Carter Wins Oil Tax Proposal Support In Congress
White House and President Carter celebrate after Ullman’s Ways and Means panel rejects a new exploration reward and advances a phased oil tax to align domestic prices with world levels by 1981. The panel keeps the Clinch River reactor alive while denying large exploration subsidies.
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D-Ore
Capitol Hill
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Joe Waggonner
D-La
Carter group says key parts of program not stalled
A group of Democratic senators met with President Carter at the White House and rejected claims that major program items are stalled in Congress. Sen. Muskie said both he and Carter were gratified with progress, noting openness and favorable views on clean air legislation and voter registration. Bayh predicted a major wiretap bill, while Carter invited more informal Senate sessions.
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Maine
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Rhode Island
Sea Birch Bayh
Bayh
Senate
House Leaders Take On Carter Over Patronage and Spending
In a closed door session House Democrats pressed Hamilton Jordan over blocking patronage reforms and failing to hire their policy advice. They demand no White House meddling as they resist a $613 billion HEW bill surpassing Carter’s recommendation by $1.4 billion and vow to block further increases.
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UPI
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D-Ala
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White House
Fate of 17 water projects remains uncertain in House vote
The House debated 17 water projects totaling 2.2 billion in funding with a 218 to 194 vote to continue construction rather than withhold funds. The split crossed party lines, highlighting clashes over budget balancing and federal pork. Supporters argued ongoing needs while critics labeled many boondoggles and called for veto risk and policy rewrite.
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White House
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Silvio Conte
Conte
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Senate
Gunn McKay
Utah
McKay
John Anderson
R-Ill
GOP
Ex VA chief Gleason indicted for diversion of bank funds
Former Veterans Administration director John S. Gleason Jr. faces a federal indictment alleging he diverted 528000 dollars from Mercantile National Bank of Chicago to his own use while serving as a bank director. He is also charged with misrepresenting stake in Earth Watchers Inc and failing to disclose misused funds in proxy statements for Chicago Helicopter Industries. The case was announced by the Justice Department and Mulligan Mulligan, with possible penalties up to 15 years in prison and 20000 dollars in fines.
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UPI
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Wisconsin
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Washington
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Earth Watchers Inc
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American newsman to be freed soon says senator
Senator Len Pell said the State Department expects Los Angeles Times correspondent Robert Toth to be released from Moscow and return to the United States by Friday. Pell told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Toth has not been arrested or detained, and needed only to appear for further questioning after a luncheon with his wife and US Ambassador Malcolm Toon.
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UPI
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D-R.i
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Russia
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Los Angeles Times
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Toth
Malcolm Toon
Pell
Foreign Relations Committee
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Robert Dole
Bkan
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
United States
Concorde ban upheld by court on JFK operations
A federal appeals court upheld a 13 month Port Authority ban on Concorde SST landings at Kennedy Airport pending further review. The 2nd Circuit sent the case back to Judge Pollack to assess if the PA acted reasonably and to fix noise standards, prolonging uncertainty for Concorde plans involving Britain and France.
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Appeals Court
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Dulles
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