Reform of electric rates faces Senate hurdle
The Carter energy program encounters resistance in the Senate energy committee led by Sen. Bennett Johnston. The panel signals major changes to restructure electric utility rates, while other energy measures face friction amid debates on gas pricing, car efficiency standards, and conservation funding.
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Arabs pray for end to cholera epidemic across region
In Beirut the Arab world marks a three day Bairam of prayers to Allah as cholera spreads across Jordan Lebanon Syria and Saudi Arabia with over 2 200 confirmed cases and at least 70 deaths in Syria and rising totals elsewhere Kuwait calls a regional health ministers meeting in Cairo to discuss eradicating the gastro intestinal disease and mobilize funds and manpower.
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Kuwait
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Cairo
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Satellite destroyed in $40 million blast at Cape Canaveral
Officials hunted debris from the European Orbital Test Satellite and its Delta rocket after a safety signal blew apart the craft over the Atlantic near Kennedy Space Center. The 1245 pound satellite, built by European and international firms, was to pave a network of four communications satellites and was insured along with the Delta launch. The Delta's failure stemmed from a structural defect. the rocket was built by McDonnell Douglas Astronautics.
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Medicare patients face larger hospital bills next year
The Carter administration announced higher Medicare patient contributions due to rising hospital costs. About six million elderly recipients will pay a total of nearly 40 million dollars out of pocket next year, averaging 150 dollars per person. Increases range from 20 dollars for stays up to 60 days to 10 dollars per day beyond 90 days.
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Lottery roundup and official notices from Baltimore AP excerpt
Maryland Numbers Game winning numbers drawn Tuesday night are listed amid a Pennsylvania Pittsburgh lottery sighting. The piece includes publication and mailing details for AP service distribution, pricing by week month and year, and the Hagerstown address for subscriptions.
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Maryland
Saccharin warnings sought by Carter aides in push to Congress
Washington AP The Carter administration urges Congress to require cancer warnings on diet foods soft drinks and other saccharin products citing Canadian studies linking saccharin to cancer in animals and possible bladder cancer in humans FDA NIH and FTC back warning labels while delaying a possible ban.HEW undersecretary Hale Champion opposes broader regulatory meddling in product specific actions.
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FTC
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HEW
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Califano
Coca Cola Co
NAACP joins fight to halt Speakelink execution
In Florida, John A Speakelink seeks a stay to delay his death sentence amid claims of racial discrimination. Tobias Sidun plans to file in federal court while the Florida Supreme Court appeal proceeds. The NAACP backs the appeal as Speakelink, 28, faces the second post 1976 death penalty execution.
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Miami
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Jacksonville
Florida
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New York
Andrew Graham
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Spenkelink
Gary Gilmore
Utah
Buena Park
Calif
Joseph Szystankiewicz
Detroit
James Schlesinger as Master Puppeteer of Energy Department
James R. Schlesinger leads a newly formed Energy Department with 20 000 employees and a 10.6 billion dollar annual budget. Key figures include John F. O Leary as deputy secretary and Dale D Myers as under secretary, shaping a unified energy policy across Oil gas coal nuclear and renewables.
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James R. Schlesinger
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