Feud Persists Between Frederick County Growers and Labor Dept
On a New York television panel the Frederick County Fruit Growers Assn and the Labor Department clashed over importing workers. H Robert J McConnon of the Labor Department pledged further court action to appeal a recent district court win by the orchardists. Delmer Robinson Jr noted past failures when outsiders worked in the orchards, while McConnon said importing workers is morally wrong amid unemployment, but acknowledged some may refuse orchard work.
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Frederick County Fruit Growers Assn
Labor Department
New York
Robert J. McConnon
U.S. Employment Service
Mr. McConnon
U.S. District Court
H. Delmer Robinson Jr
Louisiana
McCannon
U.S
Carter
Joe
White House
England
Debrett
Sterne
Thomas Jefferson
Georgia Kin Ties Carter Family to Virginia Aristocracy
Debretts Peerage claims President Carter descends from King Carter of Virginia, owner of Corotoman and a vast estate with slaves, ships, and livestock. The piece cites family pride and a contentious debate among Carter descendants about political kinship and heritage.
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Carters
Virginia
Robert ‘‘King
Carter
Georgia
Jimmy
Billy
Debrett
London
President Carter
Corotoman
John Carter
Rappahannock River
Carter Braxton
Benjamin Harrison
Supreme Court
United States
Robert E. Lee
Plains, Ga
Local volunteers raise 12736 for Muscular Dystrophy telethon
Well Done locals report a 40 percent rise in weekend donations to 12736 for the Jerry Lewis Labor Day MD telethon in Winchester and four counties. Nationwide pledges exceed 26 million, pushing the campaign past 100 million since inception 11 years ago. Twenty volunteers handled 929 pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lewis
Alice Robertson
Winchester
Charles
DNA debate tests freedom versus public safety
Congress faces a regulatory dilemma over recombinant DNA research as scientists edge toward advanced genetic manipulation. The piece contrasts academic freedom with public protection and urges limited federal intervention while preserving inquiry.
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Prometheus
Zeus
Pandora
Flexibility in Korea raises doubts on U S commitment
Washington debates PRM 10 findings that removing U S troops from South Korea reduces automatic U S intervention options and could endanger Seoul. The document warns Seoul could fall without U S help, while preserving air and naval support as a conditional option.
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Washington
West Germany
U.S
South Korea
Seoul
PRM-10
Germany
Korea
Asia
D-Day
North Korea
ROK
Republic of Korea
Dmz
James Hollingsworth
Carter
Park Chung Hee
Europe
White House
Republicans Score Three to One in 1970s Special Elections
In Louisiana first district Bob Livingston clinches a rare GOP win as Republicans reach 3-1 in this year's special elections. He relied on heavy direct mail, precinct units, and tireless campaigning to defeat Democrat Ron Faucheux amid a conservative coalition surge.
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Washington
Bob Livingston
Louisiana
Minnesota
White House
Jody Powell
Carter
Congress
House
John Rhodes
R-Ariz
Livingston
Bob
Arian Stangeland
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Jack Cunningham
Seattle
Wash
Transportation
Brock Adams
Wyche Fowler, Jr
Georgia
Andrew Young
United Nations
Cunningham
National Conservation Political Action Committee
Committee For Survival of A Free Congress
Fund For A Conservative
American Conservative Union
Gun Owners of America
Citizens Committee For the Right To Keep
F. Edward Hebert
Richard Tonry
Tonry
Ron Faucheux
Sanford Krasnoff
Faucheux
Energy Debate Shapes Carter Agenda This Fall
Congress faces six weeks of energy policy battles with House backing Carter plan while Senate weighs conservation versus incentives. Breeder reactor funding and Clinch River project loom as Carter clashed with lawmakers. Major social security welfare reforms and abortion funding fight add to fall agenda. A new Panama Canal treaty and AWACS sale also loom.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Carter
Senate
House
Congress
Clinch River
Oak Ridge
Tenn
U.S
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Winchester Evening Star
T. Byrd
Roy E. Potts
Lewis H. Ebert
Eugene P. Mille
Secone
Winche
Vertising
Wire
James J. Kilpatrick
Washington Stl
Syndicate, Inc
Aldous Huxley
Huxley
Ford
Vance Packard
Saturday Review
Oswald Avery
Packard
Science Magazine
American Bar Association
Chicago
Senate Human Resources Committee
National Commission
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Tromke
Evans—Novak
Gop
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