Battle Over F-18 Plane in Senate Fight over Navy Jets
In Washington the Senate faces a clash over a $982 million F-18 fighter amid a $36 billion weapons bill. Sen. Gary Hart aims to kill the F-18 program, while supporters led by Edward Kennedy and Thomas O’Neill push for the aircraft and related Navy aircraft expansions.
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California
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Hopeful Postal Strike Nearing End
AP reports progress in postal labor talks ahead of a July 20 contract expiry. Emmet Andrews of APWU cites Horvitz's mediation moving talks off dead center while James Conway notes progress on a no strike clause and work rules. unions seek substantial raises plus cost of living protections for about 554,000 workers.
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Postal Service
Wayne L. Horvitz
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Horvitz
Emmet Andrews
American Postal Workers Union
James Conway
Conway
Ray Marshall
Marshall
Robert Strauss
Barry Bosworth
Council On
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National Association of Letter Carriers
Mailhandlers
Laborers International Union
Mail Service
National Association of Rural Letter Carriers
Legionnaire Returns To Philadelphia For State Convention
William Stokes, a 41 day hospital survivor of Legionnaires Disease from the 1976 Philadelphia convention incident, returns for a state Legion convention. Officials reassure attendees, with strict entry checks at the Sheraton amid lingering fears of the outbreak and reassessment of safety measures. The CDC continues to study the bacterium, noting treatment with erythromycin and ongoing diagnostic challenges.
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William Stokes
Pennsylvania American Legion
Stokes
Jeannette
Pittsburgh
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Edward Hoak
Legion
Hoak
Sheraton
Eiveryhody
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Terminal Cancer Patients Get Laetrile
The U S Court of Appeals ruled terminal cancer patients may receive Laetrile injections under an FDA guideline order. The ruling limits use to intravenous administration by licensed practitioners for patients certified as terminally ill, noting Laetrile may be as effective as other options.
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Denver
U.S. Court of Appeals
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Oklahoma
Audit finds highway funds used to run aviation division
TOPEKA Kan AP an audit report released Monday says the state Department of Transportation has been using highway fund money to operate its aviation division. The department disputes the auditor’s conclusion and will seek a 1979 law change. The audit also says local road funds counted turnpike mileage in distributions, boosting four counties by about 35000 annually. the department agrees it should not be in the formula and will pursue legislative change. A second report cites the Kansas School for the Deaf and the School for the Visually Handicapped for not depositing all student fees into the state treasury.
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State Department of Transportation
Division of Aviation
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Transportation Department
Kansas Turnpike
Kansas School For the Deaf
The
School For the Visually Handicapped
Insect Plague Strikes Missouri And Kansas Corn
In Missouri and Kansas farmers face the worst insect outbreak in 19 years. Cutworms and corn borers threaten corn, chinch bugs attack wheat and sorghum, while grasshoppers gnaw at alfalfa and soybeans. EPA pesticide bans hinder control, and weather may influence natural enemies like the chinch bug fungus.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Kansas
Dell Gates
Kansas State University
Robert F. Bennett
Colorado
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Gates
Dean Garwood
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Harvest On Schedule In Kansas Wheat Harvest 1978
Harvesting of the 1978 Kansas wheat crop reached 85 percent complete as of last Saturday, on schedule and ahead of last year. The pace matched the 10-year average due to excellent conditions with minimal rain, while the corn crop remained only fair.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Northwest
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