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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1977
Page
16
A House ad hoc energy committee vote 22 18 revived a 4 cent gasoline tax increase to fund energy research and mass transit. President Carter called the plan acceptable though he favored a 5 cent option. The measure would raise the current 4 cent tax to support energy programs.
Arthur Hauspurg of Consolidated Edison cites a fail safe relay system that auto cuts off power and after misreading imminent collapse shed too much load. The resulting excess voltages disabled two generators, leaving the grid with a deficit the remaining plants could not offset amid lightning disruptions.
President Carter will seek legislation granting full amnesty to aliens who have worked illegally in the United States for seven years or more, conferring permanent resident status and family sponsorship. Those here less than seven years but present before Jan 1 would stay and work with limited social benefits and no family sponsorship. In Ohio, Midwest officials heard Robert Robel warn that the national energy outlook is worse than in 1974 75 and 76, though he praised Carter’s energy plan goals.
FBI says two men planned to smuggle top secret U.S. cruise missile components to Soviet agents in Cuba using a cabo cruiser. Carl Weischenberg, 33, and Carl John Heiser, 32, were arrested at Fort Lauderdale airport and charged with acting as agents of East Germany and the Soviet Union. They offered $250,000 for missile components. affidavits list IBM microfiche cards manuals tapes Memorex programs Bendix drive shafts and nuclear fuels among items.
A longstanding strip mining bill cleared Senate by 85 to 8 and moves to the House for Thursday action. It would require land reclamation of open pit coal mines and written landowner consent before mining. President Carter said he would sign if passed. In a separate move, Carter ordered fuel efficient cars and a 45 percent cut in energy use in federal buildings.
Negotiators from the House and Senate remain far apart over when federal funds may pay for abortions. Fourteen senators and thirteen representatives adjourned without a compromise and plan to resume talks next week. The House bans federal abortion funding completely, while the Senate restricts funding to life of the mother medically necessary cases or rape and incest.
Ethiopian troops claimed victory in at least six desert engagements against Somali backed insurgents. Prisoners and large quantities of weapons were reported seized. The report noted Cuban medical experts arriving in Addis Ababa as Havana deepens ties while Ethiopia prepares a counter offensive to retake parts of the Ogaden region.
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