Carter backs standby gasoline tax in energy plan
President Carter’s energy package will include a standby gasoline tax that would rise five cents a gallon per step, potentially 30 cents total, only if conservation goals are not met. Sen Cranst on said the tax could be up to 30 cents, with prior reports noting 50 cents. Carter warned Congress that failure to act could strain society, and said mandatory measures may be needed if voluntary efforts fall short.
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Senate Asst
Alan Cranston
Cranston
D-Calif
White House
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
House Asst
John Brademas
Brademas
House
Senate
Carter cites ten principles for energy policy plan
President Carter announces a forthcoming energy program based on ten fundamental principles. The list highlights government leadership, sacrifice, steady growth, environmental protection, fairness, conservation to reduce demand, pricing reflecting replacement costs, stable government policies, conserving scarce fuels, and developing new unconventional energy sources for the next century.
Carter outlines energy crisis risks and policy stakes
Knight News Service quotes President Carter warning that failure to act on the energy crisis could trigger inflation, job losses, and economic decline. He cites competition, erosion of free institutions, fear of embargoes, reduced oil imports, factory layoffs, and pressure to exploit the environment as utilities lag in coal adoption.
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Senate panel strikes rebates from tax bill
The Senate Finance Committee voted to remove the $50 rebates and payments from the tax bill. Chairman Russell B. Long said there was broad agreement and noted the Carter administration had backed the payments for about 20 million Americans, which would have been dropped earlier without that support.
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Senate Finance Committee
Carter
Russell B. Long
D-La
Mayer details long ties with Coppedge in bribery trial
Former Long Beach Planning Director Ernest Mayer Jr testifies he knew Long Beach architect James Coppedge for 15 years and did landscaping contracts since 1964. He says one Pasadena Arcadia project included an eight story medical building and that he was not fully paid. Mayer’s defense role marks third week of the Los Angeles Superior Court bribery case in which he is charged with soliciting and accepting more than 50 thousand dollars to expediting six million in development projects for Coppedge and Ballance.
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Claflin A. Ballance
Mayer
Harvey Byron
Galveston Cenral Hotel destroyed by fire
In Galveston Texas the Cenral Hotel a five story brick building in a downtrodden downtown district burned today. Fire officials feared 10 to 12 dead and 28 unaccounted for with 14 hospitalized and three in critical condition. Two bodies were recovered and two more found but not removed. Police suggested arson as the fire started simultaneously in three locations.
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Galveston
German Shepherd Sniffs Suspect At Compton Cemetery
Long Beach and Compton officers hunted a fugitive after a car chase ending in Greenleaf and Central Avenue Compton. A 6 year old juvenile emerged from bushes and was taken into custody after Kazan the patrol dog located him in Lincoln Memorial Park. The youth faced juvenile division questions for grand theft auto resisting arrest hit and run and other traffic offenses.
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Long Beach
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Mark McLaughlin
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Long Beach Boulevard
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Greenleaf
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Lincoln Memorial Park
Supreme Court OK for paddling in public schools
The Supreme Court ruled 35 to 4 that corporal punishment in public schools does not violate the Eighth Amendment. The decision allows school officials to spank students with parental approval, noting that the issue involves noncriminal discipline and not criminal punishment. Justices White Brennan Marshall and Stevens dissented, saying state remedies do not negate cruelty. The ruling upheld a lower court's decision in the Miami case of James Ingraham and Roosevelt Andrews, who were paddled at Drew Junior High in 1970.
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Supreme Court
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Lewis E. Powell Jr
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Potter Stewart
Harry A. Blackmun
William H. Rehnquist
Byron R. White
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
John Paul Stevens
White
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Miami
James Ingraham
Roosevelt Andrews
Drew
Bihaal
Aid
Bit
Supreme Court Allows Sex Segregated Philly High Schools
In a 4 4 tied decision the Supreme Court upholds Philadelphia’s plan to maintain segregated high schools for academically gifted girls and boys. The ruling affirms the Third Circuit’s finding no sex discrimination but sets no legal precedent due to the evenly split court.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
U.S. Circut Court of Appeals
High Court
Weather Tonight and Wednesday Forecast Summary
Tonight many areas hazy with some shine. Highs vary with hazy conditions. Mountains expect fair and windy with a low around 40. Deserts stay fair and windy with a low near 52 and high about 56.
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Mondale defends Carter against Ford critics at White House event
Vice President Mondale, with Carter present, challenged Ford’s early criticism of the Carter administration at a leadership breakfast. He cited Nixon’s offers to help and noted Nixon spoke with Carter about private conversations, while Cranston highlighted comparisons to Johnson and Eisenhower timelines.
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White House
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D-Calif
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Long Beach figures in city politics and sports moves
Patty Hearst rejects promises from a judge before pleading no contest to armed robbery. Housing woes hit young adults priced out of homes. Medi Cal funds favor counties with few patients. School Board seeks calm as Teachers Association maps march. Bert Bond testifies in suit over city trips linked to cancer. Jerry Tarkanian rumored to coach Seattle SuperSonics after Long Beach State stint.
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