Carter to Decide Thursday on B1 Bomber Production
President Carter told a Senate group he would announce by Thursday a decision on continuing B1 bomber production. House members backed keeping the program with a $1.4 billion in the defense bill, while debates over cost and Soviet arms bargaining framed the vote. Many officials expect a Thursday briefing with options ranging from halting to full production of up to 240 bombers at about $24.8 billion.
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Enere
Randolph
Joseph R. Biden
D-Del
White House
Rex Granum
Air Force
House
Congress
Gerald Rein
Googe H. Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Thomas P. O'Neill
Dmass
Joseph Addabbo
D-N.y
Addabhbo
Carter natural gas plan clears tentative House approval
The House Commerce Committee voted 22 to 21 to tentatively back President Carter's price controls on new natural gas. The measure sets a $1.75 ceiling for new gas nationwide and up to $1.45 for gas renegotiated after contract expirations, amid ongoing energy program debates and possible future changes.
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House Commerce Committee
President Carter
Carter
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House
Bob Krueger
D-Tex
Texas
House Keeps Its Pay Raise
The House defeated an amendment to cut funds for the 12900 pay raise for members of Congress and over 20000 other officials and employees, reaffirming the increase that took effect in March. Speaker O Neill praised the ethics code with full financial disclosure and a 15 percent outside income cap.
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Washington
House
Congress
Thomas P. “Tip” O'Neill
Obituary Helen Benson 64
Helen Benson, 64, of 7818 E Glenrosa Ave died Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Born in Missouri she moved to the Valley in 1973 from Iowa and was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. Survived by husband Logan son Loel Ray of Georgia step daughter Sue Baumann of Scottsdale one sister and four grandchildren. Private services and cremation arranged by Universal Memorial Center.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
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Fire chief treated for second hip fracture
Louis A. Witzeman, owner and chief of the Rural Metro Fire Department, is in Good Samaritan Hospital after a fall at home caused a broken hip. The 52 year old, who formed RMFD in 1948 and became Scottsdale fire chief in 1951, underwent surgery Tuesday and is listed in good condition.
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Hit and run crash injures Phoenix woman on McDowell Road
A Phoenix woman, Sue Edwards, 37, is listed in satisfactory condition at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital after a Tuesday hit-and-run on McDowell Road east of Miller Road. Edwards was a passenger in a car rear ended by a driver who fled. The other driver was Margaret D. Newton, 35, of Tempe, who along with Saundra Loftis, 39, of Scottsdale, reported no injuries. Edwards suffered neck and back injuries.
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Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
McDowell Road
Miller Road
Sue Edwards
N. 41St Place
Margaret D. Newton
Tempe
Newton
Saundra Loftis
Scottsdale
Edwards
Phoenix Council Advances Budget With No General Tax Increase
The Phoenix city council tentatively approves a $387.6 million budget. A 4.9 percent water rate hike funds self financed water service. City employees receive about 6 percent average raises including fringe benefits. The plan also allocates 98.9 million in salary adjustments. A federal mediator schedules talks with a Teamsters Union official over bakery labor issues.
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Arizona lawmakers urged to form oversight on hospital rules
Howard Adams of the Central Arizona Health Systems Agency says the legislature should create an oversight committee to review state law on hospital expansion and rates. Ceja sentenced to die September 27 in the gas chamber for the 1974 Phoenix killings of Leon and Linda.
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Howard Adams
Central Arizona Health Systems Agency Board
Jose Jesus Ceja
State Supreme Court
Ceja
Leon
Linda
Phoenix Couple Files for Bankruptcy Protection
A Phoenix physician Dr Seymour Welsman and his wife Geraldine filed for federal bankruptcy protection after being convicted of ling Laetrile into the United States. Scottsdale accountant Roy Charles was appointed by Judge Vincent Maggiore as the bankruptcy receiver.
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Seymour Welsman
Geraldine
U.S
Scottsdale
Roy Charles
Vincent Maggiore
Two Phoenix Bus Firms Charged With Unfair Labor Practices
Sun Valley Bus Lines and Tanner Gray Lines of Phoenix, both Greyhound subsidiaries, were accused by the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1223 of refusing to bargain in good faith. Charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board were announced after a strike last Thursday.
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Sun Valley Bus Lines
Tanner Gray Lines
Greyhound Corp
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Copper unions weigh offers as talks near contract expiry
About 500 union officials gather in Phoenix to assess Kennecott and six other copper firms for potential settlement as contracts for roughly 20,000 Arizona workers near expiration. Leaders voice cautious pessimism, seeking higher first year wage bumps and continued cost-of-living protection.
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Cass Alvin
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