Senate Renews Veto Fight Over Jobs Bill
The Senate voted 24 to 28 to send a roughly 4 billion jobs bill to the House. It would fund public works, state budgets to avoid layoffs, and water pollution projects, with provisions added by Senator Edmund Muskie. The bill aims for broad support and a possible veto override, as March election pressures grow.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
House
Edmund Muskie
Dmaine
Senate Gop
Robert Griffin
Muskie
Senate Democrats
Russell Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Long
Louisiana
Mike Mansfield
Cedar Rapids resolves TIF plan for new community center
City and Linn Auditor Merle Kopel finalize a tax increment financing package for Cedar Rapids' $7 million community center. TIF district should raise about $299,853 next year, with a $200,000 top-up levy to cover debt service. Net owner-occupied home impact estimated around $11.40 on a $30,000 home. county and school districts face a smaller effect.
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Linn
Merle Kopel
Cedar Rapids
Kopel
Cedar
Kirkwood College
Bill Heins
Witnesses identify Soliah in SLA bank holdup trial
Two witnesses testifying at the Soliah trial identified Patricia Hearst’s former lover Ste ven Soliah as a robber in the Symbionese Liberation Army bank holdup near Carmichael on April 21 1975. Kath leen James said she saw him face to face for five to ten seconds with a shotgun. Teller Patricia Tommeranson also identified Soliah during the incident.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Steven Soliah
Patricia Hearst
Soliah
U.S
Richard Nichols
Dwayne Keyes
Kathleen James
Carmichael
Steffan) Imhoff
Otis
Mrs. James
Mr. Otis
Patricia Tommeranson
Demos Honor Pickets Cancel Speaking Plans
Three Democratic contenders Carter Udall and Jackson refused to cross a NBC picket line at the ASNE convention in Washington. A restraining order limited picket activity to a side street entrance, and no confrontation occurred. Ford met editors at the White House and dismissed the ethnic purity term while defending housing laws and local control.
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Henry Jackson
Morris Udall
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Washington
NBC
ASNE
National Assn. of Broadcast
Carter
Udall
Jackson
Ford
White House
Rose Garden
Hubert Humphrey
Atlanta
Martin Luther King Sr
Humphrey
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Americans For Democratic Action
South
Arizona
Texas
John Connally
Connally
Ross Sterling
Houston
Federal Election Commission
Congress
Third Victim Identified in I 80 Crash Near Dixon
West Liberty authorities identify Kenneth Fausey 18 of Dixon as the driver of the car that died Tuesday along with two passengers James Steiger 16 and Randy Appleby 15 after their vehicle struck a gas transport on Interstate 80. The car went off the road, into a ditch, and burst into flames. The gas truck was driven by Darryl Richardson of Brig hton. 30 YEARS AGO The development of a new ointment for burns that removes dead tissue painlessly was announced.
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West Liberty
Kenneth Fausey
Dixon
James Steiger
Randy Appleby
Darryl Richardson
Brighton
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