Ford urges tax favored path to new power plants
President Ford backed labor management panel recommendations to speed utility plant construction and coal conversion with 12 percent investment tax credits, deferred taxes on reinvested dividends, extended tax writeoffs, and a coal conversion incentive. The plan targets utilities, aims to ease capital, and includes a new federal task force to remove construction impediments.
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Washington
Ford
Secretary of Labor
John Dunlop
Labor-Management Committee
Congress
Tax Rebates Mailed to Millions as Economy Hopes Rise
The last of the federal tax rebates were mailed totaling 63,221,161 payments worth 7.9 billion dollars. Some stragglers may still arrive while Social Security and railroad retirement bonuses of 50 dollars each await approval. Early results show mixed retail activity and a 25 percent April jump in single family home sales aided by a 5 percent tax credit.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Congress
Commerce Department
Carla A. Hills
Housing and Urban Development
Ford
Fear of Friday the 13th Debunked by Psychologist
Miami experts say Friday the 13th fear is selective perception and not unlucky. Dr. Charles Verschoor and Psychology Today note people notice bad events more on that date while business losses from absenteeism are exaggerated by belief. Numerologist Vincent Lopes cites 13 as disliked for containing 1 and 3, and many buildings skip floor 13.
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Miami, Fla
Psychology Today
Weather Summary for South Central Region
Partly cloudy through Saturday with isolated evening storms. Lows near 60s, highs around the mid 90s. Winds southwest 10 to 15 mph tonight, humidity 64 to 68 percent. At Arpt KIRG, highs 86 to 87, lows 57 to 60, barometer 29.90 to 29.93, wind SW 9 to 10 mph, moisture readings around .06.
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South Central
KIRG
Hutton elected state regents chair as salaries rise
Prudence Hutton of Newton was chosen as chair of the Kansas Board of Regents becoming the first woman to hold the post. The board approved salary bumps for all returning heads of state universities and colleges including Archiek Dykes and Duane Acker with various increases across KU Wichita State Pittsburg Fort Hays Emporia and K State. Budget requests for 1977 total 294.93 million and go to the budget division after regents review.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Board of Regents
Prudence Hutton
Newton
Elmer C. Jackson Jr
Archie Dykes
University of Kansas
W. Clark Ahlberg
Wichita State University
House Debates Energy Bill As Amendments Fail
The House presses on with amendments to the energy tax bill after key conservation provisions were dropped. Supporters and opponents clash over a gas guzzler tax and fuel economy standards with civil penalties for noncompliance.
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Washington
House
Jim Wright
Dtex
Wright
Democratic Energy Task Force
Ford
Joseph L. Fisher
D-Va
Ways and Means Committee
Fisher
Elford A. Cederberg
R-Mich
Salina officer killed in shootout with robbery suspect
Salina police report Officer Jerry Ivey aged 28 died in a shootout after stopping a car linked to a Dillon's supermarket gunpoint robbery. The suspect was wounded, captured near St Johns Military Academy, and a possible accomplice is being sought.
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Salina, Kan
Salina
Jerry Ivey
Dillon’s
U S to admit Chilean refugees on a case by case basis
The State Department said hundreds of political Chilean refugees may enter the United States on a case by case basis. About 1,200 Chileans and families seek admission from Argentina and Peru, with up to 6,000 political prisoners in Chile.
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Washington
United States
Chile
State Department
Asst
William D. Rogers
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dale S. deHaan
Argentina
Peru
Augusto Pinochet
Red Cross
Intergovernmental Committee For European Migration
DeHaan
Salvador Allende
Rogers
de Haan
Boston Globe
U.S
Court orders new food stamp plan to assure nutrition
The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the current food stamp payment formula invalid for 19.6 million participants and gave the Agriculture Department 120 days to draft a plan that guarantees a nutritionally adequate diet. The court kept existing rules in place due to the system’s critical function, calling the ruling the most far reaching antihunger decision.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S. Court of Appeals
Pries Ay Court
J. Skelly Wright
Ron Pollock
Food Research and Action Committee
Dedication Ceremonies Set for Newton Centers
Formal dedication for the Newton Neighborhood Center Park and the Newton Community Activity Center will begin at 2 p.m. on June 22 with an outdoor ceremony in the park followed by a dedication speech and ribbon cutting near 3 p.m. Public tours and brochures will be available at the center that day.
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Newton
Newton Community Activity Center
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