Trucker protests fuel costs and travel limits draw action
Independent long haul truckers stage protests across the nation over diesel prices 55 mph limit and truck weight rules. Oregon drivers plan a June 23 strike after a parade through Washington and at truckstops. In Oklahoma Tulsa and Oklahoma City truck stops shut for 24 hours as part of the plan. Police watch for violence as the movement warns of a national shutdown and potential shortages.
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United Press International
Washington
Oregon
Bill Hoffman
Tri- State Trucking Co
Wilsonville
Ore
Colorado
Denver
Louis Masterman
Thomas P O'Neill
D-Mass
Departments of Energy and Transportation
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Tom Murray
Frank Faddy
Union 76
Chicago
South Holland
John Prendergast
Acquitted slay suspect Hart dies in prison jog
Gene Leroy Hart, 35, acquitted in the Girl Scout murders, died of a heart attack at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester after collapsing while jogging. Hart, a Locust Grove native and Cherokee, had spent years in and out of prison while remaining a controversial figure amid statewide memory of the 1977 encampment killings of Doris Milner, Michele Guse and Lori Farmer.
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Mcalester
Okla
UPI
Gene Leroy Hart
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Hart
Locust Grove
Pryor
Oklo
Mayes County
Doris Denise Milner
Michele Guse
Lori Lee Farmer
Subsidy fuels oil dispute with France over Middle East policy
UPI reports a rift between the United States and France after Carter meets French Foreign Minister Jean Francois Poncet. Paris condemns a U S subsidy boosting diesel and heating oil imports while James Schlesinger defends the move as restraint, aiming to curb supply shifts from Canada and the West Indies to Europe. Carter urges patience on the peace process and warns against dissociation.
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UPI
White House
Washington
Middle East
United States
France
Carter
Jean Francois- Poncet
Europe
U.S
James Schlesinger
Frances
Jody Powell
Powell
Clonidine Drug Said to Cure Opioid Addicts in 14 Days
New Jersey researcher Dr Mark Gold reports in Philadelphia that clonidine can rapidly detoxify heroin and opiate addicts. In a yearlong study at Fair Oaks Hospital and centers in six cities, 30 patients aged 21 to 55 achieved opiate-free, clonidine-free status within two weeks, with consent forms signed due to lack of FDA approval.
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Atlantic City
N.J
UPI
National Academy of Sciences
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Mark Gold
Fair Oaks Hospital
Summit Gold
Pittsburgh
New Haven
New York City
Summit
Miami
Fla
Gold
New Jersey Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association
Connecticut
Yale University
Fair Oaks
US Food and Drug Administration
Moving firms warn of fuel shortage chaos this summer
The American Movers Conference warned UPI that critical diesel shortages could disrupt pickup and delivery schedules across the country. They urged the ICC and Department of Energy to grant exemptions and relax on-time rules as carriers race to secure fuel and plan routes amid anticipated six month shortages.
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Washington
UPI
American Movers Conference
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Energy
Energy Department
Trade Association
ICC
North Beaver boosts rent price at township building
North Beaver Township supervisors raised the building rent from 10 to 25 dollars at a meeting last night. The higher rate applies only to private clubs while the building remains free for community use. A building permit is required for any construction. In a prior meeting, Beight Road was approved for repaving funded by county and state liquid fuel funds.
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North Beaver Township
Beight Road
Roseto Chief Resigns After Bank Fraud Guilty Plea
Robert Renaldo resigned as Roseto police chief after pleading guilty to single counts of bank fraud and embezzlement. FBI said he embezzled over $48,000 from Security Bank and Trust Co. of Stroudsburg, where he was a loan officer until fired last month. Roseto Borough Council accepted his resignation, a six year part time post.
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Roseto, Pa
UPI
Robert Renaldo
Roseto
Northampton County
FBI
Renaldo
Security Bank and Trust Co
Stroudsburg
Madrid civil guards killed in terrorist attack in Spain
In Madrid two Civil Guard officers were shot dead by a moving taxi in plain clothes, raising Spain's political violence death toll to 73 this year. In Pamplona police clashed with Basque protesters at an anti-nuclear rally, with rubber bullets and smoke bombs used as barricades formed in Tudela and Pamplona.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Pamplona
Cpl
Casimiro Gonzalez Reyes
Jose Fernandez Rodriguez
la Paz
Basque Country
Tudela
Navarra
Shuttle Columbia launch pushed to 1980 date
NASA administrator Dr. Robert Frosch told a Senate subcommittee that the first space shuttle Columbia orbital test flight is now postponed into 1980, shifting from November due to schedule slips. He indicated a new date would be set later this month.
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William Perry
Defense
Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Bricklayers to vote on pact in Pittsburgh
Negotiators for about 1,000 Bricklayers Local 2 members reached a wage contract ending the Pittsburgh area construction strike. A ratification vote is set for Friday as workers are asked to return to the job. The deal adds $4.10 per hour over three years, lifting the base from $11.90 per hour.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Local 2
Strike disrupts VW plant in New Stanton Pennsylvania
A wildcat strike by Teamsters Local 30 disrupted work at Volkswagen's Westmoreland County plant. About 1800 production and maintenance workers were turned away as M&G Convoy Inc drivers picketed, later withdrawing before 2 pm after a company protest.
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New Stanton
UPI
Teamsters Union Local 30
Volkwagen
Westmoreland County
Volkswagen Production
M&g Convoy Inc
M&g Convoy
Volkswagen
Teamsters
Washington
Medicare bus card proposal aims at seniors transit fares
Senator Richard S. Schweiker proposes legislation to require the Medicare card as sufficient proof for reduced mass transit fares for more than 26 million cardholders. The plan would end the need to visit a local transit office to obtain a separate card.
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Washington
UPI
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Fence for gypsies arrested in major theft probe
Ferdenand Danis a 45 year old Czech national and Brooklyn auto mechanic was arrested on charges of transporting stolen property across state lines. FBI says he acted as fence for a gypsy theft ring that looted homes in Pennsylvania New Jersey and Florida sending goods to New York. He faces up to 10 years and $10000 fine if convicted.
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UPI
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania
FBI
Ferdenand Danis
Danis
New Jersey
Florida
Metropolitan Correctional Center
U.S. District Court
U.S
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