Air traffic strike grounds Canadian flights amid pay clash
Ottawa dispatch reports almost all commercial flights halted by a strike of air traffic controllers demanding a 12.6 percent pay raise in defiance of government anti inflation guidelines. The government sent military aircraft to bring MPs back for a session to debate a back to work order. TEHRAN Iran prime minister named to replace Hoveyda after his resignation amid public discontent over taxes red tape and power blackouts.
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Amir Abass Hoveyda
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Brief U S News Highlights From Across The Nation
Ginger Rogers longs for old time films with capital BE and criticizes modern violence. The El Paso Arzow LNG tanker launched at Newport News Shipbuilding with 15,000 onlookers. Andrew Young gains support via a People United to Save Humanity petition drive led by Rev. Jesse L Jackson. Lassie set for a new big screen with James Stewart and Sherman brothers providing score. Julius Nyerere tours UC Davis station seeking irrigation and tick control insights. Thirteen governors open the Midwestern Governors conference at Shangri-la with energy and water talks.
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Texas urged rabies vaccines after June bites
The Texas Department of Health Resources urged Texans to vaccinate dogs and cats against rabies. They reported 699 animal bites in June, the latest reporting period.
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Texas Department of Health Resources
Waste in the Alaska oil pipeline costs 1.5 billion
A Washington report for the Alaska Pipeline Commission states workers idled on site, sunbathing and mismanaged warehousing led to 1.5 billion dollars wasted on the 8 billion Trans-Alaska pipeline. The study cites poor supervision,Outside storage, weather damage, and lost or stolen materials. It argues alleged high costs should affect tariffs before ICC hearings.
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ICC
Peter DeMay
Alyeska
Anchorage
Carter plans broad welfare tax relief for middle class and poor
President Carter would expand the earned income tax credit as part of a $30.7 billion welfare and jobs package. The refundable credit would stay 10 percent on the first 4,000 earned and rise 5 percent up to a phaseout at about 15,600 for a four person family, aiming to aid over half of U S taxpayers.
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Health, Education and Welfare
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Border shootout between San Diego and Tijuana officers
Two police forces faced off across the border July 16 in a gun battle at the fence. San Diego Sgt Jesus Manuel Lopez was grazed and a Mexican officer Jesus Hernandez Bautista was wounded twice. Bautista faces assault charges in San Diego. he is suspended. Lopez hopes to forget the incident as tensions linger and both sides claim different accounts of who fired first.
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Mexico
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Peace talks evaporate with Israel amid stalled efforts
U S officials traveling with Secretary of State Vance say chances for a Middle East peace conference have faded. Major concessions, mainly from Israel, are needed to begin talks before year’s end. Vance planned talks in Scudi, then Jerusalem, then Egypt, Jordan, and Syria to brief Arab leaders on progress. NBC reported PLO ready to concede on recognizing Israel’s right to exist.
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Altus police fired over weekend sickout strife
Altus Oklahoma city police force unemployed after City Council declared about 35 officers self terminated for participating in a weekend blue flu. 34 replacements ordered as chief and aides abstained, with uniforms and equipment to be turned in. The move follows stalled contract talks and a court dispute over bargaining.
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Fraternal Order of Police
Keith Myers
FOP
Myers
Shoes Banned Bras Optional Sign Sparks NOW Clash
In Racine Wisconsin a sign outside J J Audio Capitol read Shoes must be worn but bras are optional sparking a dispute with NOW. Owner James Fumo described himself as a dirty old man and said he changes the wording every two weeks. NOW leader JoEllen Simmons said a Thump on the Head award was given, noting the sign was not changed immediately but has now been updated.
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National Organization For Women, (Now
James Fumo
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NOW
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