Congress set for busy week on Alaska bill and nuclear plans
Congress faces a packed schedule with an Alaska lands bill likely to return to the Senate floor, a nuclear waste management bill, and several appropriations measures. The House plans to finish multiple appropriations and consider a budget reconciliation bill cutting 6.2 billion and raising 4.2 billion in 1981. The gas rationing plan faces House debate, with potential standby implementation if no action by July 30.
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Billy Carter
Libya
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HOUSE
House Budget Committee
Monumental Justice Dept. guidelines spa no contest pleas
The Justice Department released new guidelines for federal prosecutors opposing most no contest pleas. Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti called the 56 page policy a monumental achievement and said it standardizes prosecutions by requiring full disclosure, limiting indictments, and seeking indictments only with enough evidence for conviction.
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Justice Dept
Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Benjamin Civiletti
Department
Civiletti
U.S
Safety panel studies fires on subways
The UPI report details a January 19 1979 BART tunnel fire in San Francisco that evacuated 42 people including two employees and killed a firefighter. It also notes a partial April 16 1979 Washington DC Metro fire with no injuries, and cites a two day safety board hearing on urban rapid transit safety with testimony from seven systems including Chicago Washington Atlanta San Francisco New York Toronto and Montreal. The board plans to review evacuation procedures training oversight and railcar materials amid past incidents and 16 safety recommendations.
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Washington
UPI
Bay Area
San Francisco Bay
BART
James King
National Transportation Safety Board
Metro
Potomac River
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
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Safety Board
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San Francisco
Toronto
Montreal
King
Bank exec kills wife and her lover then himself
A Dallas bank vice president, Don Patrick, shot his wife Nancy Patrick as she fled a busy street, killing her before turning the gun on himself in his parents' yard. Police found Ruben Triplett dead in his apartment with a note from Patrick claiming remorse.
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Dallas
UPI
Shane
Patrick
Ruben Francis Triplett
Southern Methodist University
Keith Burks
The Earthquake Felt Across Local Areas
The tremor disrupted daily life as residents from the area reported feeling movement in their homes and vehicles. Sheriff’s Lieut Ann Stanislawski observed the TV antenna swaying while at home in Amherst. Bailiff Jeff Szabo described investigating the onset while resting in bed.
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Sheriff's Lieut
Ann Stanislawski
Amherst
Shah Death Triggers Mixed Reactions Across World
The ex shah dies of circulatory shock after cancer battles as militants demand wealth restitution and world figures react. Sadat orders a simple funeral with no heads of state present while Nixon plans to attend, and Carter offers cautious comment on Americans' fate amid exile ties.
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Moussii
Pahlavi
Raw
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Panama
Sadat
al Rifai
Reza Shah
Shah
New York
Richard Nixon
Nbc-Tv News
Cairo
Ohio traffic deaths rise to at least 13 in weekend toll
Ohio State Highway Patrol counted at least 13 fatalities from traffic crashes over the weekend including three motorcyclists and a pedestrian. Five deaths occurred Friday night, five Saturday, and three Sunday, with one Turnpike crash in Lucag County and two Mentor residents killed in another Sunday crash.
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Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Lucag County
Mentor
City workers strike after contract rejection in Springfield
Two hundred city employees in Springfield walk out after rejecting a three year contract offer from the city. AFSCME members picketed city offices and utility divisions while police and firefighters remain on duty. Strikers work in garbage collection, water, sewer and street repair as supervisory staff keep some services running.
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Springfield
UPI
American Federation of State
Gorillas Born At Columbus Zoo In Four Pound Baby
At the Columbus Zoo a four pound four ounce male gorilla, born Saturday to Toni, may be on exhibit in the Children's Zoo. Zoo director Jack Hanna said the infant was taken from its mother as she would not nurse and held him upside down. The zoo hosts four generations of gorillas in captivity.
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Columbus
UPI
Columbus Zoo
Toni
Zoo
Jack Hanna
Five to be charged in cop killing in Cleveland
Cleveland homicide detectives say four and perhaps five people will be charged in the slaying of Patrolman Desmond J. Sherry. Lt. Kovacic, homicide chief, noted detectives worked 16 hour days. Arrests included several female impersonators who were believed tied to or witnesses to the case. no charges then. A 124 member east side gang had been arrested, solving the case, though some are released.
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Cleveland
Desmond J. Sherry
Edward P. Kovacic
Sherry
Kovacic
Ferguson Lands Valley Mould Contract for Induction Furnaces
HK Ferguson Co has won an engineering contract from Valley Mould & Dren Division of Microdot Inc to design three induction melting furnaces for Valley Mould's Hubbard Ohio plant. Furnaces cost about 34 million dollars, run 900 tons daily, aiding self-sufficiency in hot metal and adding about 30 jobs by 1982. Current Hubbard workforce is 290.
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FL. Ferguson Co
Valley Mould & Dren
Microdot Inc
Ferguson
HK Ferguson
Valley Mould
Hubbard
Ohio
Valley
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