Energy experts urge more coal and nuclear plants
Denver report covers two day WEST conference urging increased use of coal fired and nuclear plants to meet rising power demand into the 21st century. Speakers challenge solar viability and downplay nuclear safety concerns while weighing costs, emissions, and regional impacts.
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Jerry McElfresh
Eastor
Denver
America
Newsman
Western Energy Supply and Transmission Association
WEST
U.S
Chauncy Starr
Utilities’ Electric Power Research Institute
Starr
Environmental Protection Agency
Raymond Kary
Environmental Management
Debating Nuclear Power Safety and Waste Disposal
Environmental groups challenge plant safety and waste risks while engineers defend safety and cost efficiency. NRC official Carl Builder warns facilities may fail against intruder attacks and calls for reinforced protections. Dr. E Linn Draper cites increased guard forces and says plutonium can be reused as fuel, reducing uranium demand.
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Carl H. Builder
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Safety Division
U.S
Builder
E. Linn Draper
University of Texas
Draper
Denver Energy
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Carter Regrets Lodges Visit Ties to Lobbyists
Jimmy Carter said he stayed as a guest three times at two lumber company lodges during his Georgia governorship. He added it would have been better not to do so and pledged not to repeat the visits. He contrasted Ford's golf outings with lobbyist ties and called Earl Butz' remarks about blacks disgraceful. An Brunswick Pulp and Paper Co. official confirmed Carter and his family were guests at a lodge in southeast Georgia.
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Pittsburgh
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Carter
Ford
Forestry Department
Natural Resources
Department
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Ford Administration
Butz
White House
Brunswick Pulp and Paper Co
Parents to hear district middle school proposal sessions
Scottsdale School District lays out plans for a proposed middle school with a series of five information sessions starting at 8 p.m. at Kachina School and Ingleside School. The committee aims to decide site options among Kachina Ingleside Tavan or Kaibab with a December vote pending board approval.
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Scottsdale
Arcadia High School
Kachina
Ingleside School
Ingleside
Tavan
Kaibab
Hopi
Tom Smith
Smith
Weather outlook with sun and storms expected
Variable cloudiness with possible thunderstorms today. Clearing and cooler tonight. Sunday should be mostly sunny with highs in the 80s and lows mid 60s. Rain chances 30 percent today, dropping to under 10 percent tonight.
Congress Closes After Tax Spending Clash With Ford
The 94th Congress, dominated by Democrats, adjourned after two years of wrangling with President Ford over taxes and spending. Ford’s veto of a $56.6 billion Labor and Health, Education and Welfare appropriation was overridden.
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94Th Congress
Washington
Ford
Labor and Health
Humphrey to undergo tests for bladder condition
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, 65, will enter a hospital Sunday for tests and possible surgery on a bladder condition. Doctors have described his bladder tumors as a borderline form of cancer.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
West Germany set for 90 percent turnout in vote
In Bonn, analysts expect more than 90 percent of eligible voters to participate in the West German parliamentary elections on Sunday. The vote is watched for potential signs that an anti Socialist trend is spreading through Europe.
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Bonn
West Germany
Europe
Ford executives sleep at HQ as strike talks speed toward end
Detroit reports top Ford officers spent the night at the company headquarters while bargainers press to wrap up a 17 day nationwide strike. A UAW source said a settlement could be reached by Sunday amid intensified talks and high stakes for both sides.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Auto Company
United Auto Workers
Judge orders Medicaid abortion funds continued in New York
A federal judge in Brooklyn ordered the government to keep paying abortion funds for at least 20 days after New York enacted a bill barring Medicaid payments for most abortions. Judge John F. Dooling signed the restraining order following a two hour hearing.
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New York
John F. Dooling
U.S. District Court
Brooklyn
Sun N Sage Resort construction continues amid legal challenge
Paradise Valley developers Camelback Shadows face a potential injunction as Maricopa County Superior Court weighs a suit by residents over illegal site plans. Judge Stanley Goodfarb warned that an adverse ruling could require demolition of built-up structures, and ongoing hearings resume next week.
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Paradise Valley
Sun ‘N Sage
Maricopa County
Camelback Shadows, Inc
Philip Tower
Tower
County Board of Supervisors
Camelback Shadows
Board of Supervisors
Goodfarb
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U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Los Angeles
Arizona
New Mexico
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Jerry Apodaca
Western Governors
Apodaca
Richard Hubbard
Hubbard
General Electric
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