Slowing U S Economy Seen After July Indicators
Government reports show July economy cooled for the third straight month with a 0.2% drop in each of the three months and a 3% fall in factory orders. Commerce and White House officials frame the softness as slower growth not recession, citing world price effects and robust spring expansion.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Courtenay Slater
White House
Jody Powell
Carter pledges October pay hike for federal workers
President Carter announced plans to grant a 3.4 million federal workers a pay raise in October, covering military and most federal staff but excluding the highest grades and members of Congress. Officials weigh 7.05 or 8.8 percent increases with costs running into billions, against private pay comparability.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Alan Campbell
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Office of Management and Budget
Labor Department
White House
Montana Youth Lead Marijuana Arrests in 1976 Survey
A Montana Board of Crime Control survey shows marijuana dominates drug arrests in 1976 with 467 cases among ages 20-25 and a steep drop for 26-29 and older groups. Overall 75.4 percent of 1 456 drug arrests involve marijuana, most arrests are for possession, and many cases involve minors in earlier brackets.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Board of Crime Control
Bill Erwin
Board
Research and Design Bureau
Silver Bow General Hospital to raise rates Oct 7
Hospital administrator Jim Murphy announced a more than 10 percent rate hike for Silver Bow General Hospital and Nursing Home, to offset an $854,000 deficit. Commissioners were asked to approve Sept 7 with increases effective within 30 days. Daily nursing home rates rise about 10 percent.
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Silver Bow General Hospital
Jim Murphy
Butte-Silver Bow
Murphy
Council
Andy Kankelborg
Montana Hospitals
Montana Hospital Association
Association
Bill Leary
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Mining City Woman Killed by Car on Highway 10
A 34-year-old Butte woman, Sandy Nelissen, died in a Missoula hospital after being struck on Interstate 90 three miles north of Warm Springs. She worked as a flagman for Washington Construction in Missoula on the I 90 project. The driver, Stephen DeMeier, 19, of Redwood Falls Minnesota, swerved to avoid another vehicle and hit Nelissen. four passengers in his car were uninjured.
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Butte
Sandy Nelissen
Floral
Missoula
Warm Springs
Nelissen
Washington Construction
Stephen DeMeier
Redwood Falls
Minn
DeMeier
Radar detectors seen as check on bad police drives
Dale Smith of ElectroSem Inc asserts radar detectors curb police overreach and improve driver safety. He claims detectors help motorists avoid traps, noting detectors report ranges up to three miles while police radar reads about a third to three quarters of a mile. He condemns ill‑gotten speed traps and argues speed should match traffic.
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Dan Jedlicka
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago
Dale Smith
Harvard
Smith
Carter brother promotes peanut liqueur at New York club
Billy Carter headlines publicity event for a peanut liqueur in a downtown New York nightclub. He drinks from a bottle and serves samples while reporters crowd the scene. He jokes about his brother the President and his own promotional role, drawing attention to the product.
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New York Times
New York
Carter
Congress
Billy
America
Peanut
Lucky Lou Saved From Scrap Heap By Ex Crew Members
Sentimental former crew members saved their ship the USS St. Louis from being scrapped in Brazil. They aim to restore it as a museum after its famed 1941 Pearl Harbor escape and war service. The cruiser later became Almirante Tamandare in Brazilian service.
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St. Louis
United States
Brazil
Almirante Tamendare
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Ohio
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