Car Tax Clash in House Panel Over Gas Guzzler Tax
The House Ways and Means Committee presses ahead on President Carter’s energy plan arguing over how soon and how much to tax new cars with poor gas mileage. The panel favors a diluted gas guzzler tax starting 1978 models, with rates rising to 3856 by 1985, aiming to curb fuel use while projecting higher revenue than the Carter proposal.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Carter
al Ullman
D-Ore
Senate backs expansion of New Orleans Industrial Canal lock
The U S Senate approved an amendment to the Public Works Authorization bill to fund expansion of the Industrial Canal lock linking the Mississippi River to the Intracoastal Waterway and the MRGO. Costs could reach 400 million dollars with House action still pending.
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New Orleans
U.S. Senate
Senate
House
Russell Long
Bennett Johnston
Dla
Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Mississippi River Gulf
Amin resumes duties after week of rumors in Uganda
President Idi Amin returns to official duties in Kampala following a week of speculation he was dead or wounded. Government and military sources say he is alive, resting, and planning for future country development while denying assassination claims. Meanwhile Ethiopian rebels disrupt rail links and traffic, blowing bridges and attacking Harar as Addis Ababa battles multiple insurrections and seeks Red Sea routes.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
Radio Ukganda
Radio Thursday
Amin
Moses Ali
Mustafa Adris
Sarah
Djibouti
Issas
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Liberation Front For Western Somalia
FLWS
Red Sea
Assab
Eritrea
Somalia
Harar
Begin vows no West Bank surrender or Palestinian state
Prime Minister Menahem Begin declares Israel will not withdraw to 1967 lines nor allow a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria and Gaza. He rejects preconditions for talks, demands a full peace treaty, and dismisses nonbelligerency as insufficient. The World Zionist Congress applauds.
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Israel
Menahem Begin
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Begin
World Zionist Congress
Carter
Judea
Samaria
Congress
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Three Die in Soweto Amid Mass South Africa Riots
Police killed a black teenager and a runaway truck crushed two children during mass demonstrations in Soweto and central Johannesburg. Fourteen youths injured and 176 arrested as thousands attacked buses and stores. Police used force to disperse about 500 demonstrators in front of police headquarters.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Soweto
Orlando High School
Thami Bunge
Dawid Kriel
Bunge
Blacksonly
Kriel
Quarter Stabber Testimony Coerced At Pre Trial Hearing
Four men were killed in the French Quarter in a spree the police describe as attacks on homosexuals. A 17 year old youth, Warren Harris Jr., accuses police of coercing him to sign statements under threat. detectives deny any threats. A pre trial ruling on admissibility is set for Wednesday.
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New Orleans
Warren Harris Jr
Harris
Alden Delano
Cliff
Delano
Jerome Winsberg
Eee
U. S
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