Texans fight to curb 55 mph limit enforcement
Texas DPS director Col. Wilson Speir says speeding tickets exceed 700,000 yearly and more troopers are needed. He notes the force has only one patrol car unit per 100 highway miles on a 24 hour basis and warns of manpower shortages as traffic grows. Speir discusses funding, preferring motor fuel taxes and license fees, and cautions about possible shifts to general revenue.
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Highway Patrol
California
Factions ignore three day truce in Lebanon fight
Beirut battles deepen as factions shun a three day cease fire to repair the electric system. Security sources report ferocious fighting with about 90 killed in one night, lifting thewar toll past 34,000 in 16 months.
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Berlinguer backs coalition step in Italy politics
Italian Communist leader Enrico Berlinguer said the abstention in the confidence vote signals the first step toward full partnership with Premier Giulio Andreotti's Christian Democrat government. The abstentions helped Andreotti's minority government win the Senate vote.
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Multiracial government near in Windhoek talks
At a constitutional conference in Windhoek delegates representing whites blacks and coloreds work on an interim multiracial government to prepare South West Africa for independence by next June 30. Plans to be announced August 24 as consultations with Western powers occur ahead of UN deadline.
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Soviet religious limits draw World Council scrutiny in Geneva
At a World Council of Churches meeting in Geneva leaders review a Britain Netherland Switzerland study accusing the Soviet Union of embedding religious discrimination in state life. The 92 page report cites persecutions despite Helsinki Final Act assurances and notes growing church authority concerns amid dissident reports.
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Novgorod
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Potter
Computer designed mail routes are nixed
Houston AP The president of the National Association of Letter Carriers AFL C I O said an arbitrator agreed the computer designed mail routes are impractical. James Rademacher told the convention the plan would hurt carriers and delay some deliveries. Tests in Portland and Kokomo cost the Postal Service about 1 million dollars. The plan was ruled out because it ignored carriers physical stamina and endurance.
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Kokomo
Ill
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Rademacher
Carter vows to outshine Nader as consumer advocate
Plains Georgia AP Jimmy Carter says if elected he will do his best to outshine Ralph Nader as the top consumer advocate in the nation. He aligns with Nader causes, backs a crime for hiring tainted regulators, and plans to give atomic power the lowest prioritiy among energy sources. He labeled Ford's corporate bribery approach permissive. Carter returns home to vote in Georgia primary as Nader speaks at Public Citizens Forum.
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Carter
Washington
Georgia
Nader
Public Citizens Forum
Plan devised to raise highway funds in Texas
A 20 year plan adopted by the Highway and Public Transportation Commission aims to close the gap between declining revenue and construction needs. McKinsey & Co produced the plan after a 15 month study costing 600000. It calls for an integrated funding approach, shifting vehicle fees to value, reducing six lane projects, focusing on hot spots, and a moratorium on right of way purchases.
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McKinsey
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Highway Patrol
Briscoe
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