Senate Votes To Use Road Taxes For Mass Transit
The Senate approved diverting 850 million dollars of road-user taxes to finance urban mass transit as part of an 18 billion three year highway aid bill. The vote, seen as a blow to highway lobbyists, also kept pressure on housing-related spending and federal transit subsidies amid White House cautions.
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Senate
Highway Trust Fund
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Nixon
Maryland
Charles McC. Mathias
J. Glenn Beall
Sens. Weicker
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
White House
House
Williams
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Beef prices may stay high despite brief demand drop
Government and industry spokesmen say a dip in beef demand could be short lived and not curb wholesale prices. A Treasury economist notes the economy’s strength may push demand up, while wholesale slaughter hit 636,000 head last week, the year’s high. Labor data show a 3 month price rise across farm products with meat a major factor.
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Treasury Department
National Association of Food Chains
Cost of Living Council
Omaha
Labor Department
Council
Hussein commutes death sentences for terrorists in Jordan
King Hussein of Jordan grants clemency to guerrilla leader Mohammed Daoud Odeh and 16 others who were condemned for plotting to overthrow him. The decision follows appeals from Arab leaders after the Khartoum embassy hostage crisis that killed two U.S. diplomats and a Belgian.
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Jordan
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Daoud
Khartoun
Radio
Amman
Khartoum
Deoud
U.S
Cleo Noel Jr
G. Curtis Moore
Guy Eid
Kuwait
Egypt
Syria
Libay
Soviet Union
Houari Boumedienne
Algeria
North Viet Accepts First Gifts For POWs
North Vietnam accepted Red Cross gift parcels for POWs for the first time at Clark Air Base. About 300 parcels plus 30 cartons of cigarettes and 10 boxes of cigars were handed over on March 4 as U S planes collected 10 freed POWs. Recipients said gifts arrived March 10.
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Philippines
North Vietnam
Red Cross
Deliv
Hanoi
Clark
Spaghetti Attack Reported in Washington Hospital
Police document James N. Allen admitted to hospital for second degree burns after a bowl of hot spaghetti was dumped on him by a woman while he slept in his apartment. No arrests have been made.
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Washington (Ap
James N. Allen
Allen
Water system upgrade plans for Catoctin town
A two point recommendation supports future growth to the year 2000 and upstream dam options in the Catoctin Watershed to ensure a dependable supply. Stage One covers 6200 ft of 12 inch main, ties, reservoir conversion to treated storage, and chlorination. Stage Two extends to the treatment plant, Stage Three adds capacity as demand grows.
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Catoctin Creek
Monument Road
Walnut Lane
Maryland Fire Underwriters Bureau
Main Street
Myersville Council Probes Water Main Gap and Growth Plans
Engineers report Myersville cannot meet required flow with a single 6 inch main 1000 feet from Monument Road and Main Street. They propose future developments explored after Stage Two, hydrants on 6 inch loop or single inch main, and reviews of lines for sufficient flows.
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Main Street
Keller
News-Post
Unusual Jet Streams Shape Nation's Harsh Winter
The winter's erratic two jet streams, subtropical and polar, steered storm tracks across the U.S. in opposite directions. Their interaction cushioned the nation yet produced heavy snow in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee while sparing Washington, Oregon, and parts of the Southwest. Renowned NOAA expert Dr. Murray Mitchell explains how northerly subtropical activity shifted storms eastward and intensified cold fronts, transforming rain into snow in several southern states.
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U.S
Murray Mitchell
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Environmental Data Service
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United States
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Tennessee
Mitchell
Canada
mid-Atlantic
West
Washington State
Oregon
Pacific Ocean
California
Arizona
Texas
Work Train Strikes Metroliner Near Washington
A work train collided with the rear of an Amtrak Metroliner en route from New York to Washington. Eight passengers and five train crew members were injured as service was disrupted for hours.
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Washington
New York
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