Schlesinger signals Carter gas tax stance faces Congress
White House energy adviser James R. Schlesinger says the administration will not back off its standby gasoline tax proposal despite strong congressional opposition. He argues the plan should be viewed as a whole, while skeptics call the tax unfair and unlikely to pass.
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Tom Raum
Associated Press
Washington
White Hose Energy
James R. Schlesinger
Carter Administration
Schlesinger
Congress
Carter
White House
New House
Sen
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Bennett Johnston
D-La
Tax cut bill nears passage amid tax changes and credits
House and Senate conferees reach a compromise stimulus bill offering broad tax breaks for most workers, with a new standard deduction of 2200 for singles and 3200 for married couples. The bill retains expiring cuts and adds a business hire credit, signaling a likely Carter approval.
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Washington
House
Senate
Carter
UAW Leaders Oppose Reaffiliation With AFL-CIO
UAW President Leonard Woodcock says strong internal opposition may derail a proposed reaffiliation between the AFL-CIO and the United Auto Workers. Woodcock, retiring after 40 years with the union, notes some leaders favor independence and external recognition, while vice president Douglas Fraser appears set to succeed him.
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Owen Ullmann
Associated Press
Detroit
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers
Auto Union
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Woodock
Congress
Carter
Woodcock
Los Angeles
Douglas A. Fraser
JFK Limousine Retired For Museum Display
The 1961 Lincoln Continental used by John F. Kennedy when assassinated is retired from the presidential fleet and returned to Ford. Henry Ford Museum has not set a display date, and officials say the car may be shown as it looked in Dallas in 1963 or in its remodeled current form.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Ford Motor Lo
Ford
Henry Ford Museum
Kennedy
Dallas
Don Adams
Dearborn
Mich
Caroline
John Jr
Why Not Africa Resource Pull Declines Despite Riches
A Conference Board report notes Africa holds oil, iron ore and copper but few American investments due to political instability. A top executive says investors feel one pistol shot away from chaos.
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Africa
Nixon ends silence with Frost interview tonight
Former President Richard Nixon concludes his silence on Watergate with a 90 minute interview to air tonight on 155 television stations and 730 radio outlets at 7 30 p m EDT He reportedly earns at least 600000 plus a share of profits bringing total over 1 million for answering questions from interviewer David Frost Descriptions say early remarks weakened Nixon's defense but later portions may reveal new details including tape transcripts not previously disclosed
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Nixon
David Frost
White House
James Reston Jr
Reston
Frost
Nixon aides rush to tell other side of tape story
Two versions of the same tape drive a dispute over Nixon's knowledge of hush money payments in January 1973. Nixon asserts he learned of the payments in March, while aides in San Clemente push a different narrative. The tapes’ sound quality and transcription issues complicate the matter amid legal debates.
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Nixon
Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Washington Post
San Clemente
White House
Thomas Edison
Oval Office
Charles Colson
Kennedy
Herbert J. Miller
the Post
Charles Ruff
Ruff
Medicaid Cuts Stop Nursing Home Care for Grubbs
Riley Walker rails at state and federal officials as his stepfather Joe Grubbs, a 87 year old man with terminal cancer, loses Medicaid support. Grubbs and his wife Mary Ellen previously lived on Social Security plus Medicaid-eligible income. Mary Ellen has died and Grubbs faces an impending death sentence without aid. Walker condemns the system as inequitable and chronic buck-passing continues.
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Greenville
Tex
Riley Walker
Joe Grubbs
Grubbs
Carter
Mary Ellen
Social Security
Mary
Ellen
Walker
Grubb
Cohabitation rises among young adults in 1970s census
The Census Bureau reports 1.3 million people in 660,000 two person households share with an unrelated adult of the opposite sex. The trend reflects young adults gaining house keeping experience before marriage, with many living together for economic reasons. The population stands at 216 million with fertility at 1.76 and divorce rising twofold since 1960.
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Ann Blackman
Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Arthur Norton
Norton
America
Bureau
Kidnaper Faces Federal Charges After St Louis Abduction
Dennis Oliver Ross 26 of Glendale Arizona is jailed in Houston on federal kidnaping and gun law violations in a case involving the abduction of Mrs Ethel McNier and her infant son from a St Louis restaurant. He was arraigned after a Bryan Texas arrest for attempting to use the credit card. The victim, back in Chattanooga Tennessee, described a threat filled ordeal and a wish for a normal dull life.
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Tex
Arizona
Dennis Oliver Ross
Bryan
St. Louis
Ross
Glendale
Ariz
FBI
Ethel McNier
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