Industry shift to coal agreed by Congress conferees
Congress energy conferees reached a tentative agreement to force power plants and industries to switch from oil and natural gas to coal. The plan bans new plants from using oil or gas, lets the government compel existing plants to convert to coal, and ends natural gas use for outdoor lighting by 1982 with a 2 year extension for homeowners.
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Congress
Washington
House
Amt
Senate
Carter
Harley Staggers
D-W.va
Ing
Conference Committee
Administration
Laxalt Blames Washington for Energy Crisis
In Oakland, Senator Paul Laxalt argues Washington politicians saddle the nation with energy problems. He says solutions require removing government from oil and gas, boosting domestic development, and letting the free market work. He criticizes Carter’s energy program as a costly tax increase.
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Oakland
Washington
Paul Laxalt
R-Nev
Laxalt
Porea
Senate Energy Committee
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Ndo
Gulf Oil fined 229500 for illegal vote funds
Gulf Oil Corp. paid a 229500 civil fine under the Bank Secrecy and Reporting Act for improper currency transfers tied to past political contributions. The settlement, without admission of liability, covers currency moved into the United States and linked to a Bahamas front. Criminal penalties included 5000 and 1000 fines for officials.
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Pittsburgh
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf
United States
House
Government Operations Subcommittee On Monetary Affairs
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
D-N-Y
Treasury Department
Bahamas
Bette 8. Anderson
The
Treasury
Rosenthal
Claude C. Wilder
Gull
William Cox
Rape fears rise as San Jose State attacks noted
On the 157 acre campus and nearby area since July six men have been arrested for rape or attempted rape amid several daylight assaults. A San Jose officer shot a knife-wielding suspect after an attack at a bus stop as police boost patrols and escort services while campus fear grows.
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San Jose
SAN Sose
Joyce Swat Gon
San Jose State University
Jo Ann Prinee
Burroughs
Peter Graves
Carter nominee Mendelsohn faces California campaign suit
The California Fair Political Practices Commission said it will sue Robert Mendelsohn, President Carter’s Interior undersecretary nominee, for alleged widespread campaign disclosure violations in a 1974 race. The suit accuses laundered funds totaling 26500 tied to Transcentury Properties Inc. and a conspiracy to hide the money’s source.
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Sacramento
Robert Mendelsohn
Carter
Shite Commission
State Fair Political Practices Commission
California
Mendelsohn
Commission
Daniel Lowenstein
Meendelsohn
Lowenstein
Transcentury Properties Inc
Bodega Harbor
San Francisco
Weather Tonight and Saturday in LB Area
The LB area forecast calls for fair weather tonight with a low around 55 and a high near 82 on Saturday. Mountains stay fair with a low around 40s to 50s. Desert regions remain fair with a low about 40 and a high near 55.
Morale over money cited at Norwalk hospital
Staff psychologist Michael Kannas says resignations at Norwalk Metropolitan State Hospital stem from morale problems, not pay. He urges Gov Brown to retire top health officials and questions leadership from Raymond Procunier and deputies Keating and Miller, blaming past prison system ties for the atmosphere and calling Towery a puppet for Sacramento.
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Metropolitan State Hospital
Brown
Norwalk
Michael Karinas
Kannas
Hidy
Raymond Procunier
State Department of Health
William Keating
Don Miller
Precmier
Ronald Reagan
San Quentin
Procunier
Atal Towery
Eletropolitan State Hospital
Sacramento
Kaunas
Norwalk Hospital
Rockets and artillery flare on Lebanon border clash
Palestinian and Israeli gunners exchanged rocket and artillery fire on the Lebanese border as a bomb wounded a child in Qiryat Gat. Damascus sources and a pro-Syrian paper said Syria pressed the PLO to stop the southern Lebanon violence. Begin urged peace with Egypt and Sadat offered to negotiate in Israel. Fatma Barnawi received clemency and was deported to Jordan.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Qiryat Gat
Damascus
Beirut
Syria
Lebanon
Sisser Assad
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Menahem Begin
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Fatma Barnawi
Jordan
President Carter’s mother tours Ireland countryside
Public pages report President Carter's mother viewing “the real Ireland” during a countryside tour. Also noted are a naked man arrested after vandalizing cars and a park area near St Mary Medical Center, with police detailing obstruction and noncooperation.
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Carter
Ireland
St. Mary Medical Center
Owner cited for speeding by puppy in Tulsa
Tulsa woman Molly Wolf received a $2 traffic citation after her 4 month old puppy Blackie allegedly exceeded the 25 mph limit at 30 mph. Blackie outran the dogcatcher and jumped into the Wolf home through a torn screen as stated by Mrs. Wolf. City Prosecutor Jack Moran said he will not prosecute.
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Tulsa
Molly Wolf
Blackie
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