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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1975
Page
1
A conference committee works the final form of a bill extending the 1975 tax cuts into 1976. Ford is unlikely to approve, as lawmakers debate tying the extension to spending ceilings and potential veto overrides loom in both chambers.
The Senate debates proposed measures to bar U S funds for military or paramilitary action in Angola as CIA involvement and undisclosed defense funds draw criticism. Senators Tunney Church and others urge limits, warning against repeating Vietnam while secret sessions probe the defense appropriation.
The Nader Tax Reform Research Group told a House subcommittee that IRS guidance is frequently wrong and taxpayers may be liable for underpayments from IRS errors. It cited IRS surveys showing a 55 percent error rate on assisted returns and 74.3 percent on itemized deductions, with CPAs 61.7 percent and storefront preparers 79 percent overall.
Senate reviews a broad energy bill aiming to lower fuel costs to 7.66 per barrel from 10.75 and allow up to a 10 percent annual rise for 40 months. Immediate gas and heating oil prices could fall about 2.5 cents per gallon. The House backed the Senate compromise but rejected extending coal loan guarantees and kept standby gasoline rationing authority. Automakers would be required to average 18 mpg by 1978 and 27.5 mpg by 1985.
Barrow Alaska reports work to begin next month at Naval Petroleum Reserve No 4 on Lake Teshekpuk with two of 26 planned deep wells to start by winter. Husky Oil NPR Operations Inc will supply and drill from Lonely staging area 100 miles southeast of Barrow by air and tractor train. Prudhoe Bay’s 9.6 billion barrel estimate frames the context for Alaska's oil expansion and the trans Alaska pipeline.
Ohioans for Jobs and Progress reported 1.98 million dollars spent to back four defeated constitutional amendments. Receipts totaled about 1.99 million, with a 10 750 dollar balance to cover outstanding bills. Expenditures exceeded any prior single group ballot effort, nearly matching the 1958 right to work outlay.
Dutch journalist hostage Ger Vaders says the 12 day hijack was planned to the minute by South Moluccan gunmen who held 23 hostages aboard a northern Holland train. He cites “military perfection” yet notes nerves led to killings. The group also seized the Indonesian consulate in Amsterdam, demanding Dutch support for Moloccan independence.
Sol Rosenberg and Russell Johnson attended their last regular meeting of the Athens City School Board ending over 25 years of service between them. The Meigs Local Board halted a planned delay in teacher payments awaiting state funds.
President Ford weighs a bill that would allow unions to shutter an entire construction site during a dispute with a single subcontractor amid pressure from business and conservative groups and from unions.
Gov James A Rhodes and Highway Patrol announce use of CB radios on highways designating CB-9 as the emergency channel. Drivers with CBs can report crime and aid searches for fugitives as part of the safety plan.
Premier Rashid Karami accused Israel of planning to invade Lebanon under a rescue pretext for Beirut's Jewish community. An Israeli spokesman dismissed the claim as silliness while security forces held Beirut downtown and Christian gunmen began exiting hotel redoubts during a fragile day-old truce.
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