No-Win Dilemma in UMW Strike Clouds Power Supply
The UMW strike stalls Carter talks as coal stocks dwindle and utilities plan 30 percent consumption cuts. Gov. Dalton coordinates with Maryland and West Virginia on conservation while the fractured UMW leadership faces ongoing pressure and possible escalation.
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Kentucky
Carter
United Mine Workers Union
Potomac Edison
UMW
White House
Mr. Carter
United Mine Workers’ Union
Fair Play in Richmond Denies Power Shift in Virginia
The Virginia Senate passed a measure to shift appointive power over state and local electoral boards from the governor to the legislature but the House Privileges and Elections Committee deadlocked 10-10. Six Democrats joined Republicans to defeat the bill, preserving the governor’s appointment authority and highlighting a plea for fair play in the General Assembly.
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House Privileges and Elections Committee
John N. Dalton
Virginia General Assembly
General Assembly
One Final Triumph for Senator Carl Curtis Retires
After four decades in Congress Nebraska Republican Carl Curtis announces retirement from the Senate while touting a balanced budget crusade. He cites fiscal restraint and a pay as you go amendment to curb deficits, noting past help to Social Security while critiquing welfare state growth. Curtis has led a long duel against federal expansion and vows continued push for constitutional budgeting.
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Congress
Carl T. Curtis
Nebraska
Curtis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Deal
Carter
Senate
Executive
Nebraskan
House
Senate Finance Committee
Louisiana
Russell Long
Arter
van der Linden
Ways and Means
Carl Curtis
Carter Admin Proposes Six Point Plan for Nuclear Safeguards
The Carter administration quietly pushes a six point program to tighten nuclear controls at home and abroad. It would require disclosure, avert aid to non submitters, and foster international inspection. Ambassador Gerard Smith urges global debate and a UN session in May to raise the issue.
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N.Y. Times News Service
Washington
Carter
U.S
Israel
United States
Gerard Smith
Soviet Union
Smith
Carter Faces House Backlash Over Carter Programs
In Washington the House opposition to President Carter grows as Speaker ONeill and key Democrats fault his liberal agenda. They criticize timing and substance of legislation including a consumer protection agency, while Lloyd and others urge curbing big government. The row highlights tension between the White House and Congress.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Washington
Thomas P. O'Neill
Carter
House of Representatives
White House
Capitol Hill
Hamilton Jordan
Democratic
Congress
O'Neill
Mr. Carter
Consumer Protection Agency
House
Jimmy Carter
Tip O'Neill
Boston
Jim Lloyd
California
Richard M. Nixon
Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Joseph Califano
Secretary of the Navy
W. Graham Claytor
Lloyd
Gressman
West Covina
Bill Alexander
Arkansas
Sam Stratton
New York
Tom Bevill
Alabama
Robert Giaimo
Connecticut
House Budget Committee
John Brademas
Indiana
Brademas
Orwellian jargons over abortion provoke editor letter
A reader argues abortion ends a human life and dehumanizes preborn children. The letter, signed Albert C. Weinmann Jr., critiques pro-choice rhetoric and questions who decides life. It also praises Ralph Triplett as a valued local historian and genealogist, praising his cemetery records.
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Albert C. Weinmann JR
Idylwood
Winchester
Ried
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Gore
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Ralph Triplett
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Frederick
Hampshire
Virginia
West Virginia
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OVAK
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Evening Star
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Cove Ridge
Back Creek Valley
Hester Evening Star
Thomas T. Byrd
Winchester Evening Star Inc
Kent St
Roy E. Potts
Lewis H. Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
Edward P. Offley
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