PUC optimistic about Pennsylvania gas supply to 1981
Harrisburg reports a bright forecast for state natural gas inventories into 1981 with a projected winter surplus of 4.3 billion cubic feet. The analysis credits reduced curtailment, lower requirements, and strong conservation efforts, while noting variable deficiencies and surpluses among major utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
UPI
Public Utility Commission
Pennsylvania
Louis Carter
Carter
Conrad Six
PUC Bureau of Conservation, Economics and Energy Planning
Commission
PUC
Carnegie Natural Gas
Columbia
Equitable
Penn Fuel
Pennsylvania Gas & Water
UGI
National Fuel Gas
Ing
T. W. Phillips
National Fuel
Pair awaits firing squad in Utah Jail
Utah Supreme Court to review pleas for stays less than 72 hours before a scheduled double execution of Dale Pierre and William Andrews. The court vacated last minute stays, with the full court set to hear arguments Monday at 2 p.m. If no halt, the duo faces a dawn firing squad, a first in the U.S. since 1977.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Supreme Court
William Andrews
Dale Pierre
Salt Lake City
UPI
High Court
Richard Maughan
3Rd District Court
James Sawaya
Air Force
Ogden
Utah
State Supreme Court
Maughan
A.H. Ellett
Pierre
Andrews
United States
Gary Gilmore
Utah State Prison
Gilmore
Trinidad
West Indies
Jonesboro
U.S. Supreme Court
Robert Hansen
Sawaya
10Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Hansen
Larry Morris
Amtrak Unclaimed Luggage Auction Draws Crowd
At Philadelphia's 30th Street Station storeroom auction Amtrak sold about 428 unclaimed items from stations between Washington and Boston. The crowd numbered roughly 400, with bidders hoping to snag cameras, leather dresses, an 1871 Hawthorne works set, and other baggage items as officials intended to reunite owners before the sale.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Amtrak
30Th Street
Washington
Boston
George Harper
University of Michigan
Harper
Ben Woodcock
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Eugene Gary
Norristown
Betty Gallagher
John Hargrave
Baggage
Express
Chinese warn Mao criticism not to get out of hand
Chinese authorities warned leaders of protests against Mao not to amplify demands for democracy or attack his legacy. Kyodo and Peking reports note new wall posters praising Mao appeared in Beijing as anti Mao rallies waver. About 2000 youths gathered at Tiananmen Square amid disorganization, with officials cautioning against naming Mao and exposing domestic events to foreign reporters.
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Tokyo
UPI
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Kyodo
Mao
Lenin
Changan
China
Hsiao-ping
Tienanmen Square
Wu Teh
Gang of Four
Restraints on steel urged by union and industry
United Steelworkers President Lloyd McBride and Richard P. Simmons of Allegheny Ludlum urged the government to extend three-year import restraints on stainless steel and alloy tool steel. They petitioned the International Trade Commission, which must advise President Carter within 90 days. McBride and Simmons said current controls curb inflation without raising it, and neither group tied extension to wage price guideline support.
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Washington
UPI
United Steelworkers
Lloyd McBride
Specialty
Carter
International Trade Commission
Commission
McBride
Richard P. Simmons
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
White House
Simmons
Local officials threaten mass resignations over ethics law
Harrisburg report warns of widespread resignations if local officials are not exempted from financial disclosure. It cites 1,271 unpaid school directors threatening to quit over income source reporting and urges amendments to exclude low earners, those sworn in before 1980, and to extend the act’s effective date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
UPI
House
Pennsylvania School Boards’ Association
James Earl Ray's Brother Jerry Testifies Before Panel
Jerry Ray, brother of James Earl Ray, testified to the House Assassinations Committee and invoked disclaimers about bank robbery involvement while denying knowledge of the King killing. John Ray, 45, faces questions on a possible family conspiracy and was detained earlier in St Louis on trespass and assault charges.
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Washington
UPI
James Earl Ray
House
Martin Luther King Jr
Jerry
John
John Ray
St. Louis
U.S
King
Memphis
Tenn
Europe
Mark Speiser
Alton
Ill
Jerry Ray
Arthur George McMillan
Ray
McMillan
Missouri State Penitentiary
London
Florence Kennedy
Police discipline urged after Beaver County shots incident
State Justice Department recommends discipline for two Hopewell Township officers who fired at youths leaving a fast food restaurant in 1977. One shot hit the car gas tank, another ricocheted off a windshield. Juveniles aged 16 to 18 faced Beaver County Juvenile Court actions. one convicted of resisting arrest.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
State Justice Department
Hopewell Township
Beaver County
Community Advocate
Robert Meull
Timothy Holpp
Frank Tuplin
Michael Louik
Hopewell
Holpp
Merulli
Tuplin
Joseph Unis
Unis
Mailman sprayed 3-year-old with mace in Albuquerque
A postal spokesman said an unidentified mailman sprayed a 3-year-old boy, Edward Sanchez, in the face with mace after the boy allegedly shot him with a water gun. The child was treated and released from a hospital. The mailman is off his delivery route while officials pursue administrative action.
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Albuquerque
N.M
UPI
Edward Sanchez
Pirates Must Pay Damages In Eye Injury Case
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered the Pittsburgh Pirates and Three Rivers Management Corp. to pay $125,000 to Evelyn M. Jones of Pittsburgh after she was struck in the eye by a baseball during batting practice at Three Rivers Stadium on July 16, 1970. The 1976 Common Pleas verdict had been set aside by the Superior Court.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
State Supreme Court
Pittsburgh Pirates
Three Rivers Management Corp
Three Rivers Stadium
Evelyn M. Jones
Oakland
Common Pleas Court
Baseball Club
Stadium Management
Ms. Jones
State Superior Court
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Kyodo Dispatch
William Pepper
Pepper
William Bradford Huie
J.B. Stoner
Atlanta
National States Rights Party
FBI
Guyana Stories
New York
Guyana
Charles A. Krause
Washington Post
California
Leo Ryan
Jim Jones
Krause
Ryan
Jones
Post
Laurence M. Stern
Richard Harwood
Ron Javers
San Francisco Chronicle
Chronicle
Marshall Kilduff
Peoples Temple
Berkley Publishing Co
Javers
Bantam
Cleveland
Chesterland
John T. MacDonald
MacDonald
M&m Construction Co
City Water Department
Ralph Perk
M&m
N.Y
Greece
Rochester
Gerald Phelan
Phelan
Onondaga County
New York City
Postal Service
Internal Revenue Service
Congress
Louis Cox
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