Consumer advocate Esther Peterson predicts future consumer agency
Washington AP Esther Peterson says a independent consumer protection agency will win approval in Congress, aided by Carter administration support. She notes opposition from business groups and the changed votes of prior lawmakers, but believes momentum builds through 1978 as consumer voices gain legitimacy and industry links grow. Peterson, 70, has long driven consumer affairs and federal policy.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Washington
Esther Peterson
Consumer Protection Agency
Congress
Ford
Carter
Peterson
Provo
Utah
Amalgamated Clothing, Workers of America
Kennedy
President’s Commission On the Status of Women
Johnson
Giant Foods
White House
U S officials study ultimate dry martini powdered booze
U S Treasury Bureau studies powdered alcohol developed by a Japanese firm for pre mixed cocktails. Tiny alcohol particles in powder form would dissolve with water to make drinks like whiskey sour or daiquiri. Global Marketing of Seattle notes tax decisions affect U S distribution and product packaging.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Japan
Seattle
Mike Hill
Global Marketing
Hill
Tranquilizer tests eyed for Grand Canyon burros
National Park Service plans next month to test tranquilizing guns on about 300 wild burros in Grand Canyon National Park to gauge effectiveness and potential removal. Officials cite non native status and impacts on native plants and wildlife, amid a pending burro management plan and environmental impact statement.
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Grand Canyon
National Park Service
Grand Canyon National Park
Park
Merle E. Stitt
Park Service
The
Humane Society of
United States American Horse Protective Association
Committee To Save
Secretary of the Interior
Stitt
Chandler jail escapees flee during night shift drill
Authorities search for two trustees who escaped from Chandler City Jail. John C. Grange 31 of Paradise Valley and Thomas A. Hopson 23 address unknown walked away from the jail garage Saturday while on the night shift. Grange served 10 to 20 years for assault with a deadly weapon related to a 1974 shooting of two federal agents. His attorney said Grange was moved after a sexual assault at the prison and a parole hearing is scheduled in two weeks. Hopson’s sentence and transfer reasons were not immediately known.
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Chandler
John C. Grange
Paradise Valley
Thomas A. Hopson
Arizona
Grange
Michael Benchoff
Hopson
Bell plans major Arizona investment in phone network
Mountain Bell will spend 494 million dollars in Arizona over two years to expand and upgrade service through 1979. Officials say the project will not raise rates, with about 140 million this year and over 177 million in each of the next two years, driven by higher demand for new connections.
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Phoenix
Mountain Bell
Arizona
Bill Gardner
Telephone Company
Gardner
Scottsdale schools chief to discuss Cherokee enrollment
William Randall superintendent of Scottsdale schools will visit Cherokee at 7 30 p m Wednesday to discuss enrollment issues across the district. All school board members invited. Frank Schilling will visit Cocopah at 2 25 p m Thursday to meet parents and teachers. The annual Scottsdale PTA tour will stop at five district schools with lunch at Kiva.
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Betty Reedy
William Randall
Scottsdale Schools
Cherokee
Cherokee Association of Parents and
Frank Schilling
Cocopah
Scottsdale
PTA Parent Council
Kiva
Margaret Lee
Kiva Tee Pees
Karen Rogers
TV stars Jon Ritter and Nancy Morgan wed in lavish ceremony
Los Angeles AP report notes Three's Company star Jon Ritter married Nancy Karen Morgan in a lavish Sunday ceremony honoring the couple. The groom is Tex Ritter's son, tying two prominent entertainment lineages.
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Los Angeles
Jon Ritter
Tex Ritter
Nancy Karen Morgan
Ritter
Three’s Company
Miss Morgan
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Daily Progress
Consumer Agency
U. S
Bell
Greg Ross
John Rogers
Tim Rogers
Chris Alstrin
Doris Newville
Kiva Tee Pees Association
Central Arizona Condominium Management Company
Loupone
Instani
Std Ave
Mon
Greg Durack
Circulation Dept
Daniel Glassman
National Chiropractic Center
E. Indian School
Blue Water Pool Chemical Co., Inc
E. Acoma Br
Ccormick Raad
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