Carter views tax cuts tied to Social Security hikes
President Carter warned that rising Social Security taxes could blunt a planned income tax cut. He said any tax reform would offset the SS increases to avoid dampening the economy, as Congress debates solvency measures for Social Security and steep tax hikes for high earners. The House recently backed a package raising Social Security taxes and phasing out wage caps, with the Senate Finance Committee weighing similar steps.
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Washington
Carter
Houston
Congress
House
Senate Finance Committee
No Dice Again For State Cities
An interim Kansas Legislature panel refused to endorse a plan to share state revenues with cities and counties but will study changing the aid formula. The 44 tie vote blocked endorsing a bill to divert 12 million dollars of federal revenue sharing to local governments. The panel will review staff studies on population based distribution and the funds from cigarette tax liquor enforcement tax and local ad valorem tax reduction. Mosher of the League of Kansas Municipalities urged abolishing the three funds and redistributing 5 to 20 million more to local units.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Senate
John Simpson
Salina
Norman Gaar
Simpson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hill
James Braden
R Wakefield
Rex Crowell
R-Longton
William Eddy
Lea
Mosher
League of Kansas Municipalities
Senate tackles energy tax bill after House vote on cars
The Senate reconvened to vote on taxing gas guzzling cars and to reconcile with a House version. major changes include slashing a $40 billion energy-conservation subsidy, keeping a 50 percent grant for conversion to coal to the house 25 percent, and preserving a $400 home weatherization tax credit while Kennedy seeks to remove government grants for fuel switching.
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Washington
Senate
Finance
House
Carter
Senate House Conference
Kennedy
Bennett protests Carter delay in energy talks with governors
Kansas Governor Robert F. Bennett accused President Carter of avoiding governors' input on energy policy after a White House notice postponed a meeting intended to gather ideas on boosting oil and gas production. He said the postponement signals a lack of interest in a broad, timely plan to address the energy crisis.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert F. Bennett
Carter
Bennett
White House
Washington
Congress
Israel criticizes UN censure of settlements at General Assembly
Israel’s U.N. ambassador says the 131-1 vote endorsing an Egyptian resolution on settlements harms efforts to restart Geneva peace talks. The United States abstained as nine Western European powers supported the measure, while Israel condemned the action as harmful to Mideast diplomacy.
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Israel
U.N
General Assembly
Geneva
Assembly
United States
Chaim Herzog
Andrew Young
Young
U.S
Soviet Union
Herzog
Carter
Tarael Pays
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Viets Killed In Hijacking
Four armed hijackers seized a Vietnamese DC3 on a domestic flight killing two Vietnamese officials and forcing landings in Thailand and Singapore. One official was injured as the twin propeller plane carried 36 people including the hijackers. Unofficial sources cite asylum aims.
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Singapore
Thailand
Civil Aviation Department
Rain Ahead for Western Kansas as Front Approaches
Rainy weather moves out of eastern Kansas forecasting showers in western regions Sunday. Temperatures will cool from highs in the mid to upper 70s today to mainly 60s on Sunday, with overnight lows in the upper 30s to 40s and 60s to lower 70s early next week. County forecast notes partly cloudy warm today, increasing clouds tonight, a cloudy Sunday with a slight rain chance, and southeast winds.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Hutchinson
National Weather Service
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