Carter Weighs New Gas Tax Plan After Rejected Proposal
Washington AP Carter administration eyes a revised three cent gas tax variant to replace the failed standby five cent plan. An administration source says they have not yet settled on how to structure revenue or allocation, with possible links to mass transit and energy research.
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Food and fuel price rise fuels inflation trend
May consumer prices rose six tenths of a percent led by food costs up seven tenths. Ground coffee jumped 10.3 percent while instant coffee rose seven percent. overall CPI 180.6 vs 100 in 1967. Inflation cooled but remained above 6 percent, with forecasts of slower food costs later in the year.
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Labor Department
FDA Planning Ban On Daytime Sedatives
FDA plans to ban all over the counter daytime sedatives including Cope Compoz Miles Nervine Tranquil and Quiet World. Kennedy says no evidence shows these drugs reduce anxiety or provide benefit beyond causing drowsiness which risks daytime impairment. About seven million dollars yearly in sales and ten major sedatives exist. A tentative regulation will be issued later this year followed by hearings to gather testimony.
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Audrain Trustees Give $1500 to New Blood Center
Audrain County Health Fund trustees vote to donate the remaining 1500 to the Mid Missouri Red Cross Blood Center under construction in Columbia. The fund originated from polio inoculation gifts and had funded equipment and nursing scholarships. the center aims to open Nov 1 and extend bloodmobile service to Audrain County.
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Red Cross
A. P. Green Foundation
St. Louis Center
New tranquilizer makes you enjoy being tense
A science feature reports a startling tranquilizer that does not relax the user but enhances tension. The discovery promises a novel approach to stress management and could impact future medicine and psychology research.
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Missouri Pro-Life Push for Funding Halt
Missouri pro-life forces say the Supreme Court ruling on state abortion funding signals possible shifts but does not end the push for a constitutional right to life. They argue the fight continues for a Missouri funding halt and a constitutional amendment to protect preborn and postborn rights.
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Congress
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GLC
Last Resort Baboon Heart Graft Fails in Patient
Cape Town AP report states Christiaan Barnard’s attempt to bolster a failing human heart with a baboon heart ended in the death of a 26-year-old Italian woman. The 10 hour surgery used a baboon heart as a piggyback to boost circulation before death at Groote Schuur Hospital.
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Carter seeks nationwide interest on checking accounts
Treasury Secretary W Michael Blumenthal testified that proposed legislation would allow interest on checking accounts nationwide for all depositors. He warned banks would likely charge per-check fees, potentially harming small-balance customers who write many checks, and some consumers might choose conventional accounts to dodge higher charges. The move follows NOW accounts allowed in New England since 1980s as a test.
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