Carter approves urban policy plan with 26 billion in new spending
President Carter finalizes his urban policy totaling just over 26 billion in new spending, doubling prior estimates. A soft public works program costing 1 billion backs work on local public buildings, while a National Development Bank and investment tax credits aim to spur jobs and investment in distressed cities and rural areas.
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Washington
Carter
Stuart Evenstat
Eozenstat
Walter Mondale
James McIntyre
Hamilton Jordan Carter
National Development Bank
Business mailers fight Carter plan to raise postage
A coalition of business mailers opposes higher letter rates proposed by President Carter, seeking to derail a plan that would raise business letter postage to 16 cents while private citizens keep 13 cents. The Postal Rate Commission will hear oral arguments next week to decide in May.
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Washington
President Carter
Postal Rate Commission
Carter
Postal Service
The
Rate Commission
Commission
Reader's Digest
Time Inc
the Associaton of American Publishers
Magazine Publishers Association
Direct Mail Marketing Association
Mail Order Association of America
Parcel Shippers Association
San Francisco meters theft ring accused of stealing millions
Nine meter coin collectors and their supervisor in San Francisco face embezzlement charges after allegedly pilfering at least 3 million in pennies nickels dimes and quarters over six years. Ten workers were booked for pocketing meter money while a city tax official was suspended pending inquiry.
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Department
Joseph Freitas Jr
Melvin Wilson
Freitas
City Hall
Work begins to discover Atlantic oil
Atlantic City AP reports the Glomar Pacific, a 451 foot offshore drilling ship, is to drill 250 feet on its first day 101 miles east of Atlantic City as the first eastern U S oil project aims to reach 14 000 feet. Crandall Jones Exxon Offshore notes a 36 inch bit will probe the sea floor for oil and gas in the Baltimore Canyon area.
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Atlantic Ocean
United States
Crandall Jones
Exxon
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Alaska Explorations
Glomar Pacific
Here
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Jones
Galveston
Texas
Bader Field
Burch discloses wealth amid losses in tax returns
Maryland Attorney General Francis B Burch released a detailed financial statement showing net worth over 1 million dollars despite three years of federal tax losses. The summary lists 1976 378 513 79 loss and 1975 48 78794 1974 115 84477 losses with tax liabilities of 6720 82, 3380 70, and 93 83 respectively. The report cites Burba Partners and S J Minerals as major losses and notes assets of 1 45 million and liabilities of 205 148 01.
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Francis B Burch
Burch
Patricia
Burba
Sheraton Fountainbleu
Ocean City
Florida
Indiana
Intomeax
Samuel L Silber and Co
S&j Minerals Associates
Wyoming
S&j
Carroll County
Fuller
United States Post
Rustburg
Sharpsburg
Deal
Cedar Knolls
N.J
SCM, Inc
Vigilant Land & Development Corp
Avian Cholera Epidemic Feared on Chesapeake Bay
Virginia officials warn of a potential avian cholera outbreak among Chesapeake Bay waterfowl after birds were found dead in Gloucester County. Two confirmed cases were reported from the Severn River with deaths scattered across the bay area including the Jenkins Neck region.
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Associated Press
Virginia Game Commission
Chesapeake Bay
Gloucester County
Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Bay Area
R.C. Loving
The
Commission
Severn River
Loving
Jenkins Neck
Fatty acids linked to brain development in pregnancy
University of Maryland chemists warn lack of fatty acids in mothers and newborns may hinder brain development. They note fatty acids are essential for myelination, the insulating layer around nerve fibers, affecting nerve impulse transmission.
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College Park. Md
University of Maryland
Anthony T. Campagnoni
Mark Keeney
Mary C. McKenna
Cam Pagnoni
Ms. McKenna
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