Tax Cut Likely Amid Social Security Tax Risk
The Senate Finance Committee signals a possible tax cut this year while warning of higher Social Security taxes next January to fund benefits. A proposed hike could raise the wage base above 16 500, easing no relief for low earners but increasing taxes for higher income workers.
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Washington
Congress
Carter
Senate Finance Committee
Ford
Capitol Hill
Finance Committee
Ohio House backs 100 percent student loan guarantee bill
The Ohio House approved 87 to 0 or 86 to 5 in places a loan guarantee bill boosting to 100 percent coverage and extending to out of state students. Sponsor Mike Strnziano said it would attract new federal funding and aid 14 000 more Ohioans with no taxpayer cost. Critics warned of higher defaults but Ohio's rate was cited as 2.1 percent. The measure moves to the Senate.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
Mike Strnziano
Pri
General Assembly
Strnziano
Student Loan Commission
John A. Galbraith
R-69
Maumee
Ohio University
Yinger
Hunsingers
Elkins
Beth Hunsinger
Ohio lawmakers weigh litter problem before bottle deposit plan
In Columbus lawmakers review Ohio littering and consider a three bill package to ban snap top cans and require bottle deposits. Rep. Walter D. McClaskey and Rep. Virginia Aveni cautioned more data is needed while industry fears of job losses recur but sponsors cite fuel shortages and potential energy savings from fewer throwaway bottles.
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Columbus
Ohio
Walter D. McClaskey
Marion
House Energy and Environment Committee
Virginia Aveni
Lyndhurst
Arthur V. N. Brooks
Cleveland Heights
Cuyahoga County
Mine Trapping Nine Miners In Flooded Tunnel
Rescuers battled through splintered timbers and mud to reach nine miners trapped in the Kocher Coal Co tunnel at Porter Mine in Schuylkill County. One miner died and three were injured as a three foot high wall of water swept through the tunnel. rescuers reported no sign of life after hours of effort. About 100 workers were underground when the accident occurred and several escapees were hospitalized. Relatives waited at the entrance as authorities urged caution and prayers.
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Tower City
Porter
Kocher Coal Co
Schuylkill County
John Shut
Carter launches Friendship Force for citizen exchanges
President Carter unveils a USA to world friendship exchange program named the Friendship Force. The plan aims for 10 day trips starting July 4 and as many as 600 exchanges a year by 1980, linking Americans with foreigners in a citizen driven program.
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Washington
Carter
United States
Friendship Force idea unveiled by Carter at governors dinner
President Carter outlined a privately financed Friendship Force to extend citizen exchange nationwide. The program envisions 10 day trips costing 300 to 400 dollars with flights linked to about six states and foreign nations, staffed mainly by volunteers in Atlanta.
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Carter
White House
Atlanta
Carters
Americans Expelled From Uganda Arrive in Nairobi
An American tourist named Brian Schwartz was expelled from Uganda after Amin banned departures, arriving in Nairobi via border crossing. The U S embassy said he was jailed for two days in Kampala without explanation and was among the first of two Americans to leave Uganda this week. about 240 Americans in Uganda were not expected to evacuate, though Secretary of State Cyrus Vance anticipated some departures.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Uganda
U.S
Amin
Brian Schwartz
Ess
Schwartz
Kampala
Robert Shinn
Spring Lake Heights
N.J
Cyrus Vance
Kampala Visit Described As Tense But Friendly
Shinn said Kampala felt far more tense than months ago during a night visit. He noted fewer soldiers on the streets and no personal threat he felt, while Ugandans who learned he was American were friendly and nonharassing.
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Shinn
Kampala
Ping seeks subsidy for debt service at Ohio University
President Charles Ping presented Ohio University’s plea for a 1 million dollar debt service subsidy to the General Assembly Tuesday. Legislators offered little encouragement rather than outright rejection, signaling cautious support. The article notes related local meetings and plans on regional issues.
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Charles Ping
Ohio University
General Assembly
Ping
Anniversary of Mason County jail blast at Point Pleasant
A year after a jail blast set by a prisoner’s husband killed three lawmen, the prisoner, and her husband, scars remain. Weather notes forecast increasing clouds with showers likely Thursday and milder highs in the 50s.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Mary Fowler
Mysterious Bumps in Night Quiet in Columbus Suburb
Neighbors in a Columbus area frame house report nightly pounding noises from 1 to 4 a.m. over several days with no witnesses to pranks. Detective and locals investigate while psychic researchers offer non supernatural explanations of energy from a resident or family.
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Kocher Co
Thomas J. Carney
Youngstown
McClaskey
Georgia
Pernambuco
Pentagon
Vladimir Bukovsky
City of
Athens
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Athens Mall
Pomeroy
Laura Powell
Bradbury
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Cree
Nse
Eeeess
Columbus, Ohio
Don Elkins
Charles Hunsingers
Hunsinger
Sonny Yinger
Sheriff's Deputies
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