Postal Workers Vote on Roughly 554000 Contract for Ratification
A tentative postal contract crucial to 554000 workers is sent by mail for ratification amid prior walkouts and a committee rejection. Union leaders expect a weekslong tally with possible further strikes, amid objections over pay and rigid work rules.
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Washington
American Postal Workers Union
Emmet Andrews
APWU
Andrews
Postal Service
New York Area
New York
California
Carter to unveil broad national health plan outline
President Carter will present the health insurance proposal in broad terms with essential details to be filled in later. The plan's principles are described by sources as a holding action toward a more complete program. Health, Education and Welfare officials declined to be named.
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Washington
Carter
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
National Health Insurance
Kennedy
Califano
Congress
U.N. plans Namibia independence mission and port handover
Secretary General Waldheim says a U.N. mission will depart within a week to implement Namibia's move toward independence via U.N. supervised elections. The Security Council by 13 to 0 votes also backs transferring Walvis Bay to the new nation after independence, while South Africa abstained on the first resolution.
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United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
U.N
South-West Africa
South Africa
Security Council
Waldheim
Namibia
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Council
Walvis Bay
Winchester flood plain ordinances moved toward approval
The Winchester Planning Commission voted a do pass recommendation on proposed flood plain ordinances after a two hour public session. If not adopted by November 15, residents lose flood insurance and access to federal grants, disaster aid, and mortgage insurance. the city faces liability for nonparticipation.
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Commission
Lee Boppe
Adidas
Wilkins Shoe Center
HUD
Economic Development Adminstration
Small Business Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Fmha
Farmers Home Administration
Winchester
Loudoun Street
Rick Kinard
Charles A. Pine
Kinard
Johnstown
Third Straight Month Consumer Prices Rise 0.9 Percent
Consumer prices rose 0.9 percent for the third month in a row in June led by food housing and autos. The Labor Department notes continued inflation with wages up 0.5 percent and purchasing power down 0.4 percent. Beef and energy costs surged while some items fell, and taxes and utilities pushed overall costs higher.
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Washington
Labor Department
U.S
Robert S. Strauss
Carter
Strauss
Adinistration
Cold and Hot Air Collide With a Bang in Shenandoah Valley
A clash of hot humid air from the Gulf and cold winds from the west sparked a severe thundershower in the Shenandoah Valley. About 500 Potomac Edison customers lost power. rainfall varied from 0.15 to 2.25 inches in Clarke and Warren counties. Forecasters expect calmer weather with no storms in the short term.
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Star
Shenandoah Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Appalachian Mountains
Wincheser
Potomac Edison
John Boettner
Double Toll Gate
Nineveh
Waterloo
Rt. 50
Clarke County
Margaret Russell
ASCS
Gunbarrel Lane
Winchester
Fruit Research Laboratory
Reliance
Warren County
Front Royal
WFTR
Jack Fuge
National Weather Service
Washington, D.C
Gaithersburg
Fuge
Tax Cut Bill Heads For the House Floor
A $16.2 billion tax cut heads to the House floor with aims to expand it. The Ways and Means Committee approved 25 12 after last minute compromises. The measure would cut about 71 to a single earner 25 000 and 160 for 25 000. It would largely exemption home capital gains tax through a last minute compromise backed by both parties and Rep James R Jones.
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Washington
Carter
House Ways and Means
James R. Jones
Dekla
Gospel music thrives at Clarke County Watermelon Park
Page 15 notes gospel offerings at Watermelon Park in Clarke County for the coming week. Page 6 features fruit picking with Frederick County peaches as the subject of the Country Roads column. Page 15 reports Potomac Edison Ratepayers Assn. urging Gov. Dalton to back consumers on utility issues. Page 15 explains local jail work release procedures.
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Clarke County
Watermelon Park
Frederick County
The
Potomac Edison Ratepayers Assn
John Dalton
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