Excess Oil Profits To Be Limited In Coming Session
Washington AP report says Congress will move early to limit excess profits from high petroleum prices. House Majority Leader ONeill cites energy crisis concerns and possible action on cutting the 22 percent depletion allowance. Energy bill talks target windfall profits and standby rationing as a last resort. Also slated: pension system regulation and an Urban Mass Transportation compromise.
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Edmond le Breton
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
D-Mass
O'Neill
United States
Senate
Britain Dim Lights as Rural Areas Suffer Fuel Shortage
In a British response to fuel scarcity, Prime Minister Edward Heath's government orders rural areas to dim street lighting and blackout rural highways. New energy secretary Lord Carrington warns of harsher power cuts and potential bans on home electrical use. Communities report accidents and confusion as towns resist cutbacks and city life slows under the three day work week and coal mine slowdown.
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Julie Flint
Associated Press
London
Edward Heath
Lord Carrington
Britain
Vicky Felton
Kent
Westerham
Hillingdon
Ramsey forecasts wave of bills amid fuel shortage and reform push
Lawmakers anticipate a busy session with aftermath of December fuel shortages. Drunken driving, obscenity, and criminal code revision spark major proposals. Gov Holfhouser backs parkland funding via nonprofit and a $50 million bond. Leaders seek to wrap up by April as education rises on voting questions.
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Ramsey
Senate
House
U.S. Supreme Court
Rep
George Miller
Durham
Bourguiba snubs Libyan union plan amid oil ties
Tunisia criticizes Libyan leader Muammar Khadafy's union proposal from a prior visit. Bourguiba downplays the idea while noting Libyan desert tribes' stone age status and urging Arabs to master modern tech. A full union could share Libya's oil riches. Tunisia faces development needs and recent natural disasters including floods.
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Khadafy
Tunisia
Bourguiba
Libya
Student Chains Self To Church At St Peter's Basilica
Alessandro Spinetti a 22 year old university student chained himself to a railing on the steps of St Peter's Basilica for 30 minutes on Saturday before Vatican guards cut him free No legal action was taken against him The protest targeted what he called Soviet suppression of intellectuals.
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Vatican City
Alessandro Spinetti
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican
Spinetti
Gujarat Curfew Loosened Amid Riots In Ahmedabad
Authorities eased curfew in parts of Gujarat on Saturday while food price riots flared in Ahmedabad, where a rioter was killed by police, bringing fatalities to nine in three days. Baroda also saw brief curfew relaxation as Bhavnagar faced mob violence and shop and government office looting.
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New Delhi
India
Gujarat
Ahmedabad
Baroda
World's Largest Airport Opens Three Months Late
American Airlines Flight 341 from New York is due to land Sunday at the world s biggest airport in Grapevine Texas nearly three months behind schedule. The opening was delayed by unfinished facilities and fuel shortages. Airport officials worry about AirTrans system glitches and higher landing fees amid the energy crunch as flights and revenues adjust. Braniff adds flights while others cut schedules.
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Jim Brigance
Associated Press
Grapevine
Tex
American Airlines
New York
Dallas-Fort Worth
Tom Sullivan
Sullivan
Delta
Eastern
Continental
Braniff International
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