Carter energy plan may tax low mileage cars and boost efficiency
AP reports James R. Schlesinger outlined potential energy steps for Carter including a possible $500 tax on new cars with low gas mileage and rebates for fuel efficient models. He cited mandatory appliance standards and a shift to coal for power plants, with April 20 policy deadline and warnings of higher costs and political pain.
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Washington
Carter
James R. Schlesinger
National Wildlife Federation
Schlesinger
Outback
Gulf Coast
Southwest
New England
Upper Midwest
United States
Energy Policy and Conservation Act of
Senate Debates Ethics Code Seen As Hoax and Change
Senate leaders plan a final vote on a contentious ethics code amid 28 unresolved amendments and widespread criticism. The controversy centers on a proposed cap of earned outside income at 15 percent of a senator’s pay and a broader push for financial disclosure and lobbying rules.
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Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Lame Duck
Ranger Reid and Tonto friend story in frontier era lore
In an old notebook Q and A column a reader asks about Tonto and the Lone Ranger origin. It recounts Reid being saved by Tonto and the term Kemo Sabay meaning faithful friend. Also includes gardening help classified advice and notes on road surfaces and paving.
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Tonto
Kemo Sabay
J.D. A
Reid
Butch Cavendish
J. A
Vance Seeks Deep Nuclear Arms Cuts in Moscow Talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance arrived in Moscow for talks with Soviet leaders on SALT II and broad arms control. He proposed deep cuts in nuclear weapons and delivery systems, with a fallback plan tied to the 1974 Vladivostok accord if the Soviets resist.
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Moscow
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei A. Gromyko
Vnukovo
Vance
Brussels
Atlantic
United States
Soviet Union
Vladivostok
Gerald R. Ford
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Carter
Izvestia
White House
Congress
U.S.A
Israel
Living in Iron Age village TV experiment begins in England
Fifteen Britons join a year long BBC Living in the Past project to recreate Iron Age life in a woodland settlement. A doctor, nurse, teachers and others live in a thatched roundhouse, breed animals, grow crops, weave cloth, and cook unleavened bread while filming for seven installments.
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Tad Bartimus
Associated Press
London
British Broadcasting Corp
John Percival
England
Percival
Peter Ainsworth
Lindsay
Britain
Man Survives Lake Champlain Crash Then Receives Ticket
James Stark an 18 year old from Keesville spent four hours in a submerged car after his vehicle left Route 9 and flipped into Lake Champlain. He found air in the back seat and escaped to shore where police cited him for failing to keep to the right.
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Plattsburg
N.Y
James Stark
Lake Champlain
Stark
Keesville
Route 9
Here
Missing heiress Helen Brach reportedly vanishes from Illinois estate
Police search for Helen Voorhees Brach 65, widow and candy fortune heir, missing 36 days. Chief Bartlett cites lack of leads and possible amnesia or abduction. Investigators traced her from a 6 a.m. February 21 departure to Chicago O’Hare to a Florida flight that never occurred.
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Glenview, Ill
Helen Voorhees Brach
William Bartlett
Ernest Rizzo
Brach
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
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McKenzie
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