Ways and Means Panel Rejects Standby Gas Tax Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected President Carter’s standby gasoline tax of 50 cents per gallon among multiple energy measures. It also narrowly repealed the federal income tax deduction for state and local gas taxes and killed a rebate for fuel efficient cars while backing a substitute to raise the current gas tax slowly.
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Probers say red tape slows flood disaster aid
A House Small Business Committee report faults federal procedures delaying help after the April floods in West Virginia Kentucky Virginia and Ohio. It notes many victims found housing aid almost non existent four weeks after the flood subsided and urges quicker federal response including a specialist SBA disaster team.
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Land Could Replace Cash For Flood Victims In West Virginia
Rockefeller administration plans to use land rather than cash for flood relief in southern West Virginia. Tax Commissioner Thomas R. Goodwin said the program is in planning, with some direct cash grants possible. The goal is to acquire housing sites above the flood plain and provide them to eligible victims, leveraging state and federal funds.
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Demos To Back Lower Flood Loan Interest In House
Democratic leadership in the House supports a bill cutting SBA loan interest for West Virginia flood victims. The plan sets 1 pct on the first 5 000, 2 pct on the next 5 000, and 3 pct thereafter, with up to 3 000 forgiveness for renters and homeowners suffering over 30 percent damage.
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Tug Valley Spokesman Praises AP Report On Flood Relief
Beth Spence of the Tug Valley Recovery Center praised an Associated Press report criticized by the House Committee on Small Business for federal flood relief in southern West Virginia. The center aids April flood cleanup as residents complain of red tape and insufficient housing assistance four weeks after the disaster. Matewan Mayor Robert McCoy noted few federal officials could make decisions to loosen procedures.
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Mother's Murder Found in 1927 Buffalo News Reprint
Exterminator Clifford Doze learns his mother Grace Doze was murdered, after spotting a May 21 1927 Buffalo Evening News reprint. The article reports a young woman found strangled and beaten, believed dumped from a car into a creek.
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Bluefield Gas Company Wins 11 Percent Rate Increase
The West Virginia Public Service Commission approved an 11 percent rate hike for Bluefield Gas Company. The PSC noted a net loss of 9441 dollars in the year ending May 31 1976 and said new rates effective June 7 will raise operating revenues by 157811 dollars and allow a 9.69 percent return.
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Miners Idle As Norfolk And Western Car Shortage Hits Coal Regions
Storm damage to Lambert's Point Pier in Norfolk Virginia plus a reduced car fleet halts mining. About 11 deep mines and 3 strip operations idled, roughly 4 500 workers off until Monday. Island Creek and Clinchfield may feel impact if repairs delay.
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Third Turkish ambassador in Europe assassinated in Rome
Turkish Ambassador to the Vatican Taha Carim, 62, was shot and died six hours after the early afternoon attack in Rome. A Beirut-based group calling itself Justice Commandos for Armenian Genocide claimed responsibility, saying the killing was revenge for Armenian massacres. The attacker fled on foot after ambushing Carim as he entered his residence in the Parioli district.
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Unpredictable Amin May Have Missed London Conference
The Telegraph hints that Idi Amin may not have left Uganda for the Commonwealth conference in London, despite reports of him in European airspace seeking a country for a landing. Other items note local Littleton politics and potential license loss for Black‑oriented radio stations amid advertiser pressure.
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