Ford weighs 15 billion tax rebate plan to spur spending
President Ford considers a one time about 10 percent tax cut for 1974 and mailing government rebate checks to millions of taxpayers to lift consumer spending as part of an anti recession program. A $3 a barrel oil levy is eyed to fund the effort with possible $15 to $30 billion rebates and higher gasoline prices.
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Washington
Ford
United States
U.S
White House
Congress
Treasury
George McGovern
McGovern
U.S. Treasury
House of Representatives
al Ullman
Dem
House
William Simon
Detroit
No let-up in weather grips Medicine Hat and Calgary
A bitter cold snap grips Alberta with Medicine Hat at 24 below and Calgary logging a record 31 below. Schools and buses faced delays but largely operated while taxis report battery issues amid the deep freeze. Weather officials warn conditions will persist with continued snow flurries and strong winds.
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District 4
Medicine Hat High
Separate
Public School Board
City
City Transport
Calgary
James Joseph Rowan
Alberta
Identity released after fatal North Bay blast claims sixth victim
Police in North Bay Ontario released the name of the sixth victim in the downtown building explosion that killed eight and injured 23. Mary Margaret McDonald 15 a student at a girls college was reportedly in the building for a dental appointment and believed to have been in the waiting room. Debris clearing continues with no further bodies expected.
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North Bay
Ont
Mary Margaret McDonald
Temiscaming
Que
North Vietnamese advance blocked by heavy fighting near Bong Son
Heavy clashes 300 miles northeast of Saigon as South Vietnamese forces press to halt the North Vietnamese drive into the Bong Son coastal plain. Viet Cong accuse U S planes of bombing Loc Ninh. 500 NVA casualties claimed since operation began near Bong Son.
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South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Saigon
Bong Son
Loc Ninh
Tran Huu Tanh
Nguyen van Thieu
Phuoc Long
Phuoc Binh
Father Tanh
Irish religious leaders seek IRA ceasefire extension
Dublin sources report Irish church leaders met with Prime Minister Liam Cosgrave to urge extending the IRA ceasefire in Northern Ireland. They also seek release of Kevin Mallon, an IRA leader who helped arrange the truce and was arrested in Dublin. Mallon escaped Portlaoise Jail last August. The delegation included Cardinal Conway and church figures, while Protestants who attended the December hotel meeting were not present. The ceasefire began December 23 and was extended to January 16 after concessions from Britain.
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Dublin
Liam Cosgrave
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Northern Ireland
Kevin Mallon
Cosgrave
Mallon
Portlaoise
Republic
William Cardinal Conway
Ireland
Temple Lundie
Presbyterian Church
George Simm
Protestant Church of Ireland
Desmond Morris
Methodist Church
CIA destroyed lists of dissidents tied to justice dept
Washington reports state that the CIA told the justice department it destroyed lists of 9 000 to 10 000 political dissidents provided in 1970 to aid surveillance while abroad. No use of the lists was made, and reasons for destruction remain unclear.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
U.S. Justice Department
Spy
Justice Department
Department
Administration
U.S
Jerris Leonard
Richard Helms
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Helms
Washington Post
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Planes collide in two crashes kill 14 in California and Virginia
In California a Golden West Airlines commuter plane and a Cessna 150 collided over Whittier killing 14. debris rained on a schoolyard with 300 students watching a basketball game. In Virginia a U S Air Force T 29 trainer and a Cessna 150 collided over the James River with no survivors.
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Associated Press
Whittier
Calif
United States Air Force
Virginia
California
Golden West Airlines
Ontario
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Newport News
U.S. Air Force
James River
U.S. Coast Guard
Norfolk Regional
Langley Air Force Base
Meridian
Miss
Langley
Syncrude plans may be shelved in Alberta
Alberta Attorney General Merv Leitch said the $2 billion Syncrude oil sands plant plans may be shelved temporarily due to rising costs and capital shortages after two major partners withdrew. He noted the province faces a tough decision on public funds, with the federal government also weighing investment to offset losses from partner withdrawals.
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Calgary
Alberta
Merv Leitch
Atlantic Richfield Canada Ltd
Atlantic Richfield
Central
Canada
Hargrave objects to beef commission
Medicine Hat MP Bert Hargrave condemned the federal beef industry inquiry announced by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Eight months late he said the move serves political aims not cattlemen’s concerns He questioned the three appointees qualifications and criticized lack of full time cattle producer and consumer representation in the panel.
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Medicine Hat
Bert Hargrave
Ottawa
Hargrave
Pierre Trudeau
House of Commons
Federal Food Prices Review Board
Canadian Cattlemen's Association
Commission
Maxwell Mackenzie
Coorsh Meat Processing Company
Lydia Parry-Cullen
Steinbergs Ltd
Hu Harries
University of Alberta
Agriculture
National Farm Products Marketing Council
Walsh
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New England Telephone Co
Honeywell
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