Cartel Uranium Price Fixing Probed by U S Panel
The House Commerce subcommittee released over two dozen confidential papers alleging an international uranium cartel involving Gulf Oil and other producers. Chairman John Moss announced the inquiry and subpoenaed Gulf president Jerrold McAfee and five other executives as hearings opened. He stated that the cartel rigged prices and allocated supplies for at least three years, with foreign producers and governments implicated.
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France
South Africa
Australia
Canada
Paris
Senate Panel Votes to Kill Eight Water Projects
A Senate public works subcommittee voted to strike eight water projects from the $10.5 billion Public Works bill to avoid a Carter veto. The action targets projects in Wisconsin Oklahoma Kentucky Colorado Missouri and South Dakota among others, while preserving several approved by the House. The panel also kept funding for Garrison Diversion and Bonneville unit, and supported amendments to other Arizona Utah and Louisiana schemes.
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Wyo
Narrows Unit
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Narrows
Grove Lake
Kansas
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Senate Committee
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
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Tensas Basin
Arkansas
Bayou Bodeau
Hondo Mayor Proposes Importing Unemployed to Aid Grants
Hondo Texas Mayor Woodrow Glasscock Jr says the city with 3 percent unemployment must import 180 unemployed workers to meet federal aid criteria for a $1 million civic center. He wrote to President Carter about needing non-working residents, arguing locals are too industrious to qualify.
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