Brown Budget Promises Tax Breaks With No New Taxes
Gov. Brown unveils a 15.2 billion dollar 1977 78 budget saying it does not call for taxes this year or next. Reaction is critical as Republicans say the 14 3 percent spending rise is too high and critics note a large surplus while pay raises and exemptions are debated. The plan includes home owner renter relief schools support and new prisons with construction funds for Long Beach State and other colleges.
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Storm cripples U S gas heating crisis across Midwest
A winter storm sweeping from the Southwest to the East spawned record cold across two thirds of the nation forcing school closures and impassable roads. Arctic temperatures triggered natural gas curtailments in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska with TVA appealing to residential users to cut electricity use. Lone Star Gas reported the biggest winter demand in 42 years prompting outages to industrial users in 400 Texas cities. Polo Missouri a town of 438 nearly exhausted its gas supply.
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Kissinger on Soviet edge and US military balance
Kissinger rejects Soviet military superiority claims, saying strategic edge has little significance if nuclear deterrence is maintained. He urges modernization of US forces involved in regional conflicts and credits past policy work with steering the nation past Vietnam and Watergate trauma amid praise for Ford.
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Carter to visit Washington for final pre‑inaugural briefings
President-elect Carter will fly to Washington today for final pre inauguration briefings on defense and foreign policy ahead of his swearing in January 20.
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Ocean tragedy off Gloucester claims one life
An empty American oil tanker Chester A Poling broke up in a raging Cape Ann storm six miles off Gloucester. One seaman was missing and presumed drowned while six others were rescued by Coast Guard cutters and a Cape Cod helicopter. Rescued crew included a man who revived en route to hospital.
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Hinshaw Loses High Court Pleas On Bribery Conviction
Washington AP Hinshaw former California congressman loses bid for Supreme Court review of trial procedures. California Supreme Court upheld that Hinshaw’s rights were not violated in prosecutions tied to his tenure as Orange County tax assessor. He was convicted of taking bribes from Tandy Corp in 1972 and sentenced to one to 14 years. He remains free during appeal.
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Cut Back 30 Percent Coffee Consumption Drive
A coalition of consumer groups urged Monday that coffee drinkers cut intake by 2 to 30 percent to drive prices down. The campaign involves CFA, the Community Nutrition Institute, ADA, and the Maryland Citizens Consumer Council, with executives arguing for modest daily reductions rather than complete avoidance.
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Mrs Harris Defends Sensitivity in Cabinet Nomination
Patricia Roberts Harris angrily challenged remarks on her regard for Black and disadvantaged Americans during Senate hearings on her nomination to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. She declared, You do not understand who I am, a Black woman and daughter of a Pullman car waiter, noting she once could not buy a house in parts of the city.
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Schultze sees shot in arm to economy
Charles Schultze, chairman designate of the Council of Economic Advisers, forecast visible results from the Carter stimulus plan by summer with higher retail sales by the April-June quarter and more orders for new equipment the next quarter. The Commerce Department reported December retail sales up 3.1 percent, the largest gain in four years, as AFL CIO opposition to the plan grew.
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Harbor Board Chief Resigns Over Finances
Harbor Board chief James G. Craig Jr. resigns instead of disclosing finances, a move noted on page B-1. The action follows pressure over board spending and provincial financial practices.
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