentaries.
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Detroit
UPI
Mort Crim
Wbbm TV
Chicago
Wdiv-Tv
WDIV
James Lynagh
Crim
WBBM
Kyw-Tv
Philadelphia
Whas-Tv
Louisville
ABC News
Illinois
Lynagh
Geese On Suburban Golf Course Signal Early Migration
In Prospect Heights Illinois golfers at Rob Roy Golf Course face flocks of Canada geese on the greens. Nearly 100 birds arrived on Thursday prompting staff concerns. Nancy Kreuser notes birds have gathered before, though not usually until early September. John Fitzpatrick of the Field Museum expects the geese to linger and preen until departure season.
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Prospect Heights
Rob Roy Golf Course
Nancy Kreuser
John Fitzpatrick
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National Guard
A.1.d.s
A.I.D.S
P.D
Morris, IL
Richard Long
Long
San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art
Joliet Dental Office, Ltd
West Jefferson
Emco Building
Jolit
Museum Bird Division
Commonwealth Edison
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