Congress adjourns as filibuster blocks clean air act
The 94th Congress edges toward adjournment after a failed bid to pass stricter air pollution controls. Senate filibuster stalls the measure, Muskie’s last-minute push for a Saturday session fails, and Byrd moves to adjourn asHouse and Senate pare down bills with time running out. A potential pro forma session may occur before formal end.
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UPI
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Edmund Muskie
Dmaine
Robert Byrd
Congress
Salmon urges elderly to boycott Dole appearance
Vermont Governor Salmon urged senior citizens to jeer Republican vice presidential candidate Robert Dole during his Burlington area stop. Salmon said Dole, then a Kansas senator, has consistently voted against elder aid. Dole planned to arrive at 9:30 a.m. and then tape an interview at Vermont Educational Television in Winooski.
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UPI
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Vermont
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House approves jobless bill doubling unemployment tax
The House advanced a measure to double the unemployment insurance tax to 0.7 percent and require states to permanently cover 7 million local government and 600,000 state workers starting 1978. It mandates permanent coverage for about 460,000 farm workers and 170,000 domestics when the temporary program ends, with costs shared by state and local governments. The bill, approved 272 to 97, moves to the Senate as Congress nears adjournment.
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Butz reprimanded by Ford for racial slurs
President Ford issued Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz a severe reprimand on Friday for highly offensive racial remarks in public. Butz apologized, saying he would issue a public apology, after a report described a joke about black voters made on an airliner.
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Gifford
Chicago
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Carter vows special attention to Northeast voters
UPI reports Jimmy Carter, touring New England, promises the Northeast special attention from his administration. He cites regional unemployment above 11 percent and accuses federal funding patterns of favoring the Sunbelt. Carter pledges a direct White House line for New England governors and business leaders.
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Hugh Carey
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Georgia
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Liberty Union may shape Vermont vote this year
Vermont voters face a tight gubernatorial race with liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans arguing over methods while the Liberty Union positions itself as a protest option. Bernard Sanders is not expected to win, but LU could influence issues such as utility takeovers and tax policy amid weak party distinctions.
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Vermont
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McCarthy and Libertarian Parties Appeal Ballot Ruling
The McCarthy '76 and Libertarian Party filed appeals in U S District Court on Friday challenging Secretary of State Richard Thomas rulings that kept their candidates off Vermont's November 2 ballot. The suit seeks to halt printing until McCarthy and MacBride are listed on the ballot citing irreparable harm.
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Merritt Hewitt
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David Shaffe
Theodore Sorenson
Kennedy
Robert Baker
R-Tenn
Norwich University
Thomas
Eugene McCarthy
Libertarian Party
Roger MacBride
McCarthy ’76 Party
Vermont
Attorney General’s Office
Aero People
Ford role in probe denied by official
Deputy Attorney General Harold Tyler said there is no reason to suppose President Ford was involved in the Watergate Michigan campaign fund investigation. He noted the probe appears related to the 1972 presidential race, not Ford's 1970 congressional bid, and he did not recall Ford being named.
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