Carter backs auto centered national transport plan
The Carter administration pursues a car dominated transport policy despite gasoline lines. It slashes Amtrak, expects Americans to mostly drive, and cites 82 percent of long road trips by car in 1977. Transit funding slows, but some city projects continue. Analysts warn of rising highway costs and tempered fuel economy goals amid industry pressure.
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Carter
American Public Transit Association
Adams
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Ralph Nader
Ad executive calls TV dangerous at Champaign
Jerry Mander former advertising executive and author of Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television told a University of Illinois symposium TV is dangerous and a tool for corporate power He criticized news programming and ads aimed at children and urged limits on advertising spending to blunt television’s influence
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Jerry Mander
Mander
United States
University of Illinois
Three Mile Island
Parity Seen For Some Black Families In Census Report
A Census Bureau study on black economic status shows income parity for working couples, but overall progress is limited. From 1974 to 1977 the number of blacks below the poverty line rose by about 500,000, with a 31 percent rate versus 9 percent for whites. The American Cancer Society notes blacks have a higher mortality rate from cancer, with 1976 rates 22 percent above whites. Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall Jr. forecasts 44,000 black deaths from cancer.
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Census Bureau
Congressional
American Cancer Society
LaSalle D. Leffall Jr
Two-income Black families reach parity with whites
Two-income black families achieve parity with white households in income, as analysts note persistent racial disparities in cancer outcomes with blacks often presenting at advanced stages. AMC plans the Eagle four wheel drive from the Concord platform, dropping Pacer after 1980 and possibly expanding engines. Chrysler considers buying engines from rivals to save costs, a first in the industry, while New Jersey approves a Jersey Central rate hike to fund replacement power after Three Mile Island. Ohio State builds a 50,000 dollar rhizotron underground lab to study grass growth and lawn care efficiency.
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Pennsylvania
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New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Jersey Central Power and Light Co
Three Mile Island
BPA
George H. Barbour
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State University
OSU
Kernock
United States
Wage controls urged as unions resist inflation rise
The administration's senior economic advisers fear a catch-up wage policy could worsen a recession as organized labor seeks higher raises. Treasury Secretary Blumenthal and advisers struggle to persuade unions to refrain from demanding full wage increases amid inflation. Labor leaders call for shared sacrifice, while officials warn delay in Carter's wage standard review could be costly.
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Barry P. Bosworth
Council On Wage and Price Stability
Ray Marshall
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Lane Kirkland
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Vienna
Leonid Brezhnev
Tokyo
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B.F. Goodrich Company
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