Ford eyes another tax cut in 1979 report says
President Ford urged a possible 1979 tax cut despite unemployment remaining high. The annual economic report to Congress praised progress in lowering inflation, projected unemployment around 7.3 percent by year end, and forecast 6 to 6.5 percent GDP growth. It linked further tax cuts to spending restraint and the proposed $394.2 billion fiscal 1977 budget.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Sam
Intelligence report urges disclosure rules and penalties
The House Intelligence Committee staff proposes abolishing a major Pentagon agency and imposing sanctions on government workers including lawmakers for leaks. It urges creating four permanent oversight panels with power to disclose secrets by majority vote, and penalties for releasing agent names. The report, approved 9 to 4, estimates total U.S. intelligence costs around 10 billion dollars annually, with CIA figures possibly omitted from civilian defense spending.
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Washington
House Intelligence Committee
Pentagon
Congress
House
U.S
CIA
Isu
FBI
State Department
Food Costs Rise for Typical U.S. Family in 1975
The Agriculture Department reports that the average annual farm food cost for a typical 3.2 person family rose to 1876 dollars in 1975, up 7.2 percent from 1974. The farm value of a 65 item market basket was 783 dollars, with middleman costs averaging 1093 dollars, and total retail food prices expected to rise about 4 to 5 percent in early 1976.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Department
Iowa House Passes Diagonal Highway Resolution
DES MOINES The Iowa house voted 71 to 7 to urge the state transportation department to reconsider its plan for a 5.5 mile diagonal highway between Interstate 80 and Highway 6 and instead approve a straighter north south corridor. The measure, from James Caffrey and Jack Woods, goes to the senate.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa County
Senate
James Caffrey
Jack Woods
DOT
IDOT
Tentative Pact In Pittsburgh
AP reports a tentative agreement on a 32 day Pittsburgh teachers strike could end the 17 day walkout with 62,000 students back in class if ratified. The deal centers on a $10.1 million wage package over the contract term and includes settlements on class size job security discipline and reading skills.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Snow Grips Cedar Rapids With First Major Dump
Four inches of snow paralyzed Cedar Rapids as a sharp temperature drop limited plow effectiveness. City crews deployed sand and chemicals, with downtown conditions improving later. Police logged 24 property damage crashes from Sunday into Monday, while residents faced slick walks and windshields to clear.
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Richard Phillips
Phillips
Alsial
Des Moines
Iowa
Patty Hearst Metamorphosis Claim Shocks Court
Patty Hearst appears to have undergone an emotional metamorphosis since her 1974 disappearance, says handwriting analyst Dorothy St John Jackson. She notes weakened will power and increased rationalization since involvement with the SLA, while witnesses discuss trial readiness and defense motions amid ongoing legal proceedings in San Francisco.
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Torrance
Calif
Patty Hearst
San Francisco
Dorothy St. John Jackson
Daily Breeze
Los Angeles
Ton
Symbionese Liberation Army
Miss Hearst
Gopley News Service
First Day of Detroit Busing Goes Peacefully
DETROIT AP Detroit Monday became the largest U.S. city to implement a court ordered school integration plan. About 203 buses carried thousands of black and white elementary pupils to classes with only kindergartners to fifth graders attending on Monday. Middle and high school students were to report on Tuesday. No demonstrations were planned by aid-busing groups, though the organizations claiming 2400 families urged a yellow flag boycott.
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Detroit
U.S
Chuckle Sigil Hear a Schioal Approach School
An odd fragment notes an approach to school in a childlike tone. The text hints at a quiet, nostalgic mood with a reference to childhood methods. It reads as a partial archival line lacking clear event details or characters.
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