Rains Ease After 25 Are Killed (COMPILED from AP/UPI REPORTS) -- the Rain in Pheonix Was So Heavy Snow Was Expected
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foal pact overwhelmingly rejected WASHINGTON (AP/UPI) -- President House Speaker Thomas O'Neill said With 410 of 794 locals reporting, However, sources at the White House Jimmy Carter returned to the the White coal legislation will be treated the vote was 15,750 for ratifica- Sunday night said President Carter House from Camp David Sunday to find as an emergency, and it should be tion and 34,344 against. That's definitely would act today to invoke that striking coal miners had over- rammed through the House within a a margin of about 31 percent for the Taft-Hartley Act and order strik- whelmingly rejected the tentative week. and more than 68 percent against. ing miners back to work. contract settlement with the soft White House Economic Advisor The rejectionist trend which Under this act, he would first have coal industry. Charles Schultze said that quick started Friday continued unabated to declare a state of emergency An aide said Carter would act no action would be needed and because the through Sunday spreading gloom with- appoint a board of inquiry to review later than today to force an end to number of strike-related layoffs in the administration and predic- the need for asking a court to order the three-month-old walkout. will reach 3 million by April. tions of violence if the President the miners back to Carter's people work for 80 days. already were lay- moves to force the mines to reopen. ing the groundwork for quick action Power company officials who'd In Charleston, W.Va. UMW President White House sources said Carter last night as Vice President Walter been waiting to see whether the Arnold Miller said he'd like another had already selected people to serve Mondale and the secretaries of labor United Mine Workers would ratify chance at negotiating a coal miners' on that inquiry board. and energy were meeting with the proposed contract said last contract. Carter and other top administration night they were waiting to see what Furthermore, he warned that any There were also reports that he officials at the White House. the government will do about the bovernment action could cause some might ask Congress to authorize a The President was expected to act miners' rejection. violence in the coalfields. temporary federal takeover today after breakfasting with Con- of the Miller said he hopes Carter will mines. gressional leaders and meeting with The United Mine Workers from Ala- allow him to go back to the coal Some union men his cabinet this morning. were predicting bama to Pennsylvania, and from operators for more negotiations. violence if Carter forces them back He was expected to order the miners Maryland to New Mexico, spurned the And if Carter does act, Miller to work. back to work for 80 days under the pact by about a two to one margin said he thinks nationalizing the There are also predictions that Taft-Hartley Act and to ask Congress despite a warning that Pres. Carter mines would be preferable to invoking the rejection means trouble for the to authorize a federal takeover of would act today to choke off the the Taft-Hartley Act with its back future of the United Mine Workers the mines. strike which began Dec. 6. to work provisions. Union and its president, Miller. This is National Music The Navy's only shote-based doaL.y Vol. 33 No. 44 Education Week U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Monday, March 6, 1978 Senators may end energy impasse WASHINGTON (AP) -- For the first Such a resolution could come Tues- Approval by the Senate conferees time this year, formal bargaining day when the full least $49 billion through 1985, than 17-member Senate seems likely, barring any last-minute between the House and Senate may re- delegation considers an under the original Carter Administra- "agreement defectiios from Jackson's camp. But, sume this week on President Jimmy in principle" forced tion proposal passed by the House. last week by the vote could be very close. Carter's stalled energy bill. Chairman Henry That legislation called for con- Jackson and other The proposal calls for exempting After months of inaction, the top Senate negotiators tinued price controls, and would with the help newly discovered natural gas from House-Senate Conference Committee on of Energy Secretary James have been less costly than a Senate- Schlesin- federal price regulation by 1984 the bill could get back to work if ger. passed bill calling for deregulation and allowing a steady