Ford asserts energy plans and tax relief push
President Ford delivers a no-retreat news conference urging swift tax relief and unilateral oil tariff action while energy policy clashes with Congress. He vows to implement the oil tariff by proclamation, seeks hearings on tax abatement, and cautions against gasoline rationing. He foresees no Vietnam return but asks for more aid to South Vietnam.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Dmass
United States
Middle East
Israel
Henry A. Kissinger
South Vietnam
Bemidji District Moves Toward School Computerization
Bemidji public schools consider mandatory computer data systems via TIES central facility in Roosevelt. Superintendent Wangberg and board discuss costs 38000 annual plus 5000 start equipment and 400 monthly phone tie in. Uses span payroll, transcripts, grading and curriculum planning with potential enrollment impacts.
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Bemidji
Tom Campbell
Total Information Education Systems
TIES
Campbell
L. M. Wangberg
Nancy Ertresvaag
William
Weather outlook shows light snow and warmer temperatures
Mostly cloudy and warmer with a slight chance of light snow today. Variable cloudiness and warmer tonight and Thursday. Highs today 5 to 12. Lows tonight zero to 6 above. Highs Thursday 18 to 24. Chance of precipitation today 20 percent.
Minnesota Attorney General proposes consumer protection package
The plan includes reforms to repair orders on cars and appliances, stricter door to door selling disclosures, and a 10 percent ceiling on repair estimates. It also calls for written invoices on repair orders and an escrow account plus bond for consignment sales, aiming to curb misleading practices.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
William Kuretsky
Attorney General's Office
House
Kuretsky
Sherry Chenoweth
State Consumer Services Division
Ford energy plan draws about tax relief for low income
President Ford proposes higher energy prices with tax cuts to offset costs. A typical family of four earning 15000 or less would gain net spending power, while higher income households face net losses. Imported oil fees rise to 3 a barrel by April 1, increasing fuel bills before reliefs apply.
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Washington
Ford
Treasury Department
Treasury
Congress
Edgar R. Fiedler
Ford Administration
Beltrami County meets in special session actions
Beltrami County Board of Commissioners held a special session after the Welfare Board meeting. They approved 69,467.07 for Law Enforcement Center and county garage construction, designated The Pioneer as official county newspaper, and allowed Lennard Bergstrom to attend a foresters meeting in Duluth. An Isle O Pines Resort off sale license was granted to Mary Ann Kuik. A 1975 salaries decision was postponed. Next session set for Jan 28 at 9 a.m. in the courthouse.
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Lawrence
Frank Goodell
William Schwartz
Schwartz
Goodell
Ertresvaag
Archdeacon Gilfillan
Northwest Juvenile Training Center
Schwartz, Goodell
Wayland Jones
M. J. Haack
Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
Beltrami County Welfare Board
Pioneer
Lennard Bergstrom
Foresters
Duluth
Mary Ann Kuik
Isle O’pines
Law Enforcement Center
Moscow Winter Wobbles Between Frost and Feels Like Spring
Moscow experiences a January swing as temperatures fall to below zero and then climb toward the freezing point. The weather departs from fairy-tale winters with sunny days and bare frost, Tass reports while Intourist notes Aprillike conditions in midwinter.
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Moscow
Intourist
Soviet Union
Tass
Montreal club massacre linked to escaped convict
Police investigating a mass murder at Gargantua Club in Montreal consider escaped convict Richard Blass a possible suspect. No concrete evidence ties him to the Monday night killings, and investigators seek any link to a mob-style double slaying in October as killers may have targeted witnesses. Blass remains at large.
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Montreal
Richard Blass
Blass
Reuss defeats Patman for House Banking Committee chairmanship
Rep Henry Reuss of Wisconsin won the House Banking Committee chairmanship over incumbent Wright Patman by 152 to 117 votes. In caucus first round Reuss led 130 to 90 with 58 for Robert G Stephens Jr. A threat to Frank Thompson and acc by Hays surfaced as the caucus also weighed other subcommittee chairmanships and a challenge from F Edward Hebert for Armed Services ended.
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Washington
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
Wright Patman
House Banking Committee
Reuss
Patman
Robert G. Stephens Jr
Dga
Frank Thompson
New Jersey
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Thompson
Cacus
Hays
Subcommittee
F. Edward Hebert
House Armed Services Committee
Hebert
Louisiana
Carl Albert
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North Country
Itasca State Park
Jerry Doggett
Minnesota Department of Education
Labor Department
Ford Energy Plan
Appropriations
Jamie L. Whitten
Mississippi
Robert L.F. Sikes
Florida
Joe L. Evins
Tennessee
Public Works Atomic Energy Subcommittee
Otto E. Passman
Foreign Operations
Subcommittee On Accounts
Housekeeping House Administration
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