Congress rejects reform package as funds scrutiny sparks backlash
House votes 252 to 160 against the reform plan after a clerk report shows members charged 2000 district allowances to items like concert tickets and bar dues. Rep. Anderson says the report wrecked reform efforts, while Speaker ONeill cites public anger over the scandal tied to Elizabeth Ray and Wayne Hays.
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Washington
House
Bar Association
John Anderson
R-U
Thomas P. O'Neill
David Obey
Dwis
Congress
O'Neill
Anderson
Obey
Carter weighs divestiture and energy policy amid urban concerns
President Carter warned against threatening oil firms while leaving open whether divestiture is needed. He cited his South Bronx visit as shaping his urban policy. He backed Humphrey Hawkins full employment efforts and noted steel imports as a global issue. He praised Congress’ progress and stressed energy as the top priority.
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Carter
Ak Lp
South Bronx
New York
Robert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Augustus Hawkins
D-Calif
U.S
Congress
Nobel Winners Map Peptide Hormone Breakthroughs
The 1977 Nobel in Physiology or Medicine honors work on peptide hormones produced by brain and pituitary systems. Guillemin and Schally showed brain and ventral nervous system regulate the pituitary, enabling hormone isolation and synthesis. Yalow and Berson developed radioimmunoassays revealing hormone levels and insulin action.
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Sue Saculty
Rosalyn Yalow
Guillemin
la Jolla
Nobel Committee
Stockholm
Schally
New Orleans
Yalow
Solomon Berson
Mouch
Carter energy stance provokes GOP and oil firms
Senate figures respond to President Carter's energy push as Republicans and oil interests criticize his public campaign. The Finance Committee advances an energy tax bill with credits for heat pumps and ocean energy, plus a 10 percent ITC for energy saving vehicle equipment. Carter labels the energy crisis more severe than six months ago.
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Jackson
Senate Energy Committee
Carter
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Finance Committee
Xine
Prayers to Statue Unlucky for Malay Sanitation Crews
In Penang Malaysia authorities fence in Capt Francis Light statue after bettors pray there for luck. Witnesses report candles joss sticks and offerings around the bronze image while crowds leave wax litter and rubbish.
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Penang
Malaysia
Capt
Francis Light
West German airliner hijacked with 92 aboard
A Lufthansa jet carrying 86 passengers five crew and the hijacker was seized while en route from Mallorca to Frankfurt. The hijacker Walter Mohammed demanded the release of jailed West German militants and later raised issues of a missing industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer. The plane landed in Rome and then headed toward Cyprus before refueling talks stalled.
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Lufthansa
Mallorea
Frankfurt
Cyprus
Nicosia
Larnaca
Haltan
Rame International
Broken Fingush
Walter Mohammed
Riviera
West Germany
Hanns Martin Schleyer
Schleyer
Red Army
Shippers seek injunction to bar Pacific port pickets
A West Coast container ship group filed for a San Francisco injunction to stop Pacific port pickets tied to an East Coast labor dispute. The Pacific Maritime Association and TLWA seek to enforce an arbitrator’s ruling that ILA picket lines not be honored on Pacific docks. Labor Secretary Marshall warned against escalation as talks and potential Taft-Hartley actions loom.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Pacific Maritime Association
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
PMA
International Longshoremen's Association
Atlantic
Gulf
Sam Kagel
ILA
TLWA
Thomas Gleason
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Marshall
Gulf Coast
Coast Guard Seeks Missing Gardena Man After Overboard Incident
A Gardena man is missing after reportedly falling from a cabin cruiser eight miles north of Avalon. Coast Guard helicopters and a patrol boat joined the search after the Blue Sea, a fishing boat, reported the vessel drifting and the passenger Clarence Gilman missing. The unnamed cruiser was towed to San Pedro's California Yacht Anchorage.
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Gardena
Catalina Island
Coast Guard
Avalon
Blue Sea
William Atkins
Atkins
Clarence Gilman
California
San Pedro
Rare quake rattles San Joaquin Valley near Modesto
A mild 3.4 magnitude quake struck 12 miles south of Modesto and 10 miles west of Turlock, felt as far as Stockton. No damage reported though windows rattled and residents called law enforcement. epicenter at farmland near the San Joaquin River.
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San Joaquin Valley
Modesto
Turlock
San Joaquin River
Stockton
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