Energy push shapes Senate actions on Carter plan
Senate leaders discuss prioritizing energy legislation as energy problems worsen. Byrd plans recesses to let committees craft energy bills while Ribicoff warns a tax measure could stretch to Christmas. House leaders express support for advancing energy legislation to conference and produce a strong final bill.
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Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Carter
White House
House
John Braden
Indiana
O Weill
O'Neill
Senate
Brown signs bill to create Office of Water Recycling
Brown launches legislation creating the Office of Water Recycling as a step toward purifying sewage sludge and cleaning harbors. The facility opened last March and now treats 30 million gallons daily, producing methane to power operations. Mary Ann Eriksen of the Sierra Club lauds labor environmental collaboration. Larry Walker notes job goals align with environmental priorities.
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Office of Water Recycling
Bradley
Mary Ann Eriksen
Sierra Club
Labor Movement
Willian Robertson
LA County Federation At Labor
Larry Walker
State Water Resources Control Board
Needy housing bill signed by Carter boosts city aid
President Carter signed a 14.7 billion housing and urban aid bill to aid low income and elderly families and revitalize cities. The plan funds grants and rent subsidies, creating jobs in construction and related sectors, with two allocation formulas allowing more money for distressed urban areas.
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Washington
Carter
Rene
South Bronx
New York
White House
Congress
Qlusesun Obasanjo
Qirban
Federal Housing Administration
Crime rate shows 7 percent drop amid winter weather claims
Officials say severe storms and cold weather may have driven criminals from the streets, contributing to a 7 percent national crime decline. Major cities show reductions. Dallas and New York show notable drops, while suburbs and rural areas also fall. Regions vary from 43 percent in the West to 11 percent in the North Central.
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Naional
North Central
Northeastern
South
West
Bomb threats across New York trigger terror scare and library blast
Police linked two New York incidents to the FALN group after a dynamite bomb outside the General Motors building was found and disarmed minutes before detonation. A second device exploded near the New York Public Library, damaging the Beauty on Winged Pegasus statue and a fountain, with a threatening letter referring to a war of nerves.
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New York
General Motors
New York Public Library
FALN
Central Park
Madison Avenue
Charles Wells
Manhattan
Ed Fitzgerald
Supreme Court hears Bakke case in race admissions debate
Justices hear arguments over the California ruling that race conscious medical school admissions violate the 14th Amendment. Bakke, a 37 year old engineer, argues his denial was due to white status, while supporters say special admissions help break isolation and remedy past discrimination. The court crowd fills the chamber as it weighs precedent and future of affirmative action.
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Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
Colvin
Bakke
California
Cox
Fnrliry
Potter Stewart
Stewart
America
Wade McCree
Warren E. Burger
McCree
Davis Matical School
ar@s
Sunnyvale
Calif
Davis Medical School
Supreme Court
California Court
Crackdown Voted On Foreign Steel Trade
The Senate adopted a resolution urging strict enforcement of trade discrimination laws and other anti competitive practices by foreign steel producers that harm the U S steel industry.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Dockers Ignore Picket Ban as Arbitration Ruling Issued
A wide injunction from Maersk on a Washington HQ basis and a new arbitration ruling drew early reactions from PMA leaders in New York and ILA pickets at Long Beach. PMA officials called the decision promising while noting the ILWU must comply, amid job security disputes tied to container labor requirements and financing.
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Coast
Washington
Maersk
Pacific Maritime Association
New York
Association
James Edwards
Northern Area
PMA
ILWU
ILA
Coud
Long Beach
Soversign Accord
Columbus Coromandel
Columbus Line
Khudozhnik Saryan
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