New York to Sell Municipal Metal Waste for Steel
Mayor Abraham Beame unveils a world first plan where New York City will sell metallic garbage to Ashmont Metal Co. The $12 million plant near the Southwest Brooklyn Incinerator will extract ferrous metals from ash, refining into high quality steel. Expected open in 18 months, the project aims to save landfill space, create jobs, and reduce steel imports.
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New York
UPI
Abraham Beame
New York City
Ashmont Metal Co
Brooklyn
Beame
Ashmont
United States
Edstrom named Woodland Forester in Sandpoint Idaho
Dale C. Edstrom is appointed Woodland Forester for the Idaho Department of Lands in Sandpoint, starting June 1, replacing Rex S. Johnson. He comes from Rapid City South Dakota where he served three years as Environmental Staff Forester, handling forest management direction and land use planning, and developing a tri county timber program. Edstrom and his wife Sue and their two children now reside in Sandpoint.
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Dale C. Edstrom
Sandpoint
Idaho Department of Lands
Michael C Reed
Edstrom
Rex S. Johnson
Rapid City
South Dakota
Colorado State University
Sue
Hher
Consumer group disrupts Agriculture Dept meeting protest
Consumer Federation of America and others disrupted the Agriculture Department panel review session with gags and signs to protest lack of consumer representation in regulatory reform. The eight member panel, formed by Earl L. Butz, began meetings to evaluate programs from meat inspections to milk marketing orders. Carol Foreman led the action, denouncing polite replies while calling for consumer voices in the reform effort.
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Bernard Brenner
Washington
UPD
Agriculture Department
Consumer Federation of America
Earl L. Butz
Donald E. Wilkinson
The
Agricultural Marketing Service
Carol Foreman
Consumer Federation
Local Meetings and Dances Across Sandpoint June Events
Notices list various meetings across Kootenai and Sandpoint including the Kootenai Grange June 9 8 p.m. and Bonner General Hospital Auxiliary June 9 9 30 a.m. plus dances, a bicycle workshop June 7 12 in Sandpoint and a Lake Pend Oreille boat trip June 14 for seniors.
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Bonner General Hospital
Pend Oreille
Forest
Margaret Crowell
Coodinator
Hope
Fly Me Days End at National Airlines
National Airlines in Miami scrapped its Fly Me campaign and no frills fares as it shifts advertising agencies from William Free and Co to Ted Bates and Co. Vice president J Dan Brock cites strategic realignment. The Fly Me ads started in 1971 amid charges of sexism and failed federal ban attempts. No frills ended in 1975 amid labor strikes that grounded the airline.
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Miami
UPI
National Airlines
William Free and Co
Ted Bates and Co
New York
J Dan Brock
National
Women’s Liberation Groups
Delegates Walk Out At World Employment Conference
United States delegates staged a walkout in Geneva during a Palestine Liberation Organization address. Abu Meyzar accused Israel of crimes against humanity in the occupied Arab territories. Delegates returned after the PLO speaker, who spoke without voting rights, ended.
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Geneva
Switzerland
UPI
United States
Palestine Liberation Organization
U.S
PLO
Abu Meyzar
Israel
FTC rules diet pill X-11 ads false weight loss claim
An FTC Administrative Law Judge ruled that Porter and Dietsch Inc and the Pay’n Save chain violated advertising rules by claiming X-11 diet tablets let users lose weight without calorie limits. The ruling also named Kelly Ketting Furth Inc and Seattle’s Pay’n Save Corp, and allowed appeals to the full FTC.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
Daniel
Hanscom
Porter and Dietsch Inc
St Paul
Minn
Kelly Ketting Furth Inc
Chicago
Pay'n Save Corp
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Pound Bounces Back on Credit Boost from Major Nations
The British pound rose on foreign exchange markets aided by a $5.3 billion standby credit from 10 major trading nations. It neared $1.80, its best level since May 20 after a steep drop to $1.70 last week.
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Anthony Nicholas London
UPI
London
Pound rebounds amid global credit plan and UK politics
The pound rose to around 1.80 dollars, aided by a 53 billion dollar standby credit agreed by central banks. Parliament debated a Conservative censure motion over Britain's economic plight, while Healey framed the credit as banking cooperation to support sterling.
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Sterling
United States
Britain
Zurich
Frankfurt
Denis Healey
Batam
London
Healey
Geoffrey Howe
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Reginald Bell
Bonner County
Julie Hill
Jill Johnson
Bonner County Dairy Wives Association
Bell
Edstrom New Woodland Forester
Wilkinson
Earl Butz
Butz
Department of Agriculture
Kootenai
Women's Relief Corps
IWA
Lord
First Lutheran Church
Clark Fork
Sandpoint Senior High
Golden Honey Bees
Senior Citizen Center
Forest and
Main
Camp Stidwell
Mirror Lake
Charlotte Palmer
Alder St
Idaho
United Methodist
Church Fellowship Hall
Eagle Lodge
Sandpoint ID
Moose Hall
Academy of Friendship
Alice Stockman
Women of the Moose
Sandpoint Motors
Senior Citizens Council
Lake Rebekah Lodge
Oddfellows Hall
Corner Pine
Euclid
Sandpoint Jaycees
Rome
Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship
Sand Admissions Free
Virginia Peters
C.E.S
Masonic Temple
All Eastern Star
First
Stoddard
Zerith
Beth, Cinde
Jess
City
International Labor Organization
Pound
Welcome Wagon Club
Daily Bee
Princess Shop
Betty Farrell
Beverly Franson
Jessie Maxwell
Colburn School
Tom Thornton
Val Allen
Dorthy Power
Midland
Manchuria
Sandpoint Furniture
Ligeet
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