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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1981
Page
2
Senate Republicans scrapped an oil industry tax relief amendment after Democrats tied relief to finishing the tax bill by July 29. The deal preserves a 1982 start for the oil tax cut. House plans move to advance personal tax relief while debates over food stamp cuts and farm program savings continue.
The House approved an $11.2 billion Interior Department appropriation by 358 to 46, rebuking Interior Secretary James Watt over offshore drilling, land purchases, and organizational changes. The measure bars use of funds to lease offshore rights off Northern California, rejects $105 million for park improvements, funds land purchases including $87.8 million for parks, blocks Watt’s 1982 reorganization of field offices, and requires congressional approval for further agency reorganizations. The bill allocates $3.7 billion to Interior, $1.7 billion to the Forest Service, and $4.5 billion to Energy Department programs including $3.4 billion for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin hearings on September 8 for Sandra O'Connor nomination to the Supreme Court. Spokesman Dennis DeConcini said hearings are scheduled for September 8 9 and 10 after Congress returns from recess, though some aides questioned the dates.
The Justice Department announced an agreement with Puerto Rico to detain about 800 Haitian refugees at Fort Allen, an unused naval site. Moving them requires lifting an injunction over environmental impact statements, with 276 already moved from Krome North and Florida suing to curb overcrowding.
The Reagan administration rejected Gov. Edmund Brown's request to declare three California counties disaster areas. Officials said the Medfly outbreak was under control and denied budget relief. Brown can appeal. if appealed, a new group will consider it for a final decision by Reagan.
An airspace incursion from Iran led to a collision with a Soviet plane over Soviet Armenia near Yerevan. The Tass report notes dangerous maneuvers, ground fire and burning wreckage, with no details on aircraft size, casualties, or fate of the Soviet plane.
Triad Energy Corp reports most assets vanished and president Samuel McNeil remains missing after he and his brother exposed alleged improper practices by former CIA deputy director Max Hugel. The SEC pauses Triad stock trading for 10 days amid withdrawal of about 2.5 million dollars from the company bank account. The FBI has been notified.
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