Carter Visits Offshore Rig Amid Southern Energy Push
President Carter tours an offshore Gulf of Mexico oil rig near Louisiana to highlight his national energy plan. He stays with Baptist leader Qwen Cooper in Yazoo City after addressing a Southern Legislative Conference in Charleston and meeting locals in Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Edwin Edwards
Jody Powell
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Soviet Union
United States
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Local contractors hesitant to bid rehabilitation jobs
Local contractors struggle with cost estimates and city rules for rehab work. A registered plumber is required in the city, delaying bids until permits and inspections are met. Payment proposals vary, with talks of partial payments and incentives to motivate firms to bid and complete projects.
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Stone
Anatinr
Lore
Nan Culucci
Maheye
Colucci
Mithin
Wayne Ciolfi
East Coast Thaws Bring Relief Amid Floods and Outages
A biting cold front swept the East, cooling Boston by 26 degrees in an hour and driving record lows in Concord and New York. Power outages affected over 5,000 in Massachusetts and Maryland Virgin ia, with wind gusts up to 70 mph. Heat illness struck New York area campers, while Pennsylvania endured renewed flooding after a deadly Conemaugh Valley flood event.
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Auburn
Maine
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Virginia
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Dokastown
Conemaugh Valley
Desiree Ball Mother of Lucille Ball Dies at 101
Private funeral services will be held Friday for Desiree Ball mother of comedienne Lucille Ball. She died Tuesday night at age 101 in her Breadwood home after years of poor health from natural causes. A former Jamestown pianist she married Henry Bell in 1910 and Lucille was born in 1911. Mrs Hall moved to Hollywood in 1994 and was described as Lucy's chief caretaker.
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UPL
Desiree “Dede” Ball
Lucille Ball
Breadwood
Friends
Jamestown
N.Y
Henry Bell
Lucille
Hall
Hollywood
Lucy
Western style gun duel ends in landlord and tenant death
In Los Angeles LAPD reports a rent dispute escalated into a Western style gun duel. Landlord Walter Olivier, 40, confronted tenant at a Wilshire District apartment armed with a pistol. The tenant disarmed him then resumed fighting, later firing a rifle from a balcony and driveway. Six shots rang out as both men died.
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Los Angeles
Oru
Walter Olivier
Abu Wilshire
Iberen
New Castle Budget Deadlock Fades Until Weekend
The House Senate budget conference committee halted talks on the 1977-78 fiscal year plan. Chairman Henry Medliger said the panel would resume Monday aiming for a budget with little or no new taxes and a $900 million cut in projected spending.
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House
Senate Budget Conference Committee
Heny Medliger
Lehigh
Gay
Milton J. Shapp
Mit Lapus
Frank Beal
Beal
Jopus
Ozilicie Edius
Epsimiatic
Courtsuit
Flood splits families in steel town of Johnstown
Mary Aird searches for her daughter June Canat and son in law James amid flood wreckage in Johnstown. Families of 400 to 500 evacuees at Richland Center face isolation as centers lack communications. Gov Shapp visits as post disaster aid and budget tax questions unfold.
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Mary Aird
June
James Canat
Kevin
Nicky
Bird
LCCCC outlines programs for community centers in Athens
Lawrence County Council of Community Centers announces open house for South Side Center at 12118 Mal St on Aug 4 to preview remodeled facilities. New programs include Weight Watchers Club, GED class, romper room, Buying Club, sewing, and senior group. a three week session for children begins Aug 8 for ages 4 to 5. West Side Center considers moving from Grant to Sampson with remodeling needs. current programs feature Weight Watchers, Bayley Cub, and an evening Teen Center.
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LOCC
John Sniezek
Verter
West Side Community Action Center
WESAC
Bellevue Stratford Hotel Sold To Local Firm For 8.24 Million
The Elegant Bellevue Stratford Hotel, closed amid Legionnaires disease publicity, will be purchased by Nubin Associates for 8.24 million dollars. Mayor Rizzo announced the deal allowing four months to arrange finances and sign a management contract with Fair Terre Hotel chain. Renovations will reduce rooms from 725 and span about 18 months. The hotel, noted for society events, closed last November after declining business linked to the Legionnaires outbreak.
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Fair Tieré
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Fasl
American Legion
Bellevue
UMW Board Upholds Miller as Union President
The United Mine Workers executive board, by 84 to 55, upheld Arnold Miller’s election as union president after rejecting Lee Roy Patterson’s challenge amid bribery charges. Patterson plans to appeal to the Labor Department. Miller warned that any nationwide shutdown to protest medical-benefit cutbacks would be his decision.
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UPL
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Lee Roy Patterson
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Patterson
Old Im
Ure Labor Department
Carter pledges to sign strip mine reform bill
President Carter says he will sign a bill on his desk to regulate strip mine operations, with standards for surface mining and land restoration after closure. The bill would create a new Interior Department office for Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and require restoration to an approximate original landscape, prohibiting open pits after mining ends.
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UPI
Carter
Gerald Ford
St .House
Taining
Department of Interior
Enal
Carter orders federal fleet to buy fuel efficient cars
President Carter announced an executive order directing federal agencies to purchase cars at least two miles per gallon above the 1978 Energy Act average and four miles per gallon above the 1930 standard. Agencies must reduce energy use in buildings by 20 percent by next year and 4 percent by 1985, with annual petroleum savings estimated from 200 to 400 and 70 barrels per day respectively. He said the move would set an example for the nation.
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UPI
Carter
Sear
Rebels capture Cuangar in Argolan town raid
Rebels seized Cuangar in a rocket and mortar barrage near the Kavango River in South West Africa. Officials said about 400 refugees, including Angolan soldiers and supporters, crossed the Kavango as guerrillas attacked, killing several and destroying villages. Some border clashes and cross-border refugees continued with sporadic shelling reported.
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South West Africa
UPI
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Cuangar
ADO
Angola
Kavango
Murderer sues county official over records
Lawrence McClinton, a convicted murderer serving a 1020 year sentence, sues Lawrence County officials in UB District Court seeking more than $10,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. He alleges Clerk of Courts John Greer and court stenographer Vickie Akenhead failed to provide criminal file records and transcripts despite a 1975 court order. He appeals his murder conviction from Western Penitentiary and seeks due process relief under the U S Constitution. Greer’s attorney cites heavy workload and staff illness as delays.
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Lawrence McClinton
UB District Court
Tigre
Lawrence County
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New Castle
Reom
John Greer
Vickie Akenhead
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Alfred V. Papa
Clerk of Courts Office
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