Ford presses Congress on energy plan and fuel price hits
President Ford blasts Congress for delaying energy legislation and signals new price moves. A second one dollar per barrel tariff on imported oil and a windfall tax are proposed, with gasoline could rise 1.5 cents soon and six cents more over 18 to 24 months. Congressional split along party lines follows as leaders weigh an independent program and possible override hurdles.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
Hawaii
Ford Administration
Organization of Oil
America
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
Interior Committee
Jackson
Carl] T. Curtis
Senate Finance Committee
al Ullman
D-Ore
House
Ways and Means Committee
Released Marines and civilian freed from Laos AID compound
Two U.S. Marines and a civilian electrician were freed after a week of occupation by student demonstrators in Vientiane Laos. The group left under an agreement for total shutdown of the U S Agency for International Development by June 30.
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Vientiane
Laos
U.S
Agency For International Development
Donald E. Wilburn
Osgood
Ind
Wilburn
Christian A. Chapman
Osgood, Ore
Roger Murphy
Gresham
Ore
William Darden
Darden
Murphy
Pathet Lao
Chapman
Seth Pethrasy
Bennett libel suit dismissed in Kansas City case
U.S. District Judge Earl E. O'Connor dismissed a quarter-million-dollar libel suit filed February 13 1974 by Christenson Barca and Shaw Inc against Robert F Bennett then Kansas governor. The firm claimed Bennett damaged its reputation by releasing an anonymous letter Bennett gave to a Topeka grand jury. Bennett faced no comment from his camp.
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Kansas City
Kan
Earl E. O'Connor
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas
Kansas City, Mo
U.S
Bennett
Topeka
Christenson, Barca and Shaw, Inc
Whic
Robert B. Docking
O'Connor
Johnson County
John L. Wratil
State Senate
Shawnee County
Grand Jury
Atty
Vern Miller
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City Area
Docking
Weather data for South Central region forecast
Cloudy conditions with showers and thunderstorms tonight. Local heavy rains and a few severe storms possible. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph tonight shifting northeast. Lows in the mid to upper 50s and highs in the low to mid 70s Thursday. Precipitation chances 80 percent tonight and 30 percent Thursday. Arpt KIRG high 76 77 low 58 54. Tp.m. 68 63. Arpt KJIRG humidity 85 90 Barom 29.89 29.86 Wind S85? no.
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South Central
KIRG
Kjirg
Kissinger urges OECD to back Third World economic shift
Secretary of State Kissinger, speaking to the 24 nation OECD, says rich nations must accelerate growth and aid developing countries to avoid destabilizing political pressure. He proposes a $2 billion energy aid fund, including $1 billion in IMF gold, plus new trade procedures and a $1 billion agricultural fund. Algeria rejects commissions on raw materials.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development Oecd
Kissinger
West
United States
U.S
OECD
Algeria
Water district forms as voters approve plan in four counties
voters in Harvey McPherson Reno and Sedgwick counties approved forming a groundwater management district by 252 to 51 with 500000 acres in the area A steering committee will certify results to the secretary of state and set a tax and plan for state approval within a year The district will be funded by a tax up to 30 cents per acre foot or five cents per ground acre and may action against polluters A county sales tax proposal of 05 percent is slated for a July 15 vote to fund cities and county services
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Harvey
McPherson
Reno
Sedgwick
Harvey County
McPherson County
Secretary of State
Ford leaves for Europe on six day diplomatic tour
President Ford begins a six day trip to Brussels Madrid Salzburg and Rome with plans for NATO talks with Kissinger and meetings with European leaders. He aims to strengthen U S European cooperation and press for a Middle East peace initiative with Sadat Rabin and other leaders.
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United States
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Brussels
Madrid
Salzburg
Austria
Rome
Henry A. Kissinger
NATO
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Ford
Spain
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Sadat
Washington
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
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Dewane Hogan
Larned
Washington Rd
Kansas Highway Patrol
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Pope Paul VI
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