National initiative gain shown in Los Angeles County vote
In a non binding vote 65 percent of Los Angeles County voters supported amending the U S Constitution to allow national level initiatives. The measure backed by Initiative America aims to let citizens place proposals on the ballot with about two and a half million signatures.
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Los Angeles County
U.S
Los Angeles
Congress
James Abourezk
D-S.d
George Gallup
Carter
Patrick Caddel
L.A
Roger Telschow
Initiative America
Indian Tribes Form Energy Council To Consolidate Resources
Twenty five tribes unite to inventory and manage oil coal natural gas and other energy possessions modeled on OPEC. With federal help they plan outside technical aid then trained tribal staff to control exploitation and secure favorable leases for wealth and sovereignty.
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Middle East
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Council OF Energy Resources Tribes
Huge economy steered by rash of statistics
Washington AP report examines how statistics shape the economy and policy. Joseph Duncan, head of the Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards, warns that laws are created in areas lacking data. He notes questions about unemployment figures and aims to improve coherence and standardization across agencies. The effort includes revising the Standard Industrial Classification Manual and planning a comprehensive framework for U.S. federal statistics for the 1980s.
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John Cunniff
Washington
Joseph Duncan
Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards
Duncan
Congress
American Statistical Association
Batelle Memorial Institute
U.S
World War II Memorials Listing Names in Pacific and Atlantic
The American Battle Monuments Commission erected memorials in Battery Park New York City and the Presidio San Francisco inscribed 4 596 and 412 names respectively. A Honolulu Cemetery memorial records 18 093 missing from World War II and 8 194 missing from Korean operations.
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American Battle Monuments Commission
Battery Park
New York City
Presidio
San Francisco
Calif
Honolulu
On This Date In History June 28 1978 Highlights
Key events include 1914 archduke assassination sparking World War I, 1778 Battle of Monmouth, 1838 Queen Victoria crowned, 1919 Versailles Treaty signed, 1941 Yugoslav guerrilla actions, 1950 Seoul captured in Korean War, 1974 Nixon Brezhnev accord, ten years ago Johnson age 18 amendment proposal, five years ago Schlesinger as defense secretary, one year ago Nixon papers Supreme Court ruling. Birthdays: Richard Rodgers 76, Eric Ambler 69. Thought: Aristotle called man a political animal.
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Associated Press
Austria-Hungary
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Monmouth
N.J
Molly Pitcher
Britain
Victoria
France
Yugoslavia
Seoul
Richard Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
Drunken pilots fly: FAA records block groundings and danger
A Washington columnist argues regulators lack access to records to ground alcohol impaired pilots. He cites 12,500 drivers with suspended licenses who still fly small planes and more than 250 crashes in five years. He details crashes, intoxication, and FAA data restrictions.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Transportation Department
Murray Waas
FAA
California
Palm Springs
Seagram
Galveston
Amin
Uganda
Idi Amin
Bob Astles
Astles
Asiles
White House
Carter
Georgia
Goldberg
Arthur Goldberg
Belgrade
Supreme Court
World Almanac Q and A hints long questions
The item lists sample Q and A prompts from The World Almanac asking which U.S. president lived longest, basic Panamanian currency, Eisenhower's hobbies, and multiple choice options. It includes garbled OCR text and nonstandard characters.
Who Should Shape Mass Transit Policy a Policy Battle
Congress pushed for accessible buses for the elderly and handicapped while GM fought the Transbus concept to protect a $50 million RTX investment. DOT backed 1979 standards with broad implications, spurring consortiums in Philadelphia Miami and Los Angeles to acquire Transbuses, and risking delays if amendments pass.
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Washington
NEA
Congress
General Motors Corp
Department of Transportation
DOT
Brock Adams
Transbus
RTX
Philadelphia
Miami
Los Angeles
Denver
Seattle
Minneapolis
GMC
Pontiac, Mich
GM Washington
Roland P. Ouellette
Elliott M. Estes
Rep
E.G
Bud) Shuster
R-Pa
House Public Works Committee
Shuster
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Ken Dulaney
By Gill Fox
Lyndon Johnson
James Schlesinger
Senate
Defense
Elliot Richardson
Richard Rodgers
Eric Ambler
Aristotle
Merry
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John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Panama
Balboa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Seyjop
Stenbe
Sapak
Martha Angle and
Robert Walters
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