Carter Proposes $194 Billion Increase to Ford Budget
President Carter asks Congress to raise 1978 spending to 459.4 billion, restore aid for the needy, education, housing and energy, and trim defense. He rejects cuts to elderly programs and outlines savings from scrapping 19 water projects totaling 289 million, aiming for a first step toward a broader health and welfare program.
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Washington
Carter
Gerald R. Ford
Congress
Ford
Bert Lance
Carter Deficit Aims To Balance Budget By 1981 Plan
Charles L. Schultze said the deficit size does not rule out a balanced budget by fiscal 1981. Carter rejected Ford tax cuts, proposed a $31 billion two year program, extending Tax Reform Act provisions, and keeping credits. Defense spending would be trimmed by about $350 million, with total outlays near $1.118 trillion, while HEW would rise to $161.7 billion.
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Carter
Ford
Charles L. Schultze
Council of Economic Advisers
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Fat Tuesday in Seattle Ends in Death and Disorder
Seattle's first Fat Tuesday celebration spiraled from a week of revelry into mass drunkenness with as many as 50 000 attendees. One 22 year old man Craig Millar died of a brain hemorrhage amid chaotic scenes as police struggled to control crowds in Pioneer Square. A couple was watched making love on the pavement and two men fought at a restaurant leaving one stabbed. urination on streets was commonplace as officers admitted they were unprepared for the size and conduct of the crowd.
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Seattle
New Orleans
Howard Johnson
Craig Millar
Millar
Pioneer Square
Ricky Allen Wise
Mardi Gras Climax Dramatically Unfolds in New Orleans
In New Orleans on Fat Tuesday crowds fill the streets for Mardi Gras, Rex parade led by Carnival King Rex. Blue collar truck krewes of Orleanians and Crescent City prepare to launch costly floats and necklaces worth about 2500 dollars per club as revelers push the party toward midnight closing.
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New Orleans
America
Rex
Orleanians
Crescent City
Joe Duzac
Athens city budget faces 313000 repair funding hurdle
Athens needs at least 313000 dollars to repair winter street damage revealed by City Council. Finance head says such money is unavailable. Police seek liability insurance while drivers gain raises to align with regular staff after a wage dispute.
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Athens
Ted Jones
Relief Plan Outlined in Nelsonville Water Grant Talk
An engineer presented facts and figures on a potential grant to ease water problems linked to the city water treatment plant at a special City Council meeting Monday. Weather tonight and Wednesday cloudy with a chance of rain. lows in the upper 30s and highs in the upper 50s.
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Nelsonville
Amin Accused of Killing Archbishop in Kampla
Tanzanian government paper cites Daily News report that Ugandan President Idi Amin personally shot Archbishop Janani Luwum during interrogation after he refused to sign a confession. It says Luwum and two ministers were killed, later dumped in Lake Victoria, with Amin claiming a car crash.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
Idi Amin
Janani Luwum
Kampala
Daily News
Amin
Milton Obote
Luwum
Lake Victoria
Erinayo Oryema
Charles Oboth- Ofumbi
Radio Uganda
Nakasero Lodge
Amun
Regents Push Higher Funding for State Colleges and Univs
Columbus AP The Board of Regents pressed for more state aid as hearings unfolded on funding for state assisted colleges and universities. Gov Rhodes proposed 1.3 billion for higher education, up 28 percent from current spending but 1445 million below the regents on the floor. The House Finance Committee planned votes on liquor local option questions and county emergency food authority. Rep Donna Pope offered a bill allowing splitting of local option proposals instead of a bundled package, and proposed thresholds for Sunday liquor sales in restaurants or all permit holders.
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Columbus
Ohio
Board of Regents
House
James A. Rhodes
Donna Pope
Parma
Athens to get enclosed shopping mall by Developers Diversified
Developers Diversified plans an enclosed 220000 square foot Athens mall along Columbus Road on the south side east of Athens Building Materials with 27000 square feet enclosed. The Cleveland area company already operates centers in Chillicothe Washington Court House Miz Vernon Zanesville Urbana Canton Ashtabula and Cleveland and has options on a 35 acre site. Leasing inquiries go to Lewis DeVicchio at 23200 Chagrin Bird Beachwood Ohio 44122.
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Athens
Diversified
Columbus Road
Jim Rubin
Rubin
Minnesota
Ohio
Chillicothe Washington Court House
Miz Vernon
Zanesville
Urbana
Canton
Ashtabula
Cleveland
Lewis DeVicchio
Chagrin Bird Beachwood
East State Street
Winter Teaches Conservation Lesson Across State
The energy chief says this winter boosted public awareness of natural gas conservation beyond any program. ERDA director Robert Ryan warns summer supply shortfalls may hit large industrial users, with residential protection next winter. Canada’s sales to Columbia Gas Transmission improve outlook.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert Ryan
Energy Resource and Development Agency
Ryan
Dayton
Columbia Gas Transmission Co
United States
Gas supply pressure risks national action and curtailments
The report notes northeast demand consuming southwest supplies to replenish depleted storage. If pressure persists, President Carter may order new gas into storage, risking larger summer industrial curtailments. Gov Rhodes and Texas officials discuss bargains with producers outside FPC jurisdiction as Rhodes pursues more gas in Oklahoma.
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Kochman
Carter
Ryan
Texas
James A Rhodes
Federal Power Commission
Rhodes
Oklahoma
Gas cutbacks roll back as supply improves for large users
Columbia Gas of Ohio announced March delivery increases for large commercial customers including schools. Curtailments drop from 85 to 50 percent for those over one million cubic feet monthly while industrial users without an alternate fuel gain relief from 85 to 70 percent. The plan, approved by the Public Utilities Commission, increases residential conservation data but lacks total household estimates.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbia Gas of
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
William Chaddock
Columbia
Columbia Gas Transmission
Diluted Chemical Pollutant Nears Mississippi River
Cincinnati confronts intergovernmental dispute over danger levels for carbon tetrachloride as a 70-ton spill travels the Ohio River toward the Mississippi. EPA officials cite cancer and liver risk at 50 to 200 ppb while Huntington measured 340 ppb upstream. Portsmouth and Ironton were urged to boil water earlier but warnings lagged.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Environmental Protection Agency
Gordon Robeck
EPA
Robeck
Kobeck
Kanawha River
South
Charleston
Evansville
Ind
Wabash River
Mississippi
Huntington. W.va
Jim Manwaring
State Environmenta Protection Agency
Portsmouth
Ironton
Ohio
Thomas Luken
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Middleport
Meigs
Regents
Winter
Canada
Peter Kochman
ERDA
FPC
Mississippi River
Ethel Lewis
Manwaring
South Charleston
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