House committee backs solar tax credit. delays gas guzzler tax
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a solar energy tax credit with windmill additions, backing up to $2,000 for expenditures up to $10,000 and a sunset in 1982. It also signaled a one year postponement for the gas guzzler tax, with support split over when to implement penalties on fuel-inefficient cars starting with 1978 models.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means
Carter
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
First Lady meets two U.S. missionaries in Brazil over rights
Mrs. Carter conferred 25 minutes with Father Lawrence Rosebaugh and Thomas Capuano, American missionaries jailed in Brazil. They described being beaten, starved, and held incommunicado while gathering food for the poor. Carter pressed human rights with President Geisel as Washington filed a note of concern.
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Brazil
UPI
Rosalynn Carter
Ernesto Geisel
Carter
Geisel
U.S
Soviet Union
Mrs. Carter
Father Rosebaugh
Capuano
United States
Anti-homosexuals go national after Dade County repeal
Robert Brake co founder of Save Our Children Inc plans a national drive against similar gay rights laws opening a Washington office to lobby Congress sponsor Rep Koch and launch a national fundraising drive. He says the group will oppose local laws only when invited by substantial community citizens. Forty communities have adopted gay rights laws but Dade County and Boulder Colorado repealed them.
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Miami
UPI
Dade County
Robert Brake
Anita Bryant
Save Our Children Inc
Washington
Congress
Edward I. Koch
Dn.y
Brake
National Committee
Boulder
Colo
Bennington Banner Subscription Rates
The Bennington Banner lists home and motor delivery options with pricing. Carrier delivery costs 20 cents or 5.60 per month, mail subscriptions 1 month 5.10, 3 months 15.30, 6 months 30.60, and total annual figures reflect standard publisher rates.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
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Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
Landon Associates, Inc
Carter may reverse pledge to approve BI bomber project
Boston reports President Carter nears decision to reverse campaign pledge and back building 80 to 120 BI strategic bombers. The plan, tied to SALT talks, could affect GE Lynn and Evendale plants with hundreds of jobs and hundreds of millions in potential contracts. The Air Force asked for 244 bombers, while Carter had warned against wasteful spending in July.
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UPI
Air Force
Boston Herald American
Soviet Union
White House
Herald
General Electric Co
Lynn
Mass
Evendale
Ohio
Barry Goldwater
R.ariz
HEW Fines States for Violating Medicare Law
HEW Secretary Joseph Califano orders $142 million in Medicare penalties against 20 states for inadequate review of patient care in Medicaid nursing homes and mental facilities. New York faces the largest fine, with California and Pennsylvania next, as HEW considers legislative changes to make the law fairer while allowing future appeals after July cuts.
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UPI
HEW
Joseph Califano
Califano
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
New York
California
Pennsylvania
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