Carter energy plan seen as unworkable by editor
In a Memphis column, editor Alex Washburn argues Carter's proposed taxes on gas and luxury cars fail to curb consumption. He says tax shifts hurt workers and praises a fuel policy focusing on fuel efficiency over punitive taxes. The piece ends with news of Perry Allen, a 52-year-old Memphis jazz DJ, dying in his sleep.
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Eisenhower
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Highway Trust
Nixon
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Memphis, Tenn
Perry Allen
Memphis
Carter outlines tough energy plan as Congress to vote tonight
President Carter prepares a national energy address to justify higher fuel costs and taxes. He confirms a standby gas tax of up to 30 cents per gallon starting 1979 if conservation fails. He says lawmakers may bear political blame for stringent measures and energy advisers briefed members note regional opposition and oil price shifts.
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John Brademas
D-Ind
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Dewey Bartlett
R-Okla
Trunk murder near Indianapolis leaves three dead
Three victims including a two year old boy were found dead in a car trunk in Indianapolis. Police say Melvin Carr apparently killed them and died of asphyxiation while checking the scene. Victims identities were withheld pending relatives. one victim is said to be a 16 year old girl who may have been raped.
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Indianapolis
Melvin Carr
Carr
Parnell
Pygmy Bowmen Encircle Mutshatsha In Zaire War
Zaire says elite Pygmy bowmen have surrounded Mutshatsha 60 miles west of Kolwezi as government forces push 12 miles from Kanzenze into rebel territory. Mutshatsha, seized by rebels March 27, sits on the Benguela railroad supplying Angola. Rebels, led by Lunda tribesmen, seek national union and Mobutu's ouster.
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Zaire
Mutshatsha
Kolwezi
Equatorial Africa
Shaba
Benguela
Angola
Mobutu Sese Seko
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Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Mobutu
National Union
GNP Shows Large Gain as Economy Improves in 1977 First Quarter
The Commerce Department reports GNP rose 5.2 percent annualized in Q1 1977, the highest in a year, aided by consumer spending and durable goods sales though winter weather trimmed real output. Inflation steady at 5.8 percent. disposable income rose while personal savings fell. A truck theft near Emmet was recovered by Nevada County authorities. A flash flood watch covers western two thirds of the state with showers and thunderstorm chances through Thursday.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Leftists press for prisoner release over minister's life
In El Salvador, leftists threaten to kill Foreign Minister Mauricio Borgonovo unless 36 political prisoners are freed and flown from the country. Authorities declined to comment on his disappearance, while two communiqués claim the Marxist Front holds him. Borgonovo, 37, MIT engineering graduate and prominent industrialist, is missing after a Tuesday telephone contact with his secretary.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Mauricio Borgonovo
Borgonovo
Farabundo Marti Popular Liberation Front
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marti Front
Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez
Arkansas Officials Pay Limits Tied to 1977 Acts
The attorney general states county official salaries cannot rise under Act 424 of 1977 because Act 742 of 1977 repealed it. Act 742 was a comprehensive county governance revision setting pay maximums, affecting Drew County Judge Vernon D. Roberts and others. The opinion notes similar repeals of other acts in the same session.
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Attorney General's Office
Vernon D. Roberts
Monticello
Drew
Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services
David B. Ray
Legal Services
Attorney General
Winston Bryant
Bryant
Sinyard Extends Tax Collection Through October 10
Hempstead County tax collector Henry Sinyard said after hundreds of calls he will continue collecting property and real taxes until October 10 as dictated by State statute 84-1001. A 10 percent penalty applies after that date. Citizens may contact the county courthouse or call 6727 or 3600 with questions.
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Hempstead
Henry Sinyard
Bill Clinton
Linyard
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