Water project bill compromise faces Carter veto risk
Washington AP dispatch reports a Senate subcommittee, led by Sen. John Stennis, voted to drop eight of 17 controversial water projects and to fund half of others in an effort to appease President Carter. The move, amid looming veto talks, mirrors House resistance as Byrd signals willingness to compromise. major projects across Wisconsin Oklahoma Missouri Kentucky Colorado Colorado etc. face reduced funding while several large units remain under review.
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Congress
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Missouri
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Kentucky
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Colorado
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Ahso
House moves to deny GI bill to upgraded veterans
The House advanced a $70.2 billion funding bill while voting to block GI bill eligibility for veterans with less than honorable discharges from Vietnam era service. An amendment by Rep. Robi Beard argued the policy punishes those who served honorably, while Rep. John Murtha warned it risks harming young servicemen. The housing measure directs HUD to review a regulation feared to allow homosexual couples to qualify for federal housing aid.
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Carter
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HUD
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Veterans Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Robi Beard
R-Tenn
John P. Murtha
D-Pa
Marine Corps
Korea
Vietnam
Akes
Edward Boland
Dmass
Hardison religious accommodation ruling urged by high court
The court ruled that requiring only minimal cost to the employer is not undue hardship under Title VII. Justices Brenan and Marshall dissented saying the decision harms religious practice accommodations. Hardison, a former TWA mechanic in Kansas City, sued after being denied Saturday Sabbath off.
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William J. Brenan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Hardison
Portland, Ore
TWA
Kansas City
Hard
Fire at Gibson Oil Refinery Damages California Plant
A large blaze swept the Gibson Oil Refinery near Rosedale Highway, burning since about 1 am and contained by 4:40 am. Fire crews reported at least $200,000 in damage to the refinery in Kern County, with the plant located one mile west of town.
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Kern County
Gibson Oil
Here
Carter leaders of Congress UK education compromise
The Carter administration and congressional leaders reached a compromise on a 361.3 billion appropriations bill funding Labor and Health Education and Welfare programs. Key figures Mahon Perkins Califano agreed to study phasing out two education programs while preserving most additions. Carter will accept the House bill as discussions continue over costs and amendments.
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Carer
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
House
Jim Wright
Congressional Record
WEW
Joseph A. Califano
Carter
George Mahon
Education and Labor
Carl Perkins
Califano
Congressinal
Thomas P
Neill
Justice Dept seeks lower Alaska oil pipeline rates
The Department of Justice urged ICC to reject seven of eight oil company tariff proposals for the Trans-Alaska pipeline. Rates ranged from 6.04 to 6.44 per barrel, with DOJ arguing a fair return and reasonable transportation costs should be lower. Exxon defended its schedule, while Sahin for Sahin, filed at 6.16 per barrel and questioned the DOJ action. The ICC must decide by June 30 as first flows begin this summer.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Dena Ted
Trans-Alaska
Justice Department
Alaska
North Slope
Department
ICC
BP Pipelines Inc
Sohio Pipeline Co
Arco Pipeline Co
Amerada Hess Pipeline Pipeline Co
Mobil Alaska Co
Union Alaska Pipeline Co
Phillips Petroleum
Arco
Amerada Hess
Pineline
Exxon
Exxon Pipeline Company
Houston
Tor Sahin
Department of Justice
Sahin
Solons study new fuel tax fund rebate plan
Washington AP report outlines House Ways and Means Committee debate on returning funds from a new crude oil tax. Carter plan favors income tax cuts to households over four years, while an alternative by Rep. Carman proposes universal distributions. Oil heat subsidies were defeated as the panel weighs options affecting gas and home heating costs.
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House Ways and Means
Carter
James
Carman
D-Calif
Corman
Brzezinski on Interrogations and Toth’s Exit from Moscow
Brzezinski said Soviet leaders may have initiated interrogations of reporter Toth at the institutional level or top echelon. Toth, questioned multiple times by KGB agents, prepared to leave for London after a passport office cleared exit papers for him and his family. The move followed a U.S. Senate condemnation of the detention as a violation of the Helsinki accords.
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Toth
Brzezinski
Braczinski
London
Moscow
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Hie
Tie
KGB
Anatoly Shcharansky
U.S
Customs workers indicted in cocaine theft plot
A federal grand jury indicted US Customs Service employees at Terminal Island for conspiring to steal cocaine seized by the agency. Frank Quinn and Meredith Brn Fife face counts, with Quinn accused of arranging cutting chemicals and a fake Moss Chemical shipment. The drugs were kept at the customs house laboratory on Terminal Island. both are expected to be arraigned within 10 days.
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Terminal Island
Frank Quinn
Havenspur St. Palos Verdes
Meredith Brn Fife
Miralesato Drive
San Pedro
Robert J. