Congress Rejects Gasoline Tax Hike and Emission Rules
House votes down two proposals to raise federal gasoline taxes beyond 4 cents a gallon. Senate approves weakened auto emission standards for 1977 models and later, despite industry warnings of plant closings. A Bronx man, 27, is arrested with weapons and FALN materials amid recent bombings and threats. another suspect is sought.
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UPI
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Senate confirms James Schlesinger as energy chief
Capitol Hill actions at the August recess include the Senate’s confirmation of James Schlesinger to head the Department of Energy hours after Carter signed legislation creating the first new Cabinet agency in over a decade. Carter urged Congress to grant citizenship to up to 12 million illegal aliens, with little chance of enactment this year.
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Department of Energy
Carter
Congress
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Puerto Rico frets over FALN links and Newyorican tensions
In San Juan, locals dismiss FALN as a New York based threat, noting few ties to the island and a cultural gap with Puerto Ricans. The piece contrasts mainland violence with island politics, cites past independence acts by New Yorkers, and reviews status debates including 1976 election results and plebiscite figures.
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United States
Lolita Lebron
Carlos Romero Barcelo
Spain
Commonwealth
Independence
Ruben Berrios
Social Democratic
PIP
Puerto Rican Independence Party
Juan Mari Bras
Big Sur Fires Merge To Blacken 48000 Acres
United Press International reports two large fires in Ventana Wilderness within Los Padres National Forest merged, blazing 48000 acres of brush and timber. National Guard units aided with supplies as storms triggered scores of fires across northern and central California and neighboring states.
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United Press International
California
National Guard
Ventana
Los Padres National Forest
Carter proposes legal status for millions of illegal aliens
President Carter aims to grant legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants to allow them to stay in the United States. The plan faces criticism for not addressing enforcement and penalties, with Attorney General Griffin Bell urging registration for a temporary five year work permit group and a pathway to citizenship for those here before 1970. Bell cited estimates of six to twelve million illegals and noted uncertainty about counts.
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UPI
Carter
United States
Griffin Bell
Edward R. Roybal
Calif
Hispanic Congressional Caucus
Roybal
Immigration debate and fire reports in early California and Alaska
The article notes U S immigration policy debate with Roybal criticizing a work permit plan as creating a segregated class. It also reports widespread fires in California forest lands and Alaska, including a Big Sur fire closure, Sequoia National Park blaze, Lassen and Burney area fires, with limited firefighting staff and supplies, and winds pushing smoke away from Shungnak.
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Lassen
Department of Forestry
Alaska
Shungnak
Power Commission pins Con Ed for New York blackout
Federal Power Commission investigators blame obvious flaws in Consolidated Edison’s system for the July 13 outage that left about 9 million New Yorkers without power for up to 25 hours. Fixes could cost up to 1 billion and raise consumer rates.
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UPI
Federal Power Commission
New York
Consolidated Edison Electrical
Don Edison
FPC
Carter
Con Ed
Arthur Hauspurg
Appeals court trims May Day damages for 1971 arrests
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals rules 2 to 1 that about 12 million dollars awarded to 1 200 antiwar protesters for false arrest false imprisonment and First Amendment violations was excessive The court upholds the verdict but orders reduced damages noting the loss of the opportunity to demonstrate is a form of First Amendment harm yet monetary compensation should not be extravagant The ruling cites Judge J Skelly Wright.
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UPI
Capitol Steps
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
J. Skelly Wright
Capitol
Fighting in south Lebanon escalates with heavy shelling
Israeli backed Christian rightists and Palestinian leftists clash across south Lebanon in a major escalation. In Hasbaya a Fatahland stronghold, about 150 shells destroyed 30 houses, two people were killed and 14 injured as crops burned. Other villages remained sealed off. casualties undetailed. The fighting coincides with Cyrus Vance's Middle East visit.
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Lebanon
UPI
Hasbaya
Middle East
Cyrus Vance
Fatahland
Rachaya Fakhar
Israel
Vance
Marjayoun
Klein
Khiam
Ebel Es Saqi
Blat
Resistance to aid blacks found to come from upper class
Potomac Associates reports that opposition to government aid for blacks comes mainly from upper income whites, white collar workers, Westerners, small town residents, and conservatives, not urban blue collar groups as stereotype. The 1976 Gallup aided survey shows strongest resistance among those with incomes over 20000, clerical and sales workers, Westerners, small town and rural residents, and conservatives.
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Washington
UPI
Archie Bunker
Potomac Associates
Washington Public Policy Research Organization
Archie
William Watts
Lloyd Free
Gallup Organization
Watts
Free Report
Bennington Banner rates and delivery details
The Bennington Banner lists home delivery by carrier 20c per issue, 5.60 per month, and motor delivery subscription rates by mail 1 month 15.30, 3 months 15.30, 6 months 30.60, 1 year 61.20. Foreign mail uses double U.S. rate, current single copies are 30c, back issues over 30 days 50c, second class postage paid at Bennington, Vermont 05201.
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Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
Landon Associates, Inc
U.S
Kennedy Airport hijacker indicted in New York
Luis Robinson a 26 year old U S Navy enlisted man from Panama was indicted in New York on 38 counts including murder kidnapping and assault for a July 4 hijacking of an interstate bus. Two people were killed and three wounded during the incident which began at Port Authority Terminal and ended at Kennedy Airport.
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FALN
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Vincent Alba
Michael Codd
Luis Robinson
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Queens
John J. Santucci
Somerset
N.J
Port Authority
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Santucci
Robinson
Kennedy Airport
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