Government weighs paying firms after cyclamate ban
The White House backs a bill to reimburse industry losses from the Aug 4 1970 cyclamate ban. Claims would be handled by the U S Court of Claims with no cap, and big awards require congressional appropriation. About 36 House members back the measure amid industry estimates of up to 100 million.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Robert H. Finch
Finch
U.S. Court of Claims
Congress
Stant
B.F. Sisk
D. Calif
Sisk
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Atlantic fare war cuts prices set by Atlantis and Lufthansa
Atlantis Airways and Lufthansa have slashed transatlantic round trips effective Feb 1 in a price war. Atlantis cuts to 135 dollars off season and 190 in summer, aiming to stay competitive with scheduled carriers. Lufthansa had already reduced rates by 30 percent, targeting 210 dollars round trips, and other airlines may follow.
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NEW York
APD
Atlantis Airways
Lufthansa
Europe
Dietrich Gerlach
Atlantis
North America
International Air Transport Association
IATA
West Germany
Gerlach
Theufthansa
Water Crisis Warns of Needed New Plants Front Wasatch
Gov. Calvin L. Rampton told the three day joint convention of the American Water Works Association and Utah Water Pollution Control Association that water and sewage facilities along the Wasatch Front will be inadequate within 20 to 30 years. He urged public awareness and funding for 100 percent water treatment plants and anti pollution efforts along the Provo River system and Great Salt Lake area.
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Provopd
Wasatch Front
Calvin L. Rampton
Rampton
American Water Works Association Intermountain Section
Utah Water Pollution Control Association
Wasatch
Great Salt Lake
Utah Lake
Provo River
Welfare costs surge 27 percent highest ever
HEW reports a 27 percent rise in national welfare costs for the year ending June 30, totaling 16.3 billion dollars with relief rolls at 14.3 million. Administrator John D. Twiname notes the increase is the largest in history but cites a three month decline and a two month drop in welfare rolls as possible signs of tightening. Eleven states have cut welfare aid as belt-tightening spreads.
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Craig A. Palmer
Washington
UPI
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
John D. Twiname
HEW
Social
Twiname
Alabama
Arizona
Delaware
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Bermuda Braced as Ginger Storm Lashes with 72 mph Winds
Ginger's mall storm strength was described as minimal with 72 mph winds and heavy seas as it moved westward in the central Atlantic. Bermuda prepared for near hurricane conditions with winds up to 75 mph and 200 mile north to south gale spread, prompting early evacuations of two cruise ships and a British Navy vessel.
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Miami
UPS
Ginger
Bermuda
Atlantic
Joe Pellissier
National Hurricane Center
Naval Air Base
Spokane Man Charged In Odd Crime
A Spokane man Steven S. De Lorenzo, 21, is charged with second degree assault for driving a car with 21 year old Marcella Rose O'Shields over a high bluff on the south side of Spokane overlooking the Inland Empire Highway on May 12. A jury was chosen in presiding court for assignment to a trial today.
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Spokane Upd
Spokane County Superior Court
Steven S. de Lorenzo
Spokane
Marcella Rose O’shields
Inland Empire Highway
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