Senate Opens Debate on Massive 29.2 Billion Tax Cut Bill
Ford pushes for rapid action as Senate moves to pass a 29.2 billion tax cut aimed at boosting consumer spending and cutting unemployment. House- and Senate-backed figures differ, with debates over oil depletion allowances and energy policy shaping the pace toward conference.
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Senate
Ashington
Ford
Senate Finance Committee
House
South Bend
Ind
Congress
Tax table shows family of four saving under Senate plan
Under the Senate Finance Committee tax cut, a four person family earning 15000 dollars would save 366 dollars in 1974 75 federal income taxes with 200 rebate in April and the rest in 1975 withholding. House plan offers 200 rebate but no current year tax change. Both bills earmark 8.1 billion for 1974 rebates.
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Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Finance Committee
Model Calls For Hike In Gas Tax
The House Ways and Means Committee drafts an energy bill using a model that would raise the gasoline tax by 37 cents a gallon beginning next year with escalators to 37 cents by 1980 and a mileage based auto excise tax. An income tax credit offsets nine gallons weekly. The plan limits oil tariff authority and adds an import licensing system and a strategic oil reserve.
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Federal Energy
Frank G. Zarb
House
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
D-Ore
Washington
al Altman
Ultman
Ford
Simeon
Altman
Ullman
Grand Military Strategy In Vietnamese Highlands Ends In Another Failure
New York AP reports CIA advisers posing as naturalists led a large force of hill tribe mercenaries in the central highlands from Ban Me Thuot, but allegiance to American leaders waned as Saigon withdrew. The loss of Phuoc Long and rising tribal unrest undermined the strategy. Gerry Hickey of Rand Corp. weighs future of the tribes after Saigon departs.
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Vietnamese Highlands
New York
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
Central Intelligence Agency
Saigon
Kontum
Pleiku
Darlac
Vietnam
Highlands
Ban Me Thuot
Montagnard
U.S
Rhode
Jerai
Boun Enau
CIA
Esprit de Corps
Phuoc Long
Gerry Hickey
Rand Corp
Glass Found in Scout Cookies Prompt Broad Recall
A Quaker Oats Barry Biscuit Division spokesman confirms glass was found in a box of chocolate thin mints from Girl Scouts in central Ohio and other states. FDA notes 90 percent of baked contaminated samples shipped in Ohio with remaining in Indiana Maine New York Missouri Texas Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Massachusetts. Cookies baked January 26 and February 12. Consumers advised not to eat boxes with code No 5034.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Barry Biscuit Division
Quaker Oats Co
Elizabeth
N.J
Michael Ross
Food and Drug Administration
Washington
South Bend
Benton Harbor
Ind
Falmouth
Sanford
Maine
Syracuse
N.Y
Milwaukee, Wis
Hannibal, Mo
el Paso
Ross
Los Angeles slasher case hits gag order hearing
Los Angeles Police Chief Ed Davis faced a court gag order in the Skid Row Slasher murders case and declined to comment. The case centers on nine men killed by throat-slitting while a suspect, Vaughn Greenwood, was reportedly poised for charging.
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Los Angeles
Ed Davis
Davis
Vaughn Greenwood
Ficulty
Charles Gessler
Superior Court
Frank Baffa
Brezhnev Warns of Global Tensions Threatening Peace
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev told the 11th congress that war in the Middle East and Southeast Asia endangers European peace. He urged renewed East West cooperation, insisted peace is indivisible, and called for Israel to evacuate occupied Arab territories and for a Palestinian state.
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Europe
Soviet Union
United States of America
Middle East
Brezhnev
Israel
Embezzlement Warrant Ties Sports Figure to SLA Case
Burlingame police issued an auto embezzlement warrant for sports figure Jack Scott after a car rented Feb. 27 was not returned by March 1. The vehicle later surfaced in Oakland, fueling speculation it may be linked to the Little and Remiro SLA jailbreak attempt. FBI officials pursued Scott as a possible witness rather than a suspect, with no arrest warrant issued.
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San Francisco
Jack Scott
Patricia Hearst
Burlingame
San Francisco Chronicle
The
Chronicle
Scott
Oakland
Alameda County
FBI
Jay Edwards
Trans Rent-a-Car
the Chronicle
Edwards
Oregon
Micki
Pennsylvania
Miss Hearst
SLA
Bill
Emily Harris
Berkeley
Wendy Yoshimura
Charles Bates
Hearst
Bates
Weather Underground
Harrises
Randolph A. Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
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William E. Simon
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Simon
Senate Budget Committee
Michiano
Washington, D.C
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Notre Dame University
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Frankfurt Zoo
Germany
Africa
Scout
FDA
Tion
Greenwood
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