Carter pledges canal treaty support with facts
President Carter said Americans will back the Panama Canal treaty once informed, citing Panamanian assurances that the U S will be part of any new canal or expansion. He defended Bert Lance amid probes and outlined U S cautions on Middle East settlements and South Africa nuclear plans. He also announced a Lusaka meeting with Rhodesia peace efforts.
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Washington
Carter
Panama
United States
Senate
Bert Lance
Comptroller
Lance
Georgia
Lance Should Not Have Bounced Personal Checks, But Added That He and Mrs. Carter
Israel
Middle East
South Africa
Federal project targets Medicaid fraud in Montana
The federal government lists 25 doctors and 25 druggists in Montana for investigation under Project Integrity. HEW and state officials met to push cooperative action, with Governor Judge urging full participation to prevent theft of taxpayers' money. The program links Medicaid claims to records, applying 48 standards to detect abuse, such as multiple procedures for one patient or excessive prescriptions.
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Helena
Montana
Project Integrity
Tom Judge
Jeff Richards
Denver
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Butte considers ban on firemen holding two jobs
Butte-Silver Bow commissioners may approve an ordinance prohibiting paid firefighters from working full time outside the department. The Fire Advisory Committee endorsed the measure Tuesday night though no binding action due to no quorum. The plan allows occasional side work but disallows regular outside employment. A special council meeting to discuss funding will follow, with weather and other notes on Page 2.
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Butte- Silver Bow
Mike Micone
Bill Griffith
Bill Leary
Ed James
Jack Thomas
Ray Driscoll
Bud Tate
Tate
Chris Carroll
Lefty Lowney
Inflation shrinks Hershey bars and raises prices
Inflation has driven Hershey bar sizes down from 1.35 to 1.05 ounces while prices remain 20 cents. The article notes cocoa and sugar costs rising from the 1970s onward, with cocoa up from 27 cents to about 2.70 per pound and sugar at 16 per 100 pounds. Hershey history runs from 1894 to various size and price changes through 1970s.
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Philadelphia
New York
Ghana
Commerce Department
Milton Hershey
Pennsylvania
Hershey
MHD facility costs rise as Butte project progresses
ERDA figures show more than 3.4 million spent in the Butte area on the MHD facility seven miles south of town. About 85 workers are on site with 50 local craft union members. 50 more hires planned to finish by mid 1979. The private MHD Institute projects a payroll of 350,000 monthly, increasing to 500,000 by Oct. 1.
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Butte
MHD
Dick Schwarz
The
Energy Research and Development Administration
MHD Research and Development Institute
Jerry Plunkett
MHD Institute
Bob Staudenmayer
ERDA
General Electric
Avco-Everett Laboratories
Everett
Mass
Taylor- McDonnel Construction of
Schwarz
Ralph Parsons Co
Pasadena
Calif
Dick Schirk
Douglas Coe
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Basin Creek
Butte Water Co
Mike Patterson
Patterson
Walter Hinick
U.N
Andrew Young
David Owen
Lusaka
Zambia
Rhodesia
Leonard
Carroll
Lowney
CDIF
Kaiser Engineers of
Oakland
Kaiser
Dugdale Construction
Walsh Engineering
United States Energy Research and Development Administration
Butte Industrial Park
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