Congress Offers Cuba Pact Amid Cooling U S Ties
Congress receives a two part fishing rights accord with Cuba, the first since relations soured, speeded by a 200 mile limit framework. The agreement followed talks in New York and Havana with Terence Todman as the first U S official to visit Cuba since the break.
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House Approves Target Budget of 461 Billion
The House approved a $461 billion 1978 target federal budget with a $64.7 billion deficit in a 221 to 177 vote. Democrats backed it 192 to 70, Republicans 107 to 20 opposed.
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Georgians push for federal balanced budget amendment
Senators Ierman Talmadge and Sam Nunn propose a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget except in war or extraordinary economic emergency. The Senate backed the budget 54 to 23 as a guide for fiscal 1978 spending, with defense authority set at 118.5 billion and negotiators seeking a compromise between House and Senate figures. Republican Marjorie Harl supported the budget despite inflation concerns, citing defense spending in negotiations.
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Okaloosa Digest Community notices
Community briefs list a charity softball game at Eglin Base on May 22 with tickets at 50 cents, a Miracle Strip Newcomers Club bridge on May 19, and a Fort Walton Beach ministerial meeting with a Isreal slide program. Also events include a mobile cancer screening today, a Marine Corps League meeting, a square dance tonight, and a Playground Corvette Club gathering at Sam Taylor Buick.
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Marine Corps League
Fort Walton Beach
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Area Square Dance Council
Playground Area Square Dance Council
Chris Wear
Pam
Chuck
Susan Sample
Pasarda Fall
Lovejoy Road
Area Square
Mass Voter Registration Said Substantial to Fraud
FBI official James Adams testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on a bill to make it a federal crime to obtain possess manufacture sell or transfer fraudulent federal documents proving identity. He warned phony IDs could enable voter fraud though FBI involvement is after the fact.
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Clarence Kelley
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Gas Tax Hike Proposal Aims Transit Funding Shift
Carter administration officials suggested using the first 4 cents of a gas tax increase for mass transit energy research and state transportation aid. Transportation Secretary Brock Adams floated the idea before the House Ways and Means Committee as hearings on energy tax aspects begin. The plan would earmark funds for consolidated transportation accounts to boost buses and subways and reduce car use, while still pursuing rebates and wellhead tax proceeds.
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Ways and Means Committee
Charles Schultze
Council of Economic Advisors
Witness Killed After Testimony Pressure in Korean Bribery Probe
A House Ethics Committee member hinted an aide sought to compel testimony from Alexi Goodhai before the panel before the restaurant manager was murdered. Police say Goodarzi was found shot in his car in a professional-execution style, with investigators probing gambling and prostitution links. The congressman said he could not comment further publicly.
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Senate approves $36 billion military weapons bill
The Senate passed a $36 billion weapons package with a 90 to 3 vote enabling production of the Bi bomber and refloating the Nimitz class carrier. The measure moves to a House-Senate conference as Baker pushes a civil defense amendment to raise total funding.
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Howard Baker
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