Carter aims to balance SST access with noise limits and local control
President Carter tentatively approves Concorde flights with federal clearance across the United States, provided noise stays within limits and a night curfew is observed. He also grants cities final say on flight permissions to avoid a national mandate. Transportation Secretary Brock Adams notes local bans must rest on noise standards and apply to all aircraft.
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America
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Carter
Britain
France
United States
Brock Adams
New York
Kennedy Airport
Air France
British Airways
Adams
World Bank IMF meet opens with focus on fuel and food costs
Finance ministers from 131 nations gather in Washington for the annual World Bank IMF meeting as committee sessions begin. Leaders cite high fuel and food prices driving balance of payments problems and recession in many countries, with calls for more external financing and stronger support from industrial nations.
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UPI
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
U.S
United States
Ghana
K. Gyasi- Twam
Guasi-Twain
IMF
Albany sidewalk sale sparks bid for near Capitol cafe
The city approved auctioning 570.4 square feet of sidewalk near the state Capitol after declaring the blocklong concrete path abandoned. Restaurant owner Dan Ladopoulos hopes to operate a sidewalk cafe, facing six months of red tape and neighborhood scrutiny from the Center Square Association which questions city ordinances surrounding the plan.
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N.Y
UPI
State Capitol
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Ladopoulos
Restaur
Bleecker
Center Square Association
Gas truck explosion kills seven in Beattyville Ky
A loaded gasoline transport truck overturned and exploded in Beattyville Kentucky burning over a dozen buildings. Seven were confirmed dead with more feared missing as investigators assess damage and preliminary losses are placed at about 600 000 dollars.
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Kentucky
Lee County
Usher Transport Co
Louisville
Usher
Forest Drake
WLJC
Water supply restored after two day ban in North Miami Beach
About 70 000 residents in a 35 square mile area had water service restored at 8 a.m. EDT after a two day ban. Officials sought the cause of pesticides in tests while police suspected sabotage by a former employee, though no specific evidence was found. The treatment plant, serving 40 000 customers, remained isolated until connected back.
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Miami Beach
Fla
UPI
Tony Clemente
North Miami Beach
Stan Marple
Judge orders UC Davis medical school admit white applicant
U.S. District Judge Thomas MacBride granted a temporary restraining order allowing Rita Clancy to register for classes at UC Davis School of Medicine. The ruling notes 16 of 100 openings reserved for disadvantaged minority students but sets a hearing for October 13 to consider making the order permanent.
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UPI
University of California Medical School
Allan Bakke
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Thomas J. MacBride
Rita Clancy
UC Davis School of Medicine
University
Donald Reidhaar
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