Bell Talks Continue in Effort to Avert 700000-Worker Strike
Federal mediators aid unions and Bell System as talks run through the night with no progress reported, aiming to stop a midnight strike by 700,000 phone company workers. President Carter orders steel purchases to curb prices and asks GSA to seek cheapest steel and advise on moderating future price hikes.
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Washington
Bell System
Carter
Pentagon
General Services Administration
Council On Wage and
Fire erupts near Houston Ship Channel fuel tanks
Explosions rocked the General American Tank and Storage Co area southeast of Houston near LaPorte as flames rose up to 150 feet above three large fuel tanks. The blaze threatened more tanks but no injuries were reported.
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Houston
Tex
Houston Ship Channel
General American Tank & Storage Co
LaPorte
Nuclear sabotage threat warned by environment group
David Dinsmore Comey president of Citizens for Better Environment told the California Energy Commission that unless fundamental changes are made in U S nuclear regulations a major sabotage incident in a nuclear power plant within 10 years is almost certain He said the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has underestimated reactor sabotage as a threat and current prevention steps will not be sufficient.
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Sacramento
America
U.S
David Dinsmore Comey
Citizens For Better Environment
California Energy Commission
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Energy plan moves to Senate as Carter faces tax portions
President Carter's national energy plan goes to the Senate next week after the House backed most proposals by 244 to 177. The Senate Finance Committee will begin hearings on the tax portions Monday, and observers warn the plan may not win as easy a reception in the upper chamber.
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Washington
Carter
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Story
Scottsdale School District eyes Sept 20 election to preserve funds
A special election may be held Sept 20 to keep about 206000 in EDA funds for Scottsdale high school projects. If approved at the Aug 16 meeting, polling would be at five high schools with an estimated cost of 3000.
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Scottsdale
Jack Kearney
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Arizona
Chaparral
Coronado
Saguaro
Kearney
Carter unveils 34 billion welfare overhaul plan
President Carter proposes a sweeping $34 billion program to scrap the current welfare system and require work for more than a million welfare mothers. He aims to cut state costs, curb fraud, and create 1.1 million public service jobs and 300,000 training positions while balancing the budget by term end.
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al Ullman
D-Ore
House
Ways and Means
Ullman
Carter
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
The
Treasury
Fires rage across Western states as hundreds of blazes burn
The AP reports five wind fed fires in Modoc County California merge into a nine thousand acre inferno amid more than 400 fires statewide. Across the West major fires burn over 140000 acres with Alaska’s tundra blaze totaling over a million acres.
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San Francisco
California
Modoc
Rockies
National Fire Information Service
Alaska
Kugruk Hi
Nome
Los Padres National Forest
Carmel Valley
Big Sur
Salinas Valley
Bill Powers
U.S. Forest Service
Fire Information Service
Farah's out Rocky's in T-shirts chart rise
The multimillion dollar t shirt business in Scottsdale thrives on star and rock group transfers. Bill Moore and Catherine Rote report steady weekly sales of hundreds of shirts with transfers featuring Elvis Presley John Wayne and The Fonz among others. Arizona and Scottsdale themed designs are in high demand and transfers now include rainbow glitter and prism effects.
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Bonnie Foster
Mickey Mouse
Elton John
Scottsdale
Farrah Fawcett
Kiss
Bill Moore
Flagg’s
E. Main St
King Kong
Farrah
Moore
Catherine Rote
Shirt Shack
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Ave
Rote
Elvis Presley
John Wayne
Telly Savalas
Pollack
Arizona
Henry Winkler
the Fonz
Scottsdale Center For the Arts
United States Judo Association
Ramada Inns
Heat Wave Continues with Triple Digit Temperatures
The forecast calls for 110 degree highs today and Sunday with overnight lows in the mid 80s. Noon reading reached 104 degrees as humidity stayed around 22 percent.
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Russell B. Long
D-La
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D-N.y
Long
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Kathy Ross
Tassajara Hot Springs
Oregon
Oregon Highway 140
Ely
Hualapai
Kingman
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Canyon
Farah
Rocky
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