Ottawa Couple Builds Area First Solar Home
Pam and Paul Ditterson and their two children plan to move into the area’s first solar powered home six miles northwest of Ottawa. The 1,800 square foot traditional Cape Cod design will feature 16 copper and glass solar collectors, a 2,000 gallon hot water tank, energy saving fixtures, six inch walls, and south facing windows with a large roof overhang.
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Don Lambert
Paul
Pam Ditterson
Cape Cod
Here
Ditlevsons
Ottawa University
Pam
Eugene Field
Peter DeWispelaere
Lawrence
Ditlerson
Kansas
Carter backs Lance amid finance probe disclosures
President Carter reaffirmed confidence in Bert Lance despite disclosures that Lance pledged the same stock as collateral on two loans. Press secretary Jody Powell cited ongoing inquiries and two White House briefings as responses, while a Senate aide warned September hearings may add Lance finance questions.
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Washington
Carter
Bert Lance
Jody Powell
Powell
White House
Charles Percy
RNL
Senate
Lance
Shooting spree killer Emil Benoist ends seven lives
Hackettstown New Jersey reports a 20 year old Emil Benoist killed seven people before shooting himself. He fired from a railroad right of way along the tracks near an abandoned tannery then fled before ConRail crews found victims in Mansfield Township. Police from multiple jurisdictions joined the pursuit aided by canine units.
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Hackettstown
N.J
Emil Benoist
Benoist
New Jersey
Bendat
ConRail
Train
Mansfield
Nixon denies keeping gifts from foreign leaders
The Nixon family rejects claims they secretly kept gifts valued over 50 from foreign heads of state. Aides say the president and Mrs. Nixon are angry and deeply hurt by insinuations of deliberate retention. Ken Khachigian vows to return any inadvertently kept gifts, while lawyers failed to halt the government effort in court.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Nixon
San Clemente
Ken Khachigian
Nixons
State Department
US Embassy Fire in Moscow Damages Top Floors
A fire at the U S Embassy in Moscow burned the top three floors and caused interior damage, with about 200 Soviet firefighters, 25 Marines, and security staff responding. No serious injuries, one marine treated for smoke inhalation. Security officials checked classified materials floor by floor as families evacuated from embassy apartments.
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Moscow
U.S
Malcolm Toon
Toon
Ambassador Toon
Tchaikovsky Street
Kremlin
Middle Men Take Bigger Slice Of Grocery Costs
Washington AP reports that middlemen processors wholesalers and retailers will take about 1 200 of a 1 945 dollar yearly food budget for a three person American family with farmers getting 745 dollars. The 1977 market basket reflects rough estimates for a 3 to 3.2 person household and excludes seafood and imported items.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Essors
Marketbasket
Agricultural Outlook
Kansas sales tax hike urged to offset inventory repeal
The Kansas Association of Commerce and Industry urged raising the sales tax from 3 to 4 percent to offset proposed repeals of the inventory tax and the food tax and a cut in tax on farm machinery. Budget impacts projected: food tax repeal 55 million, farm machinery tax cut 6.5 million, inventory tax repeal 38.9 million, net revenue change about 100.4 million. The group also backed income tax credits to offset food relief and urged quicker, simpler administration over at point of sale exemptions.
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Peka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Association of Commerce and Industry
Bud Grant
Grant
Federal Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
EACI
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Office of Management and Budget
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