Tax cut bill pushed as Ford again says veto
The Senate Finance Committee moves a six month extension of 13 billion in individual income tax cuts despite President Ford promising to veto any extension lacking a spending ceiling. Leaders aim to finish a bill for a possible override before Christmas adjournment, with talks on a 1977 spending cap and potential further renewal after June 30.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Ford
Senate
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
White House
House
Congress
Congressional
Finance Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Pike quits Contempt Act on Kissinger
House intelligence chairman Otis G. Pike will drop contempt of Congress action against Secretary of State Henry Kissinger after a White House briefing on covert US operations. The briefing produced substantial compliance with the subpoena for State Department documents dating back to 1961. Field said the delegation received a very good assurance that the documents will be turned over.
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Washington
House Intelligence Committee
Otis G. Pike
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
State Department
Kissinger
Pike
A. Searle Field
Field
William Hyland
Bureau of Intelligence
Security Council 40 Committee
U.S
Moscow
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Ford
United States
State to Map New Strategy Matagorda Battle Smolders
Texas officials prepare a response to the Nov 17 filing by the U S Interior Department with GSA for title to all Matagorda Island land not privately owned. Sidney J Ward of Port Lavaca says a plan will be laid out after talks with Parks and Wildlife and lawmakers before Christmas. The Interior move uses the Wildlife Conservation Act rather than the Surplus Property Act, spurring a state versus federal land dispute.
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Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
U.S. Department of Interior
General Services Administration
Matagorda Island
Sidney J Ward
Port Lavaca
Joint
State of
Galveston
Parks and Wildlife of
Texas
Interior
Air Force
Wyatt
Ward
Wynn
Teddy Lee Wynn
Cong
John Young
Corpus Christi
Asst
Nathaniel Reed
Department of Parks and Wildlife
Gulf Beaches
Texas Committee On Natural Resources
Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. News and World Report
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Point Comfort Considers Phone Rate Hike and Local Actions
Point Comfort city council discussed a potential 20 percent increase in telephone rates after reviewing statistical return figures from Ron Beck of General Telephone Co. The council will forward the data to the Citizens Advisory Committee for review with a late January to early February target for a recommendation. The meeting also addressed traffic program participation, circus use for Bicentennial, a 1976 fire truck bid, and a city audit noting fixed assets surpassing $1 million for 1974-75.
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Point Comfort
Point Comfort City
Ron Beck
General Telephone Co
Beck
Citizens Advisory Committee
Calhoun County
Seadrift
Port Lavaca
Robert L. Pearce
Donald Goldman
Sandhop, Moore and Co
Victoria
Police sergeant dives 60 feet to save man on ledge
Kansas City police Sgt. Hood braved 36 degree cold and a 60 foot fall to grab Erwin Cornstubble who stood on an 18 inch ledge under the Paseo Bridge. Hood held on with rope while officers steadied him, suffer injuries, and Cornstubble was taken to a mental health center.
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Kansas City
Richard Hood
Paseo Bridge
Missouri River
Erwin Cornstubble
Des Moines, Iow
Cornstubble
Hood
W. L. Davis
Curry Bates
Chuck MacCray
Korea
Hoedl
Hoedi
Western Missouri Mental Health Center
Court Rules Against Aliens In School Suit
Texas Supreme Court overruled attempts by 12 Houston illegal alien children to force trial on HB1126 based tuition rules for public schools. Separate ruling refused mandamus petitions from Alamo Heights and Edgewood on property tax equalization. No hearings granted.
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Houston
United States
Tom Stovall
State Board of Education
Seadrift to Welcome Santa Claus for Children
Santa Claus will visit Seadrift on December 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Griffee's parking lot. The event, sponsored by the Seadrift Chamber of Commerce, will give free goodie bags to children in grades three and under.
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Seadrift
Santa Claus
Seadrift Chamber of Commerce
Santa
Griffee’s
Yule Breakfast To Be Held By Local Groups
The annual Breakfast with Santa is cosponsored by the Calhoun County Jaycees and the Port Lavaca Junior Women's Club. It starts Saturday at 10 a.m. in the First United Methodist Fellowship Hall at 814 N San St. Volunteers ages will meet Friday at 7 p.m. to decorate the hall.
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Calhoun County Jaycees
Port Lavaca
United Methodist Fellowship
San St
Weather Outlook Fair Warm and Slight Friday Winds
Weather forecast indicates fair and warm conditions this afternoon with mild temperatures and possible tonight fog. Thursday expected partly cloudy and warm with westerly winds 5-10 mph this afternoon shifting to southerly 5-15 mph tonight and Thursday. Afternoon high in the low 70s with a low tonight in the low 50s. Boating and recreation forecast shows southeasterly winds 5-10 knots today and 12-16 knots tonight and Thursday, seas 2-3 feet and building tonight. Tides and sun data provided with high tides around 10:27 p.m. and 11:45 a.m. Thursday and sunsets, sunrise times listed. Barometric pressure noted as 30.12.
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D-La
Munich
Germany
Matagorda
Franzen Bros. Circus
Europe
NATO
Leonid I Brezhnev
Brussels
Thenoqualmie River
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