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Cumberland News (Newspaper) - August 2, 1979, Cumberland, Maryland House passes Gas rationing Bill so heavily amended it produces deadlock Washington a the House approved legislation wednesday night giving president Carter standby gasoline rationing authority but the Bill was in such a heavily amended form it instantly produced a congressional deadlock. Congressional leaders said despite House passage by a 263-169 vote there now appears Little Chance of enacting a Bill acceptable to the president until after labor Day. Amendments added during House floor debate the weather hot and humid today and Friday. High each Day near 90. Chance of afternoon thundershowers. Low tonight in mid 70s. Were expected to be rejected summarily by the Senate and a House Senate conference committee named to work out a Compromise. Chances of reaching that Compromise on thursday the last Day before the month Long congressional recess begins a would be very difficult a said rep. John dinged d-mich., who managed the Bill on the House floor. White House officials chose to disregard the missed timetable for getting the Bill to Carters desk and instead in a statement said the House Bill was a a Good beginning but we have a Long Way House passage followed bitter partisan battling on the floor and the adoption of a number of amendments a Many which had Little to do with rationing. Sen. Henry m. Jackson d-wash., chairman of the Senate Energy committee predicted a congressional impasse saying some of the amendments tacked on by the House would be unacceptable to the Senate. Among amendments added wednesday was one by rep. Thomas j. Tauke a Iowa to require that the government establish a special tractor fuel Reserve for Farmers. It passed 22$-191. Then the House voted 233-187 to establish a similar set aside for heating Oil in cold climate states. The Overall Bill would give the president the Power to impose Gas rationing during a severe fuel shortage. It would also allow the president to set and enforce Energy conservation targets for each state. House approval came less than three months after the House rejected a previous standby Gas rationing Bill submitted by the president. Leaders credited summer Gas lines growing Public awareness of Energy shortages and the presidents new Energy initiatives for the House decision to approve a rationing proposal this time. The president has made standby rationing authority a key part of the new Energy plan he unveiled july 15. Jackson said one major House amendment in particular a repealing part of the month old program requiring thermostats to be set at 78 degrees in the summer and 65 degrees in the Winter a would a absolutely not be accepted by the Senate. House debate included bitter partisan battling on the floor in which the houses 159 Republican members showed near unanimity in nearly every showdown vote. On final passage voting divided largely along party lines with 231 democrats and 32 republicans supporting the measure. By contrast voting against it were 36 democrats and 123 republicans. Under the legislation the president could impose rationing Only if fuel supplies dropped by 20 percent during a 30-Day period. Congress would then have 15 Days during which either House could veto the plan. The Cumberland news two Ohio men await sentencing see Back rage vol. 41-no. 249 politically Independent newspaper associated Presa Upit a Lake photo Cumberland Maryland thursday August 2,1979 published daily except sunday by the times amp Alleg Anian co Baltimore St. Cumberland. My 21502 second class postage paid at Cumberland. My 52 pages fifteen cents service station owners demonstrate in Washington 3 Catholic Tornado citizens dealers incensed Over going Home swedish soldiers who served with the United nations emergency Force in Sinai Hoard a plane at Tel Aviv wednesday As they leave Israel following the end of the Unee Mission in the area. A laser photo Volcker Miller get Senate panes nod Washington apr the full Senate is sex Paul a. Volcker was Given a petted to vote final con unanimous endorsement by the Senate banking com formation for both Carter appointments Friday. The Mittee wednesday to be the committee votes were new chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. At the same time the unanimous and made with Little comment. Volcker 51, who has been Senate finance committee president of the Federal voted its approval of g. Reserve Bank of new York Amtrak Bill is passed by Senate Washington a the Senate discarded president Carters blueprint for cutting the Amtrak passenger train network Bishops ordained Cleveland a three new Bishops including a Black who