Rail executives press Adams on evenhanded DOT regulation
Rail executives praise Brock Adams for support yet fear tilted bias toward trucks and barges. Industry leaders cite FRA studies and tax disparities, with AAR and ATA quotes about fair charges and subsidies, while Adams faces scrutiny over using DOT to boost his political career and railroad interests.
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Copley
Brock Adams
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Adams
Penn Central
ConRail
Association of American Railroads
AAR
Department of Transportation
DOT
Washington
Brock
Crane
John P
Jack” Fishwick
Norfolk & Western Railway
Coleman
Western parks brace for drought and fire danger
Western park officials warn drought may force park closures if conditions worsen. California leads drought danger with record low snowpack and water flow, prompting water restrictions and potential shutdowns at Yosemite Haleakala Grand Canyon and other sites.
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San Francisco
National Park Service
Western Region
California State Park System
America
National Forest Service
Bureau of Land Management
California State Parks
NPS Western Region
Edwin Winge
NPS
Bill Whalen
Golden Gate Recreation Area
Pacific Ocean
Whalen
Yosemite National Park
California
Yosemite
Tioga
Haleakala National Park
Maui
Hawaii
Hugo Huntzinger
Haleakala
Huntzinger
Moonscape
Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park
Lake Recreation
Lake
Park Service
Congress
Colorado
NASA relieved by Carter shuttle enthusiasm
President Carter voiced clear support for the space shuttle program during an Ask the President broadcast. NASA officials worry about future funding and a potential shift in administration stance. Fletcher resigns as administrator, while Mondale’s views on space funding previously troubled NASA. Carter says he is unlikely to fly in the shuttle but supports safe, cost effective flights and satellite reconnaissance for analysis and planning.
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Copley News Service
Carter
NASA
Gerald Ford
Space Agency
James C. Fletcher
Fletcher
Agency
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Mondale
Phyllis Dupere
Rehoboth, Mass
Title I Tests Set For Scottsdale Prekindergarten
Title I tests for Scottsdale School District prekindergarten 1977 78 are May 10 11 at Yavapai School. Children must be 4 by Dec 31 live in Apache or Yavapai areas and be educationally disadvantaged. Enrollment limited to 30. 242 hours daily sessions. morning or afternoon. Call Title I office at Yavapai for appointment.
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Scottsdale
Free monthly blood pressure clinic begins at Scottsdale Center
A free blood pressure clinic will be held on the last Thursday of each month starting May 26 at the Scottsdale Senior Center 7375 E Second St. The Maricopa Division of the American Heart Association operates the event as a permanent screening site for its community hypertension control program. Clinics run from 10 a.m. to noon.
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Scottsdale Senior Center
E. Second St
Maricopa
American Heart Association
Association
Claudia Cardinale Boyfriend Convicted in Rome
Pasquale Squitieri convicted of illegal weapons possession and assaulting two photographers who tried to photograph Claudia Cardinale at her Rome villa. The incident occurred as the actress sunbathed at her property on Rome's outskirts.
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Rome
Claudia Cardinale
Pasquale Squitieri
Psychic Seminar on Reincarnation and Regression
A live demonstration sponsored by Creative Guidelines Metaphysical Center is set for May 7 at the Unitarian Universalist arch 4027 E Lincoln Dr starting 10 am. Registration by 9 30 am. All day session priced at 12 dollars.
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Creative Guidelines Metaphysical Center
Unitarian Universalist
E. Lincoln Drive
Army Europe Show Comes To Coronado High School
The Big Army Europe Show theater on a 50 foot trailer will visit Coronado High School on Wednesday. An 11 minute film presents U S Army life in Europe using three screens and six projectors to show Germany travel education European assignments and roles in combat arms and support jobs to the audience.
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Coronado High School
Europe
Germany
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