Bill to speed LNG terminal approvals faces Legislature
A Senate measure by Alfred E. Alquist seeks expedited PUC approval for an LNG terminal to assure supplies by 1981 amid a growing gas shortage. Assemblyman Terry Goggin plans a leadership bill giving Coastal Commission site selection power while PUC still weighs need. Governor Brown has not endorsed either proposal.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate Public Utilities Committee
Alfred E. Alquist
San Jose
Alquist
Brown
Gray Davis
Davis
State Public Utilities Commission
Goggin
D-San Bernardino
State Coastal Commission
PUC
Commission
Point Conception
Postal rate hike postponed for at least a year says Bailar
Postmaster General Benjamin Bailar announced that the U S Postal Service can delay a rate increase for at least one year thanks to an unprecedented 12 month surplus of five million and a full year total of forty five point five million dollars. He noted a sharp contrast to a half billion dollar deficit last year and said costs are under control since postal reorganization. Bailar spoke at a regional forum in Miami Beach and stressed the rate rise cannot be postponed forever.
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Washington
UPI
Benjamin Bailar
Bailar
Miami Beach
Farm bill chances improve amid Carter plan revisions
Washington leaders say a compromise farm bill looks likelier as President Carter backs a higher aid ceiling, though critics warn the revised targets still risk a veto. Senate and House panels resume work on farm support terms, food stamp, and peace program changes, with new 1978 price proposals for corn, wheat, rice, and cotton.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Richard Nolan
Dminn
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
Bergland
Congress
Senate
Thomas Foley
Dash
House Agriculture Committee
Strong 5.2 Percent GNP Gain Shocks Early 1977 Economy
The Commerce Department reports the first quarter 1977 GNP rose 5.2 percent after inflation, totaling 1.297 trillion dollars, the strongest rise in a year. Winter cold trimmed growth and boosted prices, with inflation at 5.8 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
United States
Bilandic Wins in Chicago Mayoral Primary
Acting Mayor Michael A. Bilandic, mentored by the late Richard J. Daley, won the Democratic mayoral primary in Chicago’s 11th Ward tradition by taking 51.1 percent against five opponents. Alderman Roman C. Pucinski trailed with 32.5 percent of the votes.
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Chicago
UPI
Michael A. Bilandic
Richard J. Daley
Bilandic
Daley
South Side
Roman C. Pucinski
Sacramento Board Appointments and Budget Moves Report
The governor named Harold Benninger of Los Angeles to the state Alcoholism Board and Bartl ett Grimes of Ross to the public employees' retirement system administration. Senate panels approved spending 925000 to eradicate the aquatic weed hydrilla and moved a motion to finance. Other items include restrictions on showing animal harm in films, faster LNG terminal approval, sunset provisions for unused agencies, and a ban on selling low nutritional foods in school cafeterias.
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Governor
Alcohol
Harold Benninger
Los Angeles
State Alcoholism Board
Grimes
Bartlett Grimes
Ross
Public Employes’ Retirement System
Senate
Agriculure
Water Resources
Torres
Malfunction Plagues GEOS Space Satellite Launch
A European designed GEOS satellite mission faltered about two hours after lift off by an American rocket. Spinning data showed the craft failed to reach its planned orbit, risking the mission to study Earth's magnetic fields and solar wind. If unresolved, a second launch would be scheduled soon.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPS
GEOS
Roy Gibson
European Space Agency
Earth
Senate Drops $50 Rebate Amid Carter Tax Plan Debates
The Senate killed a $50 per person rebate tied to President Carter’s tax proposals, while signaling support for a $6 billion standard deduction tax cut and simpler forms. Senators balked at delaying business tax incentives until September, citing low investment and 7.3 percent unemployment. Debate followed the Finance Committee backed $2.4 billion in credits for investment or wage subsidies.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Senate
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Finance Committee
Carter open to partial Cuba embargo lift says McGovern
Senators McGovern and Abourezk report President Carter ready to negotiate major Cuba issues and not oppose partial lifting of the embargo on food and medicines. Carter aims to balance energy policy messages with broader diplomacy while eyeing eased political prisoner issues and treatment of detainees.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Cuba
Congress
Castro
Sens
George McGovern
James Abourezk
South Dakota
Fidel Castro
McGovern
United States
Abourezk
Africa
Rallies Back Mobutu as Pygmy Troops Rally Support
Tens of thousands of Zaireans rallied in Kinshasa to back President Mobutu Sese Seko. Four-foot-tall pygmy troops were celebrated as heroes for aiding a government push through Shaba province, with a 40 mile assault surrounding Mutshatsha.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
UPI
Mobutu Sese Seko
Shaba
Mobutu
Soviet Union
Cuba
Mutshatsha
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