Carter Considers Washington Ties for Running Mate
Carter seeks a running mate with Washington exposure and hints at possibilities being a Black or a woman. He has not named finalists from 10 or 12 candidates and plans interviews before the Democratic National Convention in New York next month.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Carter
New York
Arter
Alan Cranston
California
Senate
Associated Press
North Dakota
Boston
Robert Lipshutz
Massachusetts Ends First Statewide Strike with Return to Work
Massachusetts state employees returned to work ending the first statewide strike in state history after three days on picket lines. Negotiations continue with union leaders and representatives at the bargaining table, amid court orders and heavy fines to deter further stoppages.
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Boston
Massachusetts
State Department of Public Works
Massachusetts District Commission
Howard V. Doyle
Alliance
Doyle
Major Oil Spill Threatens Wildlife and Resort Areas
A major oil spill in the St. Lawrence near Alexandria Bay New York halted Seaway traffic for 12 hours and threatened wildlife and tourism. Emergency crews deployed booms around the barge Nepco and nearby shorelines as crews worked to contain the spill near Thousand Islands. The Oswego Barrier Co barge Nepco hit a fogbound shoal at Wellesley Island and spilled oil, prompting cleanup efforts funded by New England Petroleum Co with weather hampering response.
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Alexandria Bay
N.Y
St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence River
United States
Canada
State Department of Envionmental Conservation
Richard Koelling
Chippewa Bay Wildlife Refuge
Thousand Islands
U.S. Coast Guard
Nepco
National Weather Service
Fishers Landing
Clayton
Here
Nepeo
Oswego Barage Co
Wilmington
Del
Madelyn Pruski
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp
New England Petroleum Co
Workers Push Virginia to Increase State Health Insurance Support
Virginia state employee representatives urged the state to pay more of optional health coverage costs and to award coverage by competitive bidding. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia cited rising expenses as a major reason for a planned rate hike from 16.3 to 35.7 million dollars in the coming year, with total program costs climbing from 16.3 million to 30.6 million last year.
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Richmond
Alden E. Flory
Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Virginia
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Flory
Commission
Advisers Leaving Quemoy and Matsu Amid Policy Shift
The last U.S. military advisers on Quemoy and Matsu are being withdrawn as part of a worldwide reduction in overseas forces. The move follows the 1972 Shanghai communique and could affect U S – Taiwan relations.
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Washington
U.S
Quemoy
Matsu
China
State Department
Shanghai
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Far East
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Taiwan
Peking
Chiang Kai-shek
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