Safer Labor Day Weekend Across Nation Associates
Nationwide travel during the Labor Day period showed lower traffic fatalities than 1976, with an UPI count at 414 deaths, while the National Safety Council projected 476 to 570. The worst incident involved a Mississippi Delta head on crash killing seven. Casualties included seven motorcyclists not wearing helmets and multiple single vehicle and multi car accidents across Texas, Texas, and nearby states.
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National Safety Council
United Press International
California
Texas
Wisconsin
Ohio
New York
Alaska
Rhode Island
Vermont
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Hayden Lynch
Mississippi Delta
Silver City
Miss
San Jacinto River
Houston
DPS
UPI
Jim Robinson
Texas Department of Public Safety
Michael J. Allen
Babe Continues Destruction From Hurricane Babe
Tornadoes and storms spawned by the remnants of Babe spread along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida causing $250,000 damage to a Mississippi school and damaging homes in Ponchatoula. No deaths reported though several tornadoes struck the New Orleans area vicinity and Pass Christian.
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Ponchatoula, la
Upi
Babe
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Florida
Mississippi
Ponchatoula
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Pass Christian
GM Switch Draws Consumer Criticism
A Center for Auto Safety survey of 173 consumers affected by GM engine switch problems shows 157 deem the May settlement inadequate and 81 percent want FTC action. The poll indicates 57 percent report poor fuel economy and 45 percent report mechanical issues, with many accepting the offer under fear of getting nothing.
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Washington
UPI
General Motors
Center For Auto Safety
Chevrolet
Center
Clarence Ditlow
Joyce Kinnard
Michael Pertschuk
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Carter Denies Meeting With Texas Farmworkers
Texas Farmworkers Union marched 1 500 miles from Austin to Washington to protest wages and seek union rights. They urged repeal of Taft-Hartley section 14 B and for migrant workers to earn at least the federal minimum wage. Carter declined a meeting, offering none.
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Washington
UPI
Texas
Carter
Texas Farmworkers Union
March For Human Rights
Austin
Tex
Lincoln Memorial
TFWU
Antonio Orendain
Midge Costanza
Rio Grande Valley
U.s.mexico
Free Immunization Clinic Rescheduled to Wednesday in Plano
The monthly immunization clinic moves from Monday to Wednesday at the Democratic Headquarters of Collin County 926 E. 15th St Plano. From 2 to 4 p.m. vaccines for DTP polio rubella measles are offered free to children two months through 18 years. A parent or guardian must accompany preschool children. Immunization records will be reviewed by a public health nurse. Sponsored by Texas Dept Health Resources and Plano city health department.
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Plano
Collin County
E. 15Th St
Texas Dept. of Health Resources
City of Plano
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Alton B. Parker, Jr
Aspermont
Swenson
Ronda Faye Smith
Conroe
I-45
Dirk Wesley Murphy
Lubbock
Lackland Air Force
Raymond J. Kline
San Antonio
Junction
Anthony Beasley
Corpus Christi
el Paso
Issac J. Lucero
Larry J. Modest
Modest
Gloria Valdez
Tentop
Bay City
Mike Newman
Pensacola Naval Air Station
The
National Weather Service
David Richard Meredith
Meredith
Dallas North Parkway
Charles Wayne Townsend
Richardson
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