Senate approves airline deregulation bill
The Senate passed a bill 83 to 9 to end most federal regulation of airline fares and routes. It would let airlines raise or lower fares and start new routes while guaranteeing service to smaller communities for ten years. House scrutiny and Carter’s signature awaited.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Texas International Airlines
New Mexico
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Public forum hits editorial defense of surveillance abuses
Raymond S. Taggart argues in a letter that the April 16 editorial Knife in the Back defends unlawful surveillance by FBI officials. He warns against eroding constitutional rights and cites Nazi-era arguments as parallels, calling for thorough investigation and accountability.
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FBI
Reinhardt Heydrich
Heinrich Himmler
Heydrich
Germany
Your
Roswell residents seek redress over faulty water softener project
Michael and Olga Timko report a shady contractor with 20 years of praise failed to supply cabinet materials and insulation for a water softener installed in Oct 1977. They paid cash, received only a particleboard sheet, and endured nine follow ups plus a two day water outage without repair. They plan to file a complaint with the representing company.
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Roswell
Michael
Olga Timko
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Roswell Welcome Wagon Hostesses Return From LA Training
Mrs. Carol Bennigan and Mrs. Myrtle Zavinsky of Roswell completed a training course in Los Angeles to become Welcome Wagon Inc. hostesses in Roswell. The pair recently returned home to begin representing the service locally.
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Carol Bennigan
Myrtle Zavinsky
Roswell
Los Angeles
Calif
Welcome Wagon, Inc
Alabama moonshiners test corn fuel for autos
In Selma Alabama Albert Turner and Albert Hubbard build a pilot alcohol plant from junkyard parts to produce auto fuel at about 65 cents a gallon. A Manchester scientist aided design while Treasury agents monitor production. Early tests show promising results as local residents sample the blend and report smooth engine operation.
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Alabama
Albert Turner
Martin Luther King Jr
Albert Hubbard
Federal Energy
James Schlesinger
Alabama Piney Hills
Ivory Tower
Turner and Hubbard
Office of
Minority Business
Hal Bernton
Selma
Ala
Turner
Backwoods
Minnesota
Alan Zithamer
Turner and Associates
Treasury
Hubbard
The
Piney Woods
New Mexico politics see reuse of rules and reform clashes
In Santa Fe, Governor Apodaca signs EO 78-11 keeping cabinet rules in place amid reform battles with the federal bureaucracy. The piece notes continuations, hearings, and paperwork while reporting on a proposed Santa Fe military museum and a potential applicant for Albuquerque schools chief.
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Jimmy Carter
Washington
Jerry Apodaca
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Secret Service Office
Cuate” Chavez
Don Diego de Vargas
National Guard
Santa Fe Trail
Round House
Illinois
Floating anchor gains ground in TV news and Carter team
William Safire notes ABC experiments with a floating anchor shifting focus to correspondents led by Barbara Walters while Barbara Walters would gain a stronger interviewing role. He argues Carter’s decentralization risks policy drift without clear lines of authority and a decisive staff shakeup.
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Walter Cronkite
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Barbara Walters
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J. Lester Powell
Nixon
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New York Times
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Wake Forest
Brzezinski
Andrew Young
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