Carter tax credit plan draws endorsements in Washington
President Carter backs replacing the $750 personal exemption with a credit of about $240 to $250 per person. Rep. Al Ullman and Sen. Russell Long endorse the plan, arguing it simplifies returns and boosts equity for low earners. Republican Barber Conable also supports the credit principle as part of broader tax reform.
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Washington
Carter
al Ullman
Russell B. Long
Congressional Committees
Long
Louisiana
Senate Finance Committee
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Congress
Ullman
Oregon
House
Ways and Means
Barber Conable
R-N.y
Evacuation planned as Mud Branch swells near Welch WV
Melting snow and rain threaten five earthen dams above Hemphill and Welch. National Weather Service warned heavy runoff could flood up to 20 houses as water nears dam tops. Officials prepared evacuation plans and warned of a possible chain reaction if a top dam breached.
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Welch
W.va
National Weather Service
George Hall
Department of Natural Resources
Don Stroupe
Welch Water Works
Hemphill
Tug Fork
Readstown pilot injured when airplane hits barn
Readstown Wisconsin pilot Robert Reser aged 42 was seriously injured when his light four passenger single engine plane failed to lift off from a dirt farm runway and struck a barn on the farm. The wreckage hurled beyond the barn and caught fire as Reser escaped and was treated at Vernon Memorial Hospital Viroqua then transferred to La Crosse. He used the plane to commute to a Chicago airport and was en route to Chicago at the time of the crash.
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Readstown
Wis
Robert Reser
Reser
Vernon County
Vernon Memorial Hospital
Viroqua
Viola Rescue
la Crosse
Chicago
Wisconsin Junior Miss Bears Family Responsibilities
In South Milwaukee Kathi Lange 18 has shouldered much of her family’s duties after her father’s death and mother’s heart attack. With uncles overseeing guardianship, she and sister Bobbi 19 managed budgeting and daily home life, remodelled the house, and she will represent Wisconsin in the national Junior Miss competition in Mobile, Alabama, in April.
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South Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Kathi Lange
Kathi
Bobbi
Miss Lange
East Troy
St. Mary’s Academy
Mobile
Ala
Offer to buy Chicago area steam locomotive 4000
Two Highland Indiana men offer $15,000 to purchase the C B & Q Steam locomotive No. 4000 at Copeland Park Rose and Clinton Streets. City parks officials say the monument will not be sold. The would be buyers plan a restored steam train for short excursion trips if allowed.
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Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Copeland Park
Rose and
Clinton Sts
Raymond Kammer
Robert Emmett
Highland
Ind
Kammer
Eugene Fry
Board of Park Commissioners
Fry
Ment
la Crosse
Joseph Rohrer
Burlington-Northern Railroad
Mexico
Kammer and
Emmett
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Rock Island Railroad
Aeolus
Burlington Railroad
Park Commission
City Hall
Steve Noffke
Tribune
Widening Lake Street vote divided Holmen residents
Residents clash with Holmen Village Board over widening Lake Street from 27 to 37 feet for three blocks. Fifteen property owners face loss of trees and a shift in rustic character as the measure, supported by officials, aims to standardize access for fire and postal services.
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Holmen
Wis
Holmen Villlage Board
Lake Street
Main Street
Roland Gullickson
Robert Berry
Stanford Quall
Fire Department
Postal Service
Quall
Berry
Main
Faith Lutheran Receives Special Help In Town
Frank Brink is the town's only trained lay minister providing special help at Faith Lutheran. A custom interior firm moved into the Gamble's North Side store owned by Staats. In baseball news, 2 time batting champ Bill Madlock is traded from the Cubs to the Giants for Bobby Murcer.
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Faith Lutheran
Frank Brink
Gamble
North Side
Staats
Cubs
Bill Madlock
San Francisco
Giants
Bobby Murcer
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Jim Luther
West Virginia
McDowell County
Ing
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Pennsylvania
First Street
Lake
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