Manhattan Project lessons urge energy push for today
A column cites the Manhattan Project led by Lt Gen Leslie Groves as proof the nation can mobilize for a peacetime goal. It urges President Carter to apply the same urgency to energy conservation and new sources, arguing get going and get the job done. The piece contrasts wartime mobilization with the current tax and energy debates in Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Manhattan
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Carter
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Taxes and the Shapp tax plan face public scrutiny
When Shapp took office in 1971 he faced a 200 million deficit and introduced an income tax at 2.3 percent later reduced to a lower rate. The measure is the only tax enacted in his six years though it funds a quarter of the general fund, with sales tax bringing in the most revenue. The proposed sales tax rise would be 16.6 percent from 6.107 percent and the gasoline tax would climb from 9 to 11 cents. Estimated yearly costs rise with income and driving habits, prompting a broader question: how much government is worth to taxpayers and how best to contact lawmakers.
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Shapp
Wn Party
Buddy Cianfiani
Philadelphia
Senate
Emergency Energy Assistance bill aims to aid heating needy
Weather experts warn of a harsh cold era in the early 1980s and propose a new Emergency Energy Assistance program to Carter. The Muskie bill would give $200 million to the Community Services Administration for distribution to states to aid households with high heating bills or overdue notices. Eligible households would earn up to 125 percent of the poverty level, with a per household cap of $250 and proof of need. The plan, intended as a one shot to combat 1976 77 cold spell impacts, reflects rising heating costs projected to soar in 1977.
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Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Subcommittee On Intergovernmental Relations
Community Services Administration
Lynn Alan Brooks
Connecticut
Department of Planning and Energy Policy
Brooks
Muskie
Rising utility debt burdens strain households in 28 states
The Muskie subcommittee notes delinquencies average 34 percent higher than 1975-76 winter in 28 states with Ohio up 41 percent and Kansas 72 percent. Many states bar disconnections or rely on informal deals, while Connecticut reports $130,000 in private fuel bank aid since December. Federal action is awaited to fund rapid aid to the needy before June.
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Louisiana
Kansas
Muskie
Connecticut
Biorhythms Staging Thinkers In Sports And Surgery
A survey of biorhythm theory notes Swiss origins and growing use in Japan and the United States. It cites pilots crews surgeons and athletes as possible beneficiaries or risks, while stressing that charts indicate susceptibilities rather than fate. The Postal Service faces calls to cut rural offices and reduce deliveries to five days a week to save costs.
Postal Service urged reforms to curb costs and speed delivery
A government study argues Saturday mail could disappear if Congress follows its recommendations such as higher guaranteed next day rates, five day delivery only if costs rise, more collection boxes, more hours including evenings and Saturdays, improved parcel post and address changes, and better training. It notes wage costs grew sharply, urges $625 million to erase deficits, and warns of declining mail volume with 1985 self sufficiency unlikely without drastic changes.
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