increase in conferees can resolve their differ- The secretary said in 1980. Sunday he thinks the regulated price between now and ences on the key issue of deregula- the tentative natural If Senate conferees reach agreement, gas compromise then. For the consumer, the plan tion of natural gas prices. is the full House-Senate Conference is acceptable to the President. would mean higher gas bills, by .at expected to meet later in the week. Rains ease after 25 are killed (COMPILED FROM AP/UPI REPORTS) -- The rain in Pheonix was so heavy snow was expected. The devastating weekend rains final- jor disaster area by President Jimmy that it leaked through the roof of Meanwhile, California is cleaning ly eased up in California, Arizona Carter Saturday. the city coliseum, causing a rare up from the mudslides caused by the and Mexico The Malibu home of actor Burgess Sunday night and flash rain delay in the professional storm. flood watches were rescinded in Meredith was one of many California basketball game going on inside. Six deaths in the state are blamed those areas which beachfront residences damaged by recorded about 25 on the storm. storm-related deaths. rough seas accompanying the storm. In northern Phoenix, the rain A Mexican government spokesman Military helicopters brought food forced the Arizona Canal to overflow, said as many as 19 lives may have Comedian Flip and water to flood-stranded Indians Wilson was one of flooding city streets with about been lost near Tijuana. the neighbors on the Navajo reservation who turned out Sunday in Arizona five inches of water. The National Guard was Sunday. called out to help stack protective sandbags In Flagstaff, six inches of new in Arizona which was declared a ma- around the house. Ethiopia claims Jijiga's conquered LONDON (AP/UPI) -- Ethiopia issued a pendent observers in the area to Ethiopian forces were being spear- Baker suggested that Carter sus- communique Sunday stating that its confirm the report." headed by Cuban and Soviet troops. pend further arms talks with Moscow, troops have conquered the strategic The Ethiopian officials say regu- At the same time in Washington, and refuse to go any further in town of Jijiga in the disputed Oga- lar forces and people's militia en- Senate G.O.P. Leader Howard Baker normalizing diplomatic den Desert region. relations with tered Jijiga and now are in complete told a broadcast interview at ABC Cuba. control of the area. that he thinks President Jimmy Car- In London, howeyes., Somalia's em- ter ought to take action against bassy issued a statement of its own Jijiga is about 60 miles inside Cuban and Soviet military agression Baker said he believes Moscow is disputing the Ethiopian claims as Ethiopia from the Somali border. in Africa. testing the Carter Administration "untrue." It was captured by Somali insur- Baker suggested that Carter sus- in the embattled Horn of Africa. The Somali Ambassador to London gents September. pend further arms talks with Moscow And he said it's time for Carter td Ahmed Mohamed Adan said, "The Ethio- However, the Somali statement said and refuse to go any further in nor- "draw the line" and make it clear pians are in the habit of making fighting for control of the town is malizing diplomatic relations with that Soviet-Cuba intervention in the such claims, and there are no inde- still raging and charged that the Cuba. area is not acceptable. Weizman arrives in New York IIIE: NEW YORK (AP) -- Israeli Defense week by Israeli Prime Minister Men- work on two Jewish settlements on Minister Ezer Weizman arrived in ahem Bagin and Foreign Minister the occupied West Bank. New York Sunday night, the first Moshe Dayan. A Defense Ministry spokesman de- stop on a mission to the U.S. that Earlier Sunday, Weizman was nied the charge. The third of a series on the fil- reportedly will include a request Weizman heads a faction in the ing of your 1977 income tax on page for ,more arms for Israel. criticized by an Israeli national- Israeli cabinet favoring a freeze 3. Weizman's trip will lay the. ist movement, Gush Emunim, that on the development of the settle- groundwork for the visit here next charged him with ordering a halt to ments. Page 2 Guantanamo Gazette Monday, March 6, 1978 Movie schedule Lyceums (All movies start at 8 p.m.) Downtown: Foxtrot, R; plus NHL - Boston.vs. Philadelphia chaounce a ek for0ea ofhred etwe a hend r oben,t.t., McCalla: God's Gun, R; plus NHL - roieo theph.Poltp Afftr.Ofi.e7:30 a.m., t 4,30 p.p.m_ ,edy :00 General Hospital vs. Montreal though Fidy (.o,0od0,na h'0dyQ. 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