Senate ready to pass Carter tax bill with $6 billion cut
The Senate moves toward approval of President Carter’s tax stimulus plan as a simple $6 billion standard deduction cut with select small benefits. The measure eliminates the $50 rebate and includes large business incentives totaling about $4.8 billion over two years while simplifying tax farms for non itemizers. A proposed home insulation credit was defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Carter
Senate
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Quebec firms abandon province amid language drive
Federal authorities report more business headquarters relocating from Quebec following the November election of a government favoring greater autonomy. A Quebec Assembly bill introduced Wednesday aims to restrict English language use, echoing a white paper on language policy and sparking concern among business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Ottawa
Quebec
Quebec Assembly
Department of Corporate Affairs
Toronto
Parti Quebecois
Marcel Lessard
Uranium loaded ship vanishes amid CIA reports
The CIA said it knew of a 1968 disappearance of a freighter carrying 200 tons of uranium ore in the Mediterranean but would not comment on claims the cargo reached Israel for weapons. The New York Times and Los Angeles Times linked the incident to a James Bond style operation, noting the ship’s rechristened crew and missing cargo. The Times cited a CIA official and a speech by Paul Leventhal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
CIA
Israel
New York Times
Los Angeles Times
Mediterranean
Austria
Paul L. Leventhal
Senate
Government Operations Committee
The
Antwerp
Genoa
Rotterdam
Europe
Jaworski vows to reveal Nixon Watergate facts if confession fails
Former Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski said he will publicize what he knows about President Nixon’s role in Watergate if Nixon does not confess on upcoming Frost interviews. He urged Nixon to admit obstruction of justice, noting possible links to Haldeman and staff, and claimed to have heard taped conversations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
UPI
Leon Jaworski
Nixon
Jaworski
Deeds Nixon
White House
David Frost
Charles Colson
Watergate
Adair to lead oil well firefight in North Sea
Slick now covers 900 square miles as three attempts fail to stop the North Sea gush from the Ekofisk field. Phillips blames a wrongly screwed cutoff valve. Adair flies from Houston to Stavanger to advise on a three layer assembly to cap the flow while two lieutenants run the scene. The Norwegian government closes the field pending safety reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stavanger
Norway
UPI
Paul
Adair
North Sea
Phillips Petroleum Company
Ekofisk
Britain
Phillips
United States
Houston
Asger
Boots’ Hansen
Richard ‘‘Toots” Hatteberg
Gordon Goering
Phillips Petroleum Norway
Goering
Hormonal link proposed to male heart attacks
A New York doctor reports in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that a higher female hormone level, estradiol, in men may predispose to myocardial infarction. He compared hormone ratios in 13 healthy men with 15 young heart attack victims, noting estradiol elevation linked to insulin and lipid abnormalities and suggesting heredity or environment as possible causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
New York
Phillips
First Lady Rosalynn Carter Leaves Hospital in High Spirits
Mrs. Carter underwent a 40 minute non cancerous lump removal from her breast at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Aides said she was up and about in the White House within three hours Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Rosalynn Carter
White House
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Sensitive hurdles slow U.S Cuba ties after fisheries deal
State officials say the new fishing agreement is only a first step toward restoring diplomatic ties with Cuba. Sixteen years of hostility remain, with issues like economic embargo, expropriation claims totaling 1.8 billion, human rights and Cuba's overseas military actions in Africa. Todman outlined progress but warned normalization will be measured and reciprocal, and Cuban intervention could block talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
State Department
Africa
Terence Todman
Todman
Havana
Isidoro Malmierca
Carter
Cuba
U S to withdraw troops from Canal Zone by 2000
Panamas chief negotiator Romulo Escobar Betancourt told UPI the United States agreed to pull all soldiers from the Canal Zone by 2000. He said the U S stance on neutrality is misrepresented and that delays stem from an intransigent approach to security and property issues. A second round of talks was set for May 9 in Washington to tackle neutrality, security after withdrawal, and compensation for U S property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
Panama
UPI
United States
Canal Zone
Romulo Escobar Betancourt
Atlantic
Pacific
Escobar
Washington
U.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Senate Budget Committee
Charles
Henry Giniger
N.Y
Times News Service
Camille Laurin
Laurin
Gerald Phillips
Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons
the National
California
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Vogue & Vanity
Warner
Bennington
Williamstown
Mass
Col
Fidel Castro
First Vermont Bank
FDIC
Chuck
Chicken Legs Walker
Canal
Bennington Banner Telephone
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
Landon Associates, Inc
Home FurnIture CO
Jewelmont
Hose Ewelees Las Agisteres
Jewerer American G Jem Society
Main Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!