Senate approves gas bill to ease winter crisis
Winter storms across the northeast and Midwest trigger a state of emergency in Buffalo where 12 died. The Senate approved Carter's emergency gas bill 91 to 2 to divert supplies and ease price controls through August 1. Up to 1.5 million workers were idle nationwide as unemployment claims surge and economies strain under bitter weather.
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Midwest
Buffalo
N.Y
Congress
Carter
Senate
House
Groundhog forecast clouds over western Kansas as snow possible
Hopes rise for shadowless groundhog as Punxsutawney Phil prepares to see his shadow on Wednesday in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania. The National Weather Service warns no early spring this year and predicts increasing cloudiness and possible snow across western Kansas tonight. Temperatures will range from teens to mid 20s tonight and upper 30s to low 40s by Thursday.
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Lawrence
Punxsutawney
Phil
Pennsylvaria
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Kansas
William
Cities Service Gas ‘O
Dodge City
Topeka
Manhattan
Pittsburg
Buffalo Declares Emergency to Clear Streets
Buffalo Mayor Stanley Makowski issued an emergency declaration at 5.30 a.m. CST to ban all but essential traffic, enabling federal and state crews to clear clogged streets with abandoned cars and drifting snow. Indiana officials report potential mass layoffs as NIPSCO cutbacks affect up to 100,000 workers. Gov. Otis Bowen cites 50,000-60,000 unemployed residents and 3,100 affected firms.
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Buffalo
Stanley Makowski
Indiana Employment Security Division
John F. Coppes
Northern Indiana Public Service Co
Otis R. Bowen
Arctic Gas pipeline recommended to run from Alaska to U S
An FPC hearing officer urged approval of a 4 000 mile North American gas line from Prudhoe Bay across Canada to U S markets. The Arctic Gas Study Group proposal would move about 2.25 billion cubic feet daily, with expansion possible, and passes near Calgary then splits toward Washington Oregon California and Montana North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota Iowa and Illinois.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Canada
Alaska
United States
Nahum Litt
trans-Canada
Arctic Gas Study Group
el Paso Alaska Co
Alcan Pipeline Co
Litt
Full
Congress
Alaskan Arctic Gas Pipeline Co
Canadian Arctic
Northern Border
Pacific Gas Transmission Co
Arctic
U.S
Prudhoe Bay
MacKenzie Delta
Alaskan Wildlife Range
Mackenzie River
Calgary
Oregon
California
Montana
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Mlinois
Illinois
U.S. West Coast
el Paso
Trans- Alaska Air
Gravina Point
County Faces Cut In Federal Job Funds Allocation
Douglas County and Lawrence face reduced CETA funding. County officials demand explanation from state labor officials for allocating only 23,609 of 61,350 sought. Lawrence will receive 76,853, based on census figures, while county officials dispute the population method used.
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Douglas County Commission
County Commission
Peter Whitenight
Ernest Coleman
Lawrence
CETA
Coleman
Whitenight
State Division of Employment
Lloyd Fortmeyer
Error blocks tax reforms in Kansas budget plan
Mis calculation by the Kansas Department of Revenue skews Gov Bennett tax reform plan. An initial $95 million gain from medical deductions was corrected to a $4.6 million benefit, delaying Senate committee action on Bennett proposals to raise the personal exemption and tax prescription drugs.
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Topeka. Kan
State Department of Revenue
Askew
Robert F Bennett
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Senate
Bennett
Revenue Department
Kansas
Public hearing on Lawrence district plans ends in frustration
About 150 residents attended the Central Junior High meeting as the school board outlined five facilities plans aimed at relieving Deerfield over crowding and locating the high school extension program. Plan D drew broad support for minimal disruption, while other plans proposed closing attendance centers or repurposing schools with 75 Deerfield pupils bused to Pinckney. Parents urged careful consideration. board sessions will continue over coming weeks.
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Lawrence District 497
Leo Barbee
Longhorn
Central Junior High School
Deerfield
India Raw Valley
Grant
New York
Pinckney
Grant School
Lawrence
Carl Knox
Facilities Committee
Woodlawn School
India-Raw Valley School
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D-W.va
Thomas “Tip’’ O'Neill
John Dingell
D-Mich
Dingell
Ohio
Unemployment Claims Office
Columbus
Charles Schultze
Council of Economic Advisers
Schultze
Florida
Agriculture
Robert Bergland
South
Pennsylvania
WGN
Paul Dagys
Kansas Plains
Salome
Kansas Public Service Gas Co
Kansas University
Stokely-Van Camp Inc
Lawrence Paper Co
Alcan
Wildlife Range
Lawrence's
Bill Brinson
N.J
Gary Weber Nick
Raney Drugs
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