Tax panel races to extend 13 billion in tax cuts
Senate Finance Committee moves to write a bill extending this year's 13 billion in individual income tax cuts for six months despite President Ford warning he would veto any extension not paired with a spending ceiling. Ford aims for a 395 billion spending cap for 1977, while Kennedy backs closing loopholes for the wealthy.
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Senate Finance Committee
Ford
Senate
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
White House
House
Congress
Democratic-con
Finance Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
The
Finance Com
Mittee
Fired officers air grievances
Two ex captains testifying before a federal appeals board accuse the Army of firing thousands of officers to cut costs in the military retirement system. They allege promotion bias toward younger officers and cite missing reserve promotion boards in 1974 75 as part of the controversy.
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Washington
Army
Gordon Fawkes
Fairfax
Eugene L. Beaumann
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Military Appeals Board
Howard H
Bo’’ Callaway
Fawkes
Pentagon
Beumann
West Point
J. Milner Roberts
Army Reserves
Roberts
Callaway
Ford
Newton area planners schedule three hearings for January 13
The Newton-North Newton Area Regional Planning Commission set three hearings for its January 13 meeting. Hearings will cover shifting final permit authority to the city commission, raising multi family lot sizes, and vacating an alley near Broadway.
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Newton-North Newton
Gary Seitz
Seitz
E. W. Unruh
McLain
Broadway
Newton
North
Pike to drop contempt action against Kissinger
House intelligence chair Otis G. Pike said he will drop contempt of Congress proceedings against Secretary Kissinger after a White House briefing on State Department covert operation requests. Subpoena compliance prompted Pike to call the matter moot and plan a floor statement.
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Washington
House Intelligence Committee
Otis G. Pike
Congress
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
State Department
U.S
Kissinger
Pike
A. Searle Field
Field
William Hyland
Bureau of Intelligence
Hyland
National Security Council
New York
Police Rescuers Save Desperate Man From 60 Foot Bridge Ledge
Kansas City officers and a sergeant rescued 29 year old Erwin Cornstubble after he jumped from an 18 inch ledge beneath the Paseo Bridge into the Missouri River. The dramatic operation left Sgt Richard Hoedl with rope burns and bruises while Cornstubble was held for treatment at a mental health center.
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Kansas City
Richard Hoedl
Paseo Bridge
Missouri River
Hoed
W. L. Davis
Curry Bates
Chuck MacCray
Erwin Cornstubble
Des Moines
Iowa
Cornstubble
Korea
Hood
Hoedle
Hoedl
Western Missouri Mental Health Center
South Boston High violence erupts after federal takeover
Fights broke out between white and black pupils at South Boston High less than a day after U S District Judge Garrity seized administration citing denied desegregated education. Three black students arrested, others injured. NAACP office firebombed with damages disputed.
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Boston
South Boston High
Boston Hospital
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity
Boston School Committee
Joseph McDonough
South Boston High School
John Cunningham
Garrity
Cunningham
Federal Court
Postal rate hike projected to 23 cents by 1980
Postmaster General Benjamin F. Bailar warned that the cost of mailing a letter could rise to 23 cents by 1980. He testified before a House Post Office subcommittee that rates of 15 to 17 cents by 1977 and 23 cents by 1980 were possible if current conditions and inflation persist, as mail use declines across categories, notably parcel post.
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Washington
Postaster
Benjamin F. Bailar
Bailar
House Post Office
Weather Summary for South Central Region
Clear to partly cloudy tonight with temperatures in the 30s. Thursday will be cooler with highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s and south to southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Observed at Arpt KIRG and KJIRG with highs 58 to 55, humidity mid 50s, lows 31 to 33, barometer 29.90 to 29.98 inches. Winds shift from SW25 to SW10.
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Dystrophy Victim Receives Wheelchair At Burrton Game
Karen Day 16, Burrton High junior with muscular dystrophy, was presented an electric wheelchair by the Kayettes during pre game ceremonies at Burrton Canton Calva basketball night. She also received roses and a Chargers autographed football from her family.
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Burrton
Karen Day
Burrton High School
Kayettes
Canton-Calva
Bill Day
Miss Day
Chargers
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