Group unveils jobs for everyone bill in Congress
A congressional coalition proposes a full employment bill requiring the President and Congress to set annual targets for employment, production, and purchasing power. The measure would involve the Federal Reserve, exclude wage and price controls, and aims for unemployment no higher than 3 percent within four years.
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Congress
Federal Reserve System
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
Augustus Hawkins
D-Calif
Ford
Humphrey
Nutrition research lag noted by federal panel
Washington reports say the federal government lags in nutrition science as thousands of new foods enter stores. A House agriculture subcommittee will hold hearings on nutrition research amid criticism of limited nutritional information. In 1975 the government spent 73 million on nutrition research versus 94 billion on defense, about 1.02 dollars per household.
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Ice
Richmond
House Agriculture
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
National Institutes of Health Nutrition Coordination Committee
Defense
Commerce Department
Feds hold up state funds for infant program expansion
The Department of Agriculture impounded federal funds delaying Montana's effort to expand a nutrition program for infants and women. Spokesman Mary Feuersinger says the halt affects seven Indian reservations and 11 counties and was to fund expansion to 23 more counties. The spokesman criticized the move as poor health policy.
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Helena
Department of Agriculture
Mary Feuersinger
Weekend Snow Flurry Then Snow-Free Monday
The area faces periods of snow Sunday with clearing Monday. Outlook for today lists highs around 35 and a low near 15. Weather map appears on Page 2.
Ford suspends Callaway amid Crested Butte land dispute
GUILFORD NC AP Bo Callaway steps aside as secretary of the Army and Ford campaign chairman amid allegations he used office influence to secure federal land rights for a Crested Butte Colorado ski resort in which he held an interest. Interior subcommittee plans probe as Stewart Spencer acts.
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N.C
Colorado
Callaway
Secretary of the Army
Bo Callaway
Ford
Crested Butte
Stuart Spencer
Nelsen
Air Force One
Chicago
North Carolina
Jim Holfhouser
Butte Anaconda three city job market shows rising unemployment
A Montana survey reports the Butte Anaconda and Dillon labor market peaked at 11.5 percent unemployment in December 1975 with 13.5 percent in Butte since then. It notes 1974 weekly private earnings averaged 152.57 statewide and outlines area wages for auto mechanics and nurses.
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Anaconda-Butte
Division of Economic Development
State Department of Community Affairs
Butte
Anaconda
Dillon
Mayor vows crackdown on rowdy St Patrick's Day conduct
St Paul mayor Lawrence Cohen pledges action against rampant green beer in city streets. He warned violators will be warned and, if necessary, prosecuted to curb flagrant law violations during the celebration.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Lawrence Cohen
Cohen
Deadly Kentucky coal mine sealed after 26 deaths
The Scotia Coal Co mine in Owen Fork Kentucky will be sealed indefinitely with 11 bodies inside after 26 miners died in a week. Under secretary Kent Frizzell said sealing could last two to three months until danger of explosions passes. MESA will begin sealing within two days and monitor conditions before any body removal or reopening.
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Owen Fork
Kentucky
Interior
Kent Frizzell
Survivor won't go back to Big Black Mountain mine
Marilyn Sumpter in Southdown Ky says local residents refuse to abandon the mine site where 93 miners escaped the first explosion and 15 bodies were later recovered. Rick Parker 27 recalls returning with 13 miners, including two federal inspectors, to assess damage before a second blast fatally struck. The men describe crawling through rock piles and narrowly surviving as the mine collapsed again.
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Marilyn Sumpter
Big Black Mountain
Rick Parker
Scotia Coal Co
Parker
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