Gas Guzzler Tax Moves With 1979 Car Model Changes
Washington conferees agree to a federal gas guzzler tax starting 1979 for cars under 15 mpg, with escalating rates by 1985. Senate favors a ban on low mileage cars but may drop it. police and ambulances exempt. Natural gas price issue stalls as conferees push to finish tax provisions amid administration optimism.
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NY Times News Service
Washington — House
Senate
House
Carter
Sen
J. Bennett Johnston
Russell B. Long
Senate Finance Committee
Death of Chemist Dianna Foster Probed as Investigation Extends
Officials investigate whether the Lake Mead camper death of 25 year old Dianna Foster, a Clark County sanitation district chemist, was self harm or accident. Propane in lungs and Tuinal in blood point to non lethal levels. homicide was ruled out. Evidence included two empty propane tanks, tranquilizer vials, and her keys found outside the camper. The case links to a county inquiry into promotions and possible favoritism, with findings due to the Clark County Commission.
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Dianna Foster
Lake Mead
Foster
Dick Mayne
Las Vegas Wash
James Parrott
Clark County Sanitation District
FBI arrests top fugitive riding bicycle in Fort Lauderdale
FBI agents in Miami captured Patrick James Huston, 47, at a Fort Lauderdale intersection without incident. Huston had been a top 10 fugitive since escaping the New York Federal House of Detention in March 1975 while awaiting bank robbery trial. Julius L. Mattson announced the arrest following an intensive investigation.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
UPI
FBI
Julius L. Mattson
Miami
Patrick James Huston
Mattson
Huston
Federal House of Detention
New York
Doctors Depositions Link Hughes Kidney and Brain Damage
Medical depositions presented in the Mormon will probate trial assert Howard Hughes died of chronic renal disease with brain damage. Houston pathologist Dr. Hill says long term phenacetin use contributed to kidney failure and uremic poisoning, while Dr. Alan Rubens notes brain involvement and personality changes. ink expert Steven Kramer testifies the Will ink matches Paper Mate products.
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SUN
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Las Vegas
U.S.S.R
Houston
Minneapolis
Harold Rhoden
William T. Hill
Harris County
Texas
Medical Society
Hill
Alan Rubens
Neuae
University of Minnesota
Brain and
Rubens
Steven Kramer
Formulabs, Inc
Escondido
Calif
Rhoden
Kramer
Charles Horden
Barbara Little
Woodville
Ala
Judge Hayes
Barbara
FBI Probed Cuban Links To Oswald
FBI records show agents investigated Cuban ties to Lee Harvey Oswald and urged him to kill Kennedy to satisfy Cuban leaders. President Johnson was briefed as Hoover sought to block a Justice Department probe identifying conspirators. The bureau ultimately ruled Oswald acted alone and Ruby killed Oswald, with notes mentioning possible CIA involvement in the probe.
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Kennedy
Hoover
Johnson
Warren Commission
Justice Department
Oswald
Ruby
FBI
Dallas
CIA
Mount Etna erupts for 15 hours threatening nearby hillsides
Catania reports Mount Etna belched lava for 15 hours, sending a 4.4 mile lava flow down its slopes toward valleys. Experts note the eruption exceeded earlier blasts but posed no danger to lower villages. Scientists warn continued activity is natural for the volcano.
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Catania
Sicily
UPI
Mount Etna
Enzo Sturiale
International Institute of Volcanology
Etna
Europe
Abortion Funding Deadlock Ends After Bipartisan Move
Washington lawmakers ended a five month stalemate by liberalizing the abortion funding ban for low income women. The compromise clears 60.1 billion dollars in Labor and HEW appropriations and may influence state laws while promising renewed battles when renewal comes next spring. Senator Edward Brooke and Rep Henry Hyde led opposing camps amid provocative remarks by Rep Daniel Flood.
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NY Times News Service
Washington
House
Senate
Labor Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Henry Hyde
R-Iil
Daniel Flood
D-Pa
Chamber
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