became the youngest roman Catholic Bishop in the nation were ordained wednesday at St. Johns Cathedral. Bishop James p. Lyke 40, of Chicago became Cleveland a Urban vicar and the first Black Catholic Bishop in the Midwest. Lyke and Bishops James a. Griffin and Anthony m. Pilla both of Cleveland were ordained in a solemn ceremony led by the most Rev. James a. Hickey Bishop of the diocese of Cleveland. The new Bishops will serve As auxiliaries to Hickey in the i million member diocese. Lyke was president of the National Black Catholic clergy caucus before being named As a Bishop june 30 by Pope John Paul ii. Pilla will serve As vicar of Lake and Beauga counties suburban communities to the East of Cleveland. Kills two in Indiana by the associated press heavy thunderstorms pounded Indiana on wednesday triggering Flash flooding in which two persons died and a Tornado that toppled two Mobile Homes injuring two men. The storm system moved slowly eastward late in the Day prompting Tornado warnings along the Way in seven counties and Flash flood warnings in All or parts of 15 counties. Wednesdays storms were the latest in a two week series of violent weather and torrential rain that just a week ago produced record party is formed Washington a the citizens committee has been formed As a new political party that will focus on the pressing issues of inflation and Energy it was announced wednesday. Organizers of the party who compared its rounding to that of the Republican party a founding 12j years ago said they planned to hold a National convention to nominate a candidate for the 1980 presidential race. Author and environmentalist Barry commoner told a news conference the group has a few doubts that there is a thin profit margin set by department of Energy Washington a about 700 service station owners invaded Washington on foot and in Horn tooting Tow trucks wednesday to protest Federal gasoline pricing regulations they say Are strangling them. Some vowed to close their stations on labor Day if Public protests fail. After they marched in front of the White House disrupting lunchtime traffic the Independent dealers massed on the Capitol a West Steps for a loud rally featuring numerous congressmen who decried major Oil Corn major constituency in this flooding along Ohio River country for an Effort such As panties it profits tributaries in Southern Indiana he said the Republican party was founded More than a Century ago a because neither of the country a major parties was confronting the great National Issue of the Day a ten flood ravaged counties were declared disaster areas by president Carter on tuesday and four of them a Crawford Orange Martin and Dubois a were alerted to expect More flooding late wednesday. In another disaster Griffin became vicar of a a a a Lorain to the West of Ohio s county Posey volunteers largest City and clvl1 defense workers when the appointments tried cd to reinforce s were announced Hickey weakened levee along the said Lyke would serve in a off Wabash River near Cleveland sinner City and help with other municipalities diocese. In the William Miller to be the new Secretary of the Treasury. Soviet to buy More . Wheat Washington a in two Days of secret London meetings this week . Agriculture officials gave the soviet Union permission to buy an additional to million metric tons of . Wheat Over the next 14 months agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland said wednesday. Bergland also told reporters that for the first time in three years american wheat growers will have no major Federal restrictions on How much they Plant. The russians already have purchased about 3.5 million tons of wheat and 11.5 million tons of Corn for delivery by oct. I when the Furth year of a .-soviet Ain Trade pact begins. On inside pages Ann Landers 6 will succeed Miller As Civiletti confirmed by Senate in Mitchell about 70 Miles South of Indianapolis one person drowned another died later at a Hospital and a third was slightly injured remand re Dinita when they were swept off a intern Arelana pending a flooded Street into a storm . Suspends gun sales to no. Ireland Washington a the state department has suspended All future private sales of weapons to nor preventing those stations from charging higher prices during a gasoline shortage. But now that the shortages of recent months have eased independents say refiners and wholesalers can now undersell them and steal their customers. Houston fire damage tops $20 million Houston a one the dealers then fanned Day after a fire that fed on out across Capitol Hill to wooden shingles destroyed lobby representatives and More than 400 units in an senators for economic Relief apartment