House Rejects Two Gasoline Tax Hikes in Energy Debate
The House defeated a five cent and a four cent per gallon gasoline tax increase as part of President Carter's energy plan. The votes underscored opposition to raising fuel prices while lawmakers debated revenue use for transit and highways.
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House
Dent Carter
Carter
Department of Energy
James R. Schlesinger
Senate Energy Committee
Senate
Pat Schroeder
D-Coro
James R. Jones
R-Okla
White House
Joe D. Waggonner Jr
D-La
William A. Steiger
R-Wis
U.S
Snakes Sold Illegally Tap Zoos Worldwide under Lacey Act
A Philadelphia grand jury indicted 12 individuals including the son of anthropologist Richard Leakey for selling over 1000 rare reptiles to zoos and private collectors. Nine U.S. zoos including the National Zoo and St. Louis Zoo are named as recipients with possible civil or criminal action by the Interior Department.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Leakey
Philadelphia
National Zoo
St. Louis Zoo
Interior Department
Department
Philadelphia Zoo
Overton Park Zoo
Memphis
Saracens through history cited as artisans and innovators
A compact passage praises the Saracens as skilled artisans and businessmen of the medieval world. It claims they first used zero, spread from the Middle East, and influenced Western progress through crafts, trade, and early freedoms. It cites Henry Grady Weaver and whimsically links them to modern ice cream.
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Middle East
Mediterranean
Toledo
Damascus
Henry Grady Weaver
Weaver
Federal funding halted for elective abortions nationwide
HEW Secretary Joseph Califano ordered closing federal funding for elective abortions except when the mother's life is endangered. The move follows a federal court ruling lifting an injunction on enforcing the Hyde Amendment. Many states may limit Medicaid abortion funding affecting hundreds daily.
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Washington
HEW
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Califano
National Abortion Rights Action League
Congress
National Right To Life Committee
Henry Hyde
Ill
U.S
John F. Dooling Jr
Brooklyn
Turner Chooses New Spy Boss in U S Intelligence Reorg
President Carter orders all U S intelligence agencies under CIA director Stan Turner to centralize direction, with Turner to control budgets and activities across agencies. NSC role strengthened under Zbigniew Brzezinski while defense and treasury agencies retain scope. Powell says plan avoids overcentralization yet boosts coordination and effectiveness.
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Carter
CIA
Stansfield Turner
Turner
U.S. Naval Academy
Defense
Treasury
Administration
White House
Jody Powell
Defense Department
National Security Council
NSC
National Security
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Powell
Central Intelligence
Niew
Stinnett Police Chief Quits Over Patrolman Firing
Stinnett police chief resigns in protest after a city council decision to fire his sole patrolman. The move prompted leadership changes as the town grapples with budget cuts and staffing.
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Stinnett
Twin Voyager launches set for August and September
Twin Voyager spacecraft are scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral on August 20 and September 1 in a $410 million mission to study the solar system’s history and composition. The project aims to deepen understanding of planetary formation and space environment.
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Cape Canaveral
Solar System
Physicists Announce Discovery of Upsilon Particle
At Fermilab in Batavia Illinois a team led by Leon Lederman reports a new heavy particle named Upsilon. The finding hints at a possible fifth quark family, a result derived from high energy proton collisions and muon detections amid intense scientific scrutiny.
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Charles Brown
Fermilab
Brown
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Leon Lederman
Columbia University
Columbia
The
State University of New York
Stony Brook
Upsilon
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