House conferees reject gas guzzler ban in energy talks
A House-Senate conference panel voted 23 to 1 to drop a Senate plan to ban cars under 16 mpg starting 1980 as an alternative to a fuel tax. The move keeps tax measures alive while Senate finance officials oppose a broader ban. President Carter pressed for swift action on energy tax credits as talks continue.
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Ohio
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White House
Brademas
Russell Long
Conference Committee
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Senate Energy Committee
Jackson
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Mt McKinley Denali name clash heats Interior hearing
Ohio Rep Ralph Regula denounces changing Mt McKinley name as insult while Alaska residents argue for Denali restoration. Interior Dept hears testimony from Celia Hunter and Cynthia Wilson as Alaska pushes to rename Mt McKinley National Park to Denali amid 6000 letters and 62 percent support. Senators and tax policy also loom in broader floor action on energy tax proposals.
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Wholesale power customers accuse NPPD of price squeeze
Wholesale customers from 99 rural and municipal districts claim NPPD charges retail towns less than wholesale buyers. A consultant and a public meeting highlight disputes over a 13.6 percent rate hike for 1978 79, with officials defending policies as fair.
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Nebraska Municipal Power Pool
Beatrice
North Platte
Holdrege
South Sioux City
Dave Rumolo
Miner & Miner Consulting Enginers
Greeley
Colo
Rumolo
Hebron
Crete
Geneva
H. Steve Wacker
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Halloween masks may slip and hinder vision warns optometrists
The American Optometric Association cautions that popular Halloween masks can slip and block sight at night. They urge reflective costumes, battery lanterns, and parental candy review to improve safety for trick or treaters.
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UPI
American Optometric Assn
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Eskimo Bowhead Whalers Prep Under Ban Amid Thaw
An Eskimo leader says that with spring thaws, bowhead whale hunting will resume despite an international ban. The note appears in Weather and references Page 3 and Page 5 items on a Nebraska penal complex health inspection and Lincoln teen features.
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Omaha Police Chief Richard Andersen May Be Appointed
Report notes strong indications the longtime Omaha police chief will accept the no lice post. Details referenced in Rap-up on pages 6 and 7 suggest a near-certain appointment.
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Omaha
Richard Andersen
Scheel Urges Worldwide Fight Against Terrorism After Schleyer Mass
West German President Walter Scheel called for international conventions to combat terrorism during a pontifical requiem in Stuttgart. He urged world leaders to act quickly as 750 police guarded the funeral for Hanns-Martin Schleyer amid ongoing searches for suspects linked to the hijackings and killings.
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Puerto Rican nationalists seize Statue of Liberty
An unarmed group of Puerto Rican nationalists seized Liberty Island statue repelling hundreds of tourists and a film crew. Police barred reporters as about 30 demonstrators occupied the pedestal and displayed banners calling for the release of the Puerto Rican Five.
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UPI
New York Committee
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Liberty Island
Matilda
Robert Mitchum
Elliot Gould
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Vincent Alva
Mobil Oil
Battery Park
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IRS ruling on cafeteria meals for employees
The IRS says subsidized cafeterias for employees count as employee wages if meal price is below value. The difference between meal value and price is gross income for the company and subject to income tax withholding and Social Security taxes.
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Chicago Daily News
Internal Revenue Service
Federal aid expands for tribal language graduate studies
The U S Office of Education added seven tribes Northern Cheyenne Blackfoot Cherokee Choctaw Creek Kiowa and Seminole to a fellowship program for graduate students in bilingual education.
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UPI
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