Senate Beams To Extend Individual Tax Cuts Fifteen Months
The Senate appears ready to extend last year’s individual tax cuts for 15 months amid partisan debate. If approved today, withholding would rise July 1 if the extension fails. The Finance Committee split on permanent portions and closing tax loopholes, with Muskie pushing full 15 month extension and Kennedy warning of tax hikes for middle income families without extension.
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Senate
Congress
Russell B. Long
D-La
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Long
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Finance Committee
Kennedy
Ford Plan Stymied by Judge in Food Stamp Cutback Delay
Federal Judge John Lewis Smith Jr issued a preliminary injunction delaying Ford administration plans to cut food stamp recipients by more than 20 percent. He noted substantial likelihood the 26 states 73 food stamp families and 108 private groups would prevail on merits.
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Washington
Ford
U.S
John Lewis Smith Jr
Smith
Justice Department
Trash and tire questions flood Action Line prompts
Readers ask about landfill hours and fees for residential trash in Guilford and surrounding counties. The reply notes 1 per load for grindable material and 1.30 per load for ungrindable items, with open-body covers required by law and residence-only access 8 am to dusk, Monday through Saturday.
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High Point
Rt. J
Trinity. A
Randolph
Davison County
Guilford
N.C
Upheaval Spreads to 7 Townships in South Africa
Rioting across seven black townships spread from Soweto, with at least 58 dead and hundreds wounded. Prime Minister Vorster pledged no panic and law and order, as police and reserves were readied. Protesters opposed Afrikaans in schools and demanded English education amid apartheid tensions.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
John Vorster
Senor
Alexandra
Vorster
Henry A. Kissinger
West Germany
J. F Visser
James T. Kruger
Not Evacuation Urged for Americans After Beirut Embassy Attack
The U S Embassy in Beirut urged Americans to leave Lebanon, one notch stronger than prior warnings, after the assassination of Ambassador Francis E Meloy Jr and the economic counselor. A British convoy with protection will depart for Damascus. 30 Americans signaled to join.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Damascus
Britain’s Inflation Drops To 15 Percent
London reports Britain's annual inflation rate fell to 15.4 percent in the two months to May, the lowest in two years. The rate was 18.9 percent for the year to April and 26.9 percent for the year to August 1975, with the government crediting wage restraint deals with unions for the slowdown. The pound slid from 2.40 to around 1.70 dollars in 1975, trading near 1.78 on Thursday, while the U.S. rate stood at 6.1 percent in April.
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London
Britain
Hays to relinquish House Administration chairmanship
Rep. Wayne Hays steps down as chairman of the House Administration Committee amid payroll scandal links to Elizabeth Ray. He cites health and “charges” while hospitalised after a sleeping pills overdose and suggests a possible bid to regain the post later, with plans for reelection unclear.
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Wayne Hays
Elizabeth Ray
Capitol Hill
House Administration Committee
Hays
House
Carl Albert
Barnsville
Ohio
House Democratic Campaign Committee
Congress
Carol Clawson
Albert
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