Gasoline tax proposal faces derailment in Oklahoma House
Oklahoma lawmakers debate a plan by Rep. Bill Wiseman Tulsa to switch from a fixed per gallon tax to a percentage of gasoline price. The Revenue and Taxation Committee amended to undedicate 100 million in gas tax revenue for roads and local governments. Officials warn the change would trigger automatic tax increases with fuel prices and inflation, urging a direct vote on higher gasoline taxes instead.
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Oklahoma
Bill Wiseman
Tulsa
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Rep. Wiseman
Ugandan Archbishop Luwum Dead Amid Amin Reign of Terror
Archbishop Janani Luwum and 17 Uganda bishops condemned Idi Amin's regime as violent rule grows. Amin claims an auto accident caused their deaths, but supporters doubt the story. The All Africa Conference of Churches fears a pogrom against Christians amid mass exodus and up to 300000 dead.
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Janani Luwum
Uganda
Idi Amin
Amin
All-African Conference of Churches
Meeting The New Jimmy Carter On Civil Service Pay
Washington lobbyists for federal employee unions push against a 6.5 percent cost of living raise set to take effect next October. They seek 9 to 11 percent, while Congress and President Carter contend with widespread disputes over pay boosts for civil and military staff. Freshmen Reps Markey and Sawyer oppose further increases.
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Washington
Capital Hill
Carter
Gerald Ford
Ers
Capitol Hill
Edward J. Markey
D-Mass
Hal Sawyer
R-Mich
Congress
Sawyer
Jimmy Carter
Meet the new Jimmy Carter
Andrew Tully discusses taxpaying citizens and argues Congress should face inflation. He notes bills to kill increases for lawmakers and claims Carter endorses costly pay raises despite promising cuts. He cites a Carter note about repealing a salary bill and blasts Public Law 94 82 as rushed and unvoted.
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Carter
Ford
Wallace Johnson
Berkley
Calif
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy
Congress
McCarthy Years and the Hughes Case Unfold in Liberal Memoir
The piece recounts Alfred Friendly's denial of wrongdoing with Paul Hughes and details a Washington Post funded ruse in the McCarthy era. It notes Hughes posed as a confidential source, then the Post exposed the fake, ending in a trial that cleared Hughes and discredited editors. The author argues the McCarthy story must include his enemies.
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Paul Hughes
McCarthy
Alfred Friendly
Washington Post
Hughes
Nixon
San Clemente
Friendly
Richard Revere
Joe McCarthy
National Review
Revere
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Clayton Fritchey
Official Journal
Democratic Party
Joe Mearthy
Senate
Rauh
John Birchers
Joe
Oklahoma City Viewpoints On Law, Detectors, and Prisons
The piece sketches state views on radar detectors and a proposed Fuzzbuster detector. It questions prison aims in Oklahoma, notes costs to house a prisoner at McAlester Penitentiary, and mentions Tulsa’s $22 million bond issue with local concerns about street funding.
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McAlester Penitentiary
Tulsa
Right to Work Principle Tops Carter Issue
Carter weighs common situs picketing as Democrats face pressure from Big Labor and the Right to Work Committee. Thompson’s bill aims to bar picketing limits, while Republicans line up against compulsory unionism. Congressional votes show a tight Senate blockade and potential filibuster risk.
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Frank Thompson Jr
New Jersey
House Committee On Labor Management Relations
Jerry Ford
Thompson
Big Labor
White House
John T. Dunlop
House
Senate
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Reed Larson
House of Representatives
John Danforth
Missouri
Harrison Schmitt
New Mexico
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Richard Lugar
Indiana
Malcolm Wallop
Wyoming
S. I. Hayakawa
California
John Chafee
Rhode Island
Fritz Mondale
Larson
Afl-Cio
George Meany
South
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Sam Nunn
Carter
Democratic Party
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Peter
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United Nations
U.N
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Israel
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Dunagin
Andrew Tully
the McNaught Syndicate
Eisenhower
Internal Security Committee
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New York Post
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Washington Star
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