Carter Pushes 31 Billion Dollar Economic Plan In Congress
President Carter's proposals aim to create jobs and cut taxes amid mixed reviews from Arthur Burns of the Federal Reserve who cautioned against an inefficient rebate approach. Lawmakers scrutinized details as Blumenthal Marshall Kreps and other officials testified while Carter urged sacrifice and promised a rapid request to reorganize federal departments.
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Carter
Congress
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
House Banking Committee
Burns
Reserve Board
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Labor
F. Ray Marshall
Commerce
Juanita Kreps
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Sen
Alan Cranston
California
Senate
Floods Next Layoffs Spread Amid Bitter Winter
The bitter winter of 1977 drives layoffs to New England and ripple effects reach Ohio and western New York. A new snowstorm threatens the Great Lakes while 75 dead and 2 million out of work loom. President Carter signs emergency gas powers as pipelines seek relief, but slow gas movement limits impact. Buffalo National Guard and railroad bottlenecks reveal widening crisis. General Motors idles 3,200 at Framingham plant as New England fears floods this spring.
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Ohio
New York State
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
New York
Carter
Congress
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp
Federal
John H. Holloman III
Buffalo
N.Y
Framingham
Mass
General Motors
United Way audit practices and budget process explained
Murphy Osborne notes annual agency audits are required by law. A budget committee of eight volunteers, including a CPA, reviews agency budgets with boards and staff, holds hearings, and allocates funds based on reported needs and total raised. The process replaces earlier separate committees to ensure balanced, needs-based distribution.
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United Way Fund
Anon
A. Murphy Osborne
United Way
State Officials and Legislators Clash Over School Closures
North Carolina remains in a national emergency as fuel shortages persist. Gov. Jim Hunt supports energy conservation. Sen. Lawing pushes a two week closure of public schools, but lawmakers and education officials say it would not meaningfully save fuel. Conservation orders cut thermostat levels in state buildings and extend workdays for state workers.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Jim Hunt
Legislative Committee
Hunt
Public Instruction
Craig Phillips
Craig Lawing
D-Mecklenburg
Senate Education Committee
Lawing
Department of Public Instruction
Buffalo man begins snow shoveling after 18 foot drift
Edward Domanowski starts clearing his Buffalo suburb home following a blizzard. An 18 foot drift blocks the property and forecasters call for below freezing temperatures across the Buffalo area for the rest of the week.
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Edward Domanowski
Buffalo
Domanowski
Gas Transfers Start Under New Emergency Law
President Carter signs the Emergency Natural Gas Act to move gas to states hit hardest by winter. James Schlesinger says orders issued to locate and move gas, likely west to east, with Dunham of the Federal Power Commission directing transfers. California offers up to 10 billion cubic feet, Mexico to aid, and pipelines arrange daily deliveries to the East Coast and Texas.
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Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp
Pacific Northwest
Texas
Transcontinental
Washington
Carter
James R. Schlesinger
Richard L. Dunham
Federal Power Commission
Dunham
Interior Department
Federal Energy Administration
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Jose Lopez Portillo
Mexico
United States
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp
Mrs Gandhi Faces Backlash From Defectors in India
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi denounced breakaway Congress leaders led by Jagjivan Ram as turncoat opportunists seeking personal gain. Supporters gathered at her residence shouting loyalty while she urged mass outreach to portray the defectors as part of a lingering conspiracy dating to 19 months earlier.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Tax rebate plan faces chill as weather hits costs
A government study estimates winter heating will add 139 dollars per household in fuel costs, raising total 8.4 billion and possibly reducing wages by 1.6 billion due to plant shutdowns. President Carter weighs adjustments while critics call the plan inadequate. Charles Schultze and W Michael Blumenthal testify on economics and policy.
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Carter
Congress
Hubert Humphrey
Charles Schultze
Council of Economic Advisers
Joint Economic Committee
Humphrey
Library of Congress
Schultze
Special Administration
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
House Banking Committee
Blumenthal
Federal Reserve Board
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