Complex the they say the Energy cry Council approved a department is denying Long delayed ordinance them imposing Tough standards the Independent dealers on use of the shingles Are most incensed about Council had tabled the Energy department rules ordinance late tuesday just that set a uniform profit As the Blaze erupted at the margin of 15.4 cents per 1.080-unit Woodway Square gallon. Many dealers say Complex on the City s near they must Cut Back current West Side and a Gusty wind margins under the Rule spread Sparks and embers even As skyrocketing in . Word singled Flatiron worsens rents wages buildings in the Complex. And the Price of electricity and other services. There were no deaths in the fire that destroyed wednesday and approved a chairman Quot Quot of the a Feder Quot Ai it ass sweeping House passed Reserve Board plan that could Elin Unate Miller 54, is leaving to see train a a u replace the ousted w. The House Michael Blumenthal a plans it virtually identical in Civiletti was victim of cart pro a most Points would Cut the Benjamin k. Civiletti was victim of Carter s recent 27>70ftle system by confirmed by the Senate on percent instead of 43 percent a 94-1 vote wednesday to As proposed by the and succeed Griffin Bell As the review of the United states policy on such exports rep. Mario Biaggi said wednesday. Biaggi chairman of the 130-member and hoc the Independent dealers Between 400 and 500 apart want profit margins equal to a and. Caused More 30 percent of the wholesale than million in damages Price of gasoline. This would according to the Complex raise margins immediately management. Two persons to Between 16 cents and 18.6 suffered serious injuries cents per gallon. D?r7, or Velte a a the a it also will let us raise project s management firm our profits to keep up with sad the $20 million damage the constantly rising Price estimate did not include _ _ we pay distributors for our personal belongings of the congressional committee gasoline a said Frank residents. He said 600 to 800 e j 5____, _ persons were left homeless. Washington a in Cabinet purge Treasury Post. There were two votes by the banking committee on a on. A a the Volcker nomination a old was passed by a one for a four year term As v0lce vote after approval of chairman of the seven an amendment by sen. Jim. ,. Lam member Board the other for Sasser d-tenn., requiring toward chairman of ism As him to fill a 12%-year term Trak t0.c? Aat Tea St the next american am next attorney general. Also approved on a voice vote was Thomas j. Watson jr., former president and sewer authorities said. The dead Man was identified As Paul Houchin 16, of Mitchell. His companion Gregg Massey it. 2, Mitchell died at a Bedford Hospital. 0__________ , a Tornado touched Down in for Irish affairs said state Sage Hom a Sinclair dealer were ,1 homeless the lantern Hills trailer department Counselor from St. Louis whose Woodway Square was Park just South of Matthew Nimetz revealed protest trip to Washington Houston s seventh major Mooresville about 20 Miles the suspension in a closed Cost him More than $200. Apartment Complex fire South of Indianapolis. Session monday of the House Jerry Ferrara executive within three years and tile Thomas Bray 37, an foreign affairs committee director of the new Jersey of a urls involving Wood a a. Gasoline retailers Ahl Quot Gless the t0�?ogher Bob Blancato Biaggi s association said re liners budding code originally was press Secretary said the increasing gasoline developed after another a Vyrl Kir a form d 1 c Cal log Luaui Iii u Nix As a member. 25 percent for the elderly Volcker has pledged to and. Handicapped that serve the full four years As prov so a and several minor chairman but not Senate amendments will necessarily the 12vi2-year "2 b term As a member. House version of the Bill during a conference committee. On a 65 to 35 vote the Senate rejected a move by to Florida a death Row Raj a Ort Antonty i. A. A j cutbacks in service. Miami apr Theodore the Carter administration Bundy made the trip to proposed last january for Loridas death Row Early eliminating some train lines wednesday less than to in an Effort to save $1.4 hours after he was sen billion Over the next five Theodore Bundy moved Bassadore to Moscow succeeding Malcolm Toon. Civiletti a Maryland lawyer has served As Deputy attorney general for the last 14 months under Bell who resigned voluntarily. The Justice department said tentative plans Call for Civiletti to be sworn in on aug. 16. Indianapolis policeman and a resident of the Park sustained minor Back injuries and cuts and bruises when he was blown through a window in his Mobile Home officials said. Today s Chuckla it is much More with it to say that we re moving in cycles than running around in circles even though it comes out about the same Way. C 1979, los Angeles times Syndicate guns were sold by Sturm Ruger amp co. Of Southport Conn. The License was processed by the state departments munitions control Section and Given final approval in january. The constabulary now possesses the guns Blancato said. The state department would have no immediate comment on the report according to spokeswoman Sondra Mccarty. West Side fire left 70 families homeless 14 months prices 5 cents a month. A under the new Rule Well t have to absorb that Cost a he pure Che v e Rogere the Energy department said he wind carried Sparks in an Effort to appease the a a embers from Wood dealers authorized them shingled roofs Over the starting wednesday to Heads of firefighters charge extra for such ser a it was a lost cause a said tended to die in the electric chair for murdering two College sorority Sisters. Two Dade county deputies whisked Bundy away from the Dade county years. With gasoline prices rising and motorists waiting in service station lines earlier this summer the administration bowed to Pilot lands 94 passengers safely at wrong Airport vices As cleaning windows fire checking Oil or filling tires. T no who will pay extra for a what even rally did Stop having their windows a was of Apa cleaned a asked an angry me at had Flat Asphalt Gulf dealer from Man a Ltd Quot a no specific cause for the fire has been determined. Talmadge Case near conclusion Washington a a ride 7 dad a Miami shortly after congressional pressure and Lomira. 40 Midnight. They took him by eased its stand. Floss word. 40 autom Obi e a Quot the a mile under the formula Long. . 40 journey to North Flonda distance trains could be a Case of mistaken identity a what Point he knew he was pm quow. W arriving at the prison just eliminated unless they the Pilot set them Down 35 Landing at the wrong air before Dawn said Florida carry 150 passengers or Miles away in Buffalo. department of corrections More per mile and lose no Western officials said a i believe it to have been a spokesman David skipper. More than seven cents per wednesday that the Pilot Case of mistaken identity a although Bundy now is on passenger for every mile apparently mistook but said Bill Grant regional death Row Florida Law travelled Short haul trains Falo s Small but Well lighted vice resident for Western in sports. 35-38 provides for an automatic would have to carry 80 Airport for the larger Jetport Denver. A a in a simply Tri state news 32 Appeal in capital cases a passengers per mile and at Sheridan 35 Miles to the amazed it process which could take Jose no More than nine North and landed. There the Pilot and two officers years. Cents. Were no injuries. Were suspended from duty Buffalo Wyo. Apr there was no the 94 passengers who emergency no problem a boarded a Western airlines Western Public relations Boeing 737 in Denver director Linda Dozier said thought they were flying to of the tuesday night in Sheridan Wyo. But in a cadent. A a in a not sure at deaths. 25 or. Johnson 23 editorial Page 23 markets. 39 racing. 40 sports. 36-38 state news 32 want ads 41 13 women a news 6-9 a was a matter of routine Quot while the incident is investigated by Western and possibly by Federal agencies is. Dozier said. Both the Federal aviation administration and the National transportation safety Board were notified of the incident she said. The twin engine Jet landed safely at Buffalo about to . Met tuesday a few minutes before it was scheduled to arrive in Sheridan after the 360-mile, hour Long flight. Chester n.h., As he marched placard in hand by the White House. Ralph Youssef a St Louis dealer said charging for the extras a is the Only option the Energy department has Given us but i hate to do dealers Are fearful of sen. Adlai Stevenson further antagonizing chairman of the Senate motorists. Moreover they ethics committee said Are increasingly concerned wednesday the panel is that stations owned by close to reaching unanimous refiners and wholesalers agreement on what will undersell them. Disciplinary action to that concern was recommend against sen. Magnified wednesday after Herman e. Talmadge. The Energy department the committee met ruled that stations owned by behind closed doors for wholesalers and refiners More than two hours must claim their current wednesday but failed to profit margin or 15.4 cents reach agreement on any per gallon whichever is final action against the less. Veteran senator who is the Rule department accused of financial officials said is aimed at misconduct

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