Shrimpers flood Gulf waters as season hits peak
Gulf Coast and out of state boats continue large landings in the Mississippi Sound with reports of 20 000 pounds for the second day of the delayed season. MMCC issued a record number of shrimp licenses, many to out of state fishermen, while local captains fear overfishing and ice shortages could curb future hauls.
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Gulf Coast
Mississippi Sound
Mississippi Marine Conservation Commission
MMCC
Richard L. Leard
Georgia
Carolinas
Florida
Mississippi
Robert A. Lightner
Hope Alexis
Sound
Biloxi Freezing Co
Lightner
House rejects bid to cut 16 water projects in funding bill
The House voted 218 to 194 against an amendment to slash 169.7 million for 16 water projects, then approved the $10.2 billion public works bill 356 to 54 and sent it to the Senate. Carter veto remains possible if funds stay for disputed projects. Mondale urged no veto unless necessary.
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House
Carter
Senate
White House
Jody Powell
Illinois
Jim Wright
Texas
Wright
George Miller
D-Calif
Silvio O. Conte
R-Mass
Butler Derrick
D-S.c
Richard B. Russell
Walter F. Mondale
Mondale
Ways and Means backs new oil tax under Carter plan
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a crude oil tax aimed at conservation, voting 21 to 16 against using tax revenue for industry incentives. The measure would raise gasoline prices by about 7.6 cents per gallon by 1981, with staged increases starting in 1978.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Carter
Howver
Ways and Means
United States
U.S
Kidney dialysis unit may be reimbursed by Medicare
Federal officials in Atlanta said Medicare can reimburse patients using Gulfport Memorial Hospital’s self service dialysis unit on an outpatient basis. Hospital administrator Ron Burton said HEW rules had blocked reimbursement but now plans to refer patients to the unit. The donated machine has sat unused in a trailer behind the hospital for five years.
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Federal Bureau of Health Insurance
Atlanta
Medicare
Burton
Gulfport Memorial
Navy Wives Clubs of America
Honeybees 257
Pascagoula
Bureau of Health Insurance
ESRD
Freddy Fender Joke Turns On Chiropractor Pun
Sam's line jokes about the singer Freddy Fender asking what to call his chiropractor. The punchline: a Fender bender play on the guitarist name.
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Freddy Fender
Chiropractor
Fender Bender
Coast faces HUD audit of coast development programs
HUD will audit Mississippi coast community development programs with Biloxi or Gulfport as the focus. Gov Cliff Finch is to announce a new appointment to the Coast Coliseum Commission at a Pascagoula news conference. HEW will send nearly 550000 to 10 Mississippi districts including six on the Coast for federal employee families, raising fears of future cuts.
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Biloxi
Gulfport
Cliff Finch
Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission
Pascagoula
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Nation ends Brushy Mountain prison escape with capture
The last inmate who fled Brushy Mountain State Prison with James Earl Ray was captured, preserving the prison’s record of no successful escapes.
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Brushy Mountain State Prison
James Earl Ray
Soviet police quiz Los Angeles Times man four hours
Robert Toth, LA Times Moscow correspondent, was questioned by Soviet security police for four hours on Tuesday, ordered to return for more questioning, accused of gathering information, and barred from leaving the country.
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Robert Toth
Moscow
Los Angeles Times
Changing Times Native Mississippian Turner Catledge
Native Mississippian Turner Catledge credited with changing the New York Times now living in New Orleans recounts his experiences as reporter editor vice president of the nation’s leading newspaper. Details appear on Page A-3. Dizzy Music fans can hear Ole Diz sing his rendition of Wabash Cannonball with 500 recordings released today on Page B-7.
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Changing Times
Turner Catledge
New York Times
New Orleans
Catledge
Page
Dizzy
Dizzy Dean
Ole Diz
Jazzman-Jerry Jenkins makes Jazz free agent camp comeback
Gulfport native Jerry Jenkins, known for sensational high school and Mississippi State play, returns from a two year layoff to participate in a free agent camp with the New Orleans Jazz.
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Jerry Jenkins
Gulfport
Gulfport High School
Mississippi State University
New Orleans Jazz
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Weather Outlook Brings Rain Chance Through Wednesday
Forecast suggests a chance of rain continuing into midweek with unsettled conditions. Regional conditions and timing are uncertain as meteorologists monitor approaching weather systems.
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Powell
Robert Michel
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Lee Kidney
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United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Associated Press
Lee Roy Patterson
UMW International District Board
Western Kentucky
UMW
Harry Patrick
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