Recall notices cover 221000 Fords and Chryslers including 1975 models
Ford and Chrysler announce recalls totaling 221000 current model cars and light trucks. Ford recalls 156300 vehicles with 460 cid engines for possible fuel inlet plug dislodgement causing underhood fires. Chrysler recalls 65000 1975 Plymouth Gran Fury and other cars for faulty jacks and 300 light trucks with snow plows for low load wheels. No injuries reported. dealer repairs offered at no charge.
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Senate dairy aid bill eyed as milk price hike possible
Senate Agriculture Committee approved emergency aid for farmers amid concerns the bill would raise milk prices by at least eight cents a gallon over the next year. The measure increases dairy parity from 80 to 85 percent, boosting projected consumer costs from 495 million to 593 million dollars. Secretary Butz urged President Ford to veto, warning the plan would delay market free trade efforts.
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Agriculture Committee
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D-Ga
Demos avoid battle of the sexes in convention choice
The Democratic National Committee backed site selection only for cities in states that ratified the ERA. The vote united the 360 members against a ban on non ERA states but sparked tension among pro ERA and anti ERA factions. The panel also urged no further Indochina military aid this fiscal year and eyed party supervision reforms.
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House backs $1.3 billion housing subsidy bill
The House passed an emergency housing subsidy plan by 259 to 106 to cut mortgage rates and spur 400,000 new homes. The measure would cover 12 billion in mortgages with 70 percent for newly built homes and 10 percent for high cost cities. Republicans warned of a Ford veto and inflation, while a separate Senate tax credit proposal would offer up to 2000 for principal residences bought this year.
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Energy tax cut approved for home insulation and doors
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively backed a multimillion dollar tax credit plan to boost energy saving home improvements. The proposal would grant a 40 percent credit on the first 500 dollars and 20 percent on the next 500 dollars for insulation and storm doors or windows in existing homes, limited to this year and next year.
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al Ullman
D-Ore
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D-Ind
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Ford Warns Congress On Strip Mine Controls
President Ford told about 100 coal industry executives and union officials that Congress risked unnecessary coal output losses with strip mining controls. He urged doubling U.S. coal production to 1.2 billion tons annually by 1985, calling coal America’s ace in the hole.
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