Four events mix health scare and labor clash Across U S
A San Diegan girl’s death from bubonic plague triggers contact tracing near Lake Tahoe and campground inspections. An Indiana factory riot follows a picket shooting as UAW and management blame each other amid a mileius labor war. Carter outlines foreign aid review and pushes rights focused policy while backing AFL CIO revisions to federal labor law.
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San Diego
Lake Tahoe
France
California
Sierra Nevada
Carrie Sayatovich
Automakers Attack Carter Gas Guzzler Tax Plan
The Big Three auto makers say a gas guzzler tax is unnecessary and would hurt low and middle income families. Chrysler General Motors and Ford officials testified that incentives should push fuel efficiency without new taxes. The plan would tax cars below 23 mpg, rising to 3 856 for sub 12.5 mpg by 1985.
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Washington
Carter
Terry
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Corp
Senate Commerce Subcommittee On Science and Technology
Indictments Set for Virginia Piper Kidnaping Case
Two men Ronald Floyd Larson and Kenneth James Callahan face arraignment over the 1972 Virginia Piper kidnapping in Minnesota. The case, one of the costliest unsolved abductions, saw only 4000 of 41 million recovered after Mrs. Piper was taken from Orono on July 27, 1972 and released unharmed two days later after ransom payment.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Virginia Piper
Ronald Floyd Larson
Stillwater
Kenneth James Callahan
Cumberland
Wis
Senate rejects Carter plan to halt Clinch River reactor cited
The Senate rejected President Carter's bid to phase out the Clinch River breeder reactor at Oak Ridge Tennessee. The action, awaiting House approval, could trigger a presidential veto to stop construction. Senator Frank Church says the move fails to curb plutonium spread while Senator Spark Matsunaga warns of planetary consequences if proliferation continues.
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Washington
Carter
Senate
Clinch River
Oak Ridge
Tenn
House
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Spark Matsunaga
D-Hawaii
Orphaned hippo survives after zoo tragedy at Denver Zoo
A 14 day old hippo calf nestles against zookeeper John Tobias at the Denver Zoo after its mother Petina, a 3060 pound died last week when tusks wedged on a metal bar. Officials say the calf has better than a 50 percent chance to live.
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John Tobias
Denver Zoo
Petina
Hippo
Senate panel OKs prisoner exchange with Mexico
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee tentatively approved a prisoner exchange with Mexico allowing Americans imprisoned there to serve sentences in U.S. prisons. Ratification by the full Senate and implementing legislation are still needed. About 600 Americans are jailed in Mexico, with roughly 2,000 Mexicans in U.S. federal prisons. The deal faces legal questions over potential challenges to Mexican convictions in American courts.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mexico
U.S
FDA declares Laetrile ineffective against cancer
FDA Commissioner Donald Kennedy told a Senate subcommittee that a government review finds Laetrile is unproven and ineffective against cancer. He called the apricot-derivative drug a fraud and likened its promotion to past cancer cures that harmed public health. He urged protecting patients from profiteers exploiting hope.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Donald Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate
FDA
Train derails as SP freight spills near Toltec
Nine cars of a westbound Southern Pacific freight derailed near Toltec early today, damaging a quarter-mile of track on newly laid rails. No injuries reported. The derailed section is part of a 100-car train. a flat car may have caused the accident. Main line restoration expected this afternoon.
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Toltec
Southern Pacific Railroad
Doldar
Orange County
Tox Angeles Times
Santa Cruz sheriff convicted embezzling two county vehicles
Santa Cruz County Sheriff Esequiel Bejarano was convicted of two counts of embezzling vehicles, an abandoned car and a seized pickup. He faces up to 10 years per count with sentencing set for August 1. Attorney General Bruce Babbitt commended DPS detectives for the prolonged work.
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Nogales
UPI
Santa Cruz
Esequiel Bejarano
Bejarano
Prand
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