Carter Considers Tax Cut as Next Economic Step
President-elect Carter weighs options to stimulate the economy with a possible quick tax cut or rapid government spending. While aides push the tax cut as a leading option, Carter says it is too early to decide and emphasizes keeping options open.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Thomas B
Bert’’ Lance
Office of
Mat and Budget
Lance
The
Medicaid Care Of Poor Children in the South Called Disgrace
A House subcommittee chairman threatens to kill the Medicaid program if it does not extend care to more poor children. Rep. John E. Moss accuses HEW of inaction as the Southern Regional Council calls the program a national disgrace and waste.
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John Stowell
Associated Press
Washington
House Subcommittee
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Moss
Southern Regional Council
South
House Commerce Oversight and Investigations
David Mathews
Mathews
Council
Patricia Derian
Carter
Why Clara Maass stamp honors and stamp selection
A reader asks about the Clara Maass commemorative stamp and why only 40 stamps per pane. The answer covers Clara Maass’s role in yellow fever research with Reed and Gorgas, the stamp design by Paul Calle, pane size, and the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee that selects subjects. It notes typical print runs and how proposals are reviewed and commissioned.
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Clara Maass
J.B.H. A
Newark German Hospital
Georgia
Florida
Cuba
Philippines
U.S
Walter Reed
William Gorgas
Maass
Paul Calle
Stamford
Williams
Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee
No Extra Gas Charge For Homes
The North Carolina Utilities Commission exempted residential customers from paying the emergency natural gas surcharge this winter. Five distribution companies were ordered to file new rate schedules reflecting the emergency gas surcharge in their service areas. The estimated emergency gas supply cost is $2.35 per thousand.
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Noel Yancey
Associated Press
Raleigh
State Utilities Commission Residential Today
North Carolina
Alienation Suit Lover Must Pay 35000 in Damages
In Fayetteville, Superior Court Judge Giles Clark ordered Charles Franklin Curry to pay Tony Lopez 15000 for actual damages and 20000 for punitive damages plus court costs after Curry enticed Brenda Joyce Lopez away from her husband. The judge noted the couple lived openly as husband and wife for over 90 days since mid 1976.
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Lopez
Brenda Joyce Lopez
Superior Court
Giles Clark
Charles Franklin Curry
St. Pauls
Curry
Clark
Ft. Bragg
Lopezes
W. Shaw St
Accused Rapist Seized By Victim's Husband
In Philadelphia a joint hearing is planned for Carl Butler charged with rape and related offenses and Earl Patterson accused of kidnapping after Patterson held Butler for two and a half hours in his basement. Butler says Patterson threatened him with a gun.
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Philadelphia
Solomon
Daniel Hill
Earl Patterson
Carl Butler
Patterson
Butler
FBI
First Women Enter West Point Cadet Corps
A young woman stands at attention at West Point preparing to join the Cadet Corps as one of the early female cadets. The change follows President Ford’s approval enabling women’s entrance to the United States Military Academy. Laserphote is cited as a name in the discussion.
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West Point
Cadet Corps
United States Military Academy
Ford
Pregnancy Ruling Open To Change
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that an employer may legally refuse to pay disability or sick leave benefits to pregnant women. The decision overturned a lower court finding against General Electric, but does not force employers with disability coverage to drop it. The ruling critics say could be altered by future legislation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
General Electric Corp
Congress
International Union of Electric Workers
David Fitzmaurice
Electrical Workers Union
Karen DeCrow
National Organization For Women
Susan Ross
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Carter
Court shields employer pregnancy coverage exclusion
The ruling allows employers to exclude pregnancy from disability policies. The GE case prompted union and NOW criticism, with leaders urging new federal law to require pregnancy coverage and preserve women’s rights. The ACLU urged political action ahead of a Carter presidency.
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Action Line
United Waste Materials Co
S. Hamilton
Fayetteville
Tony Lopez
Common Pleas Court
Thomas Shiemes
Maxim
Tomvemed
Cceeescovcens Beseses
Women’s News Tee
Vas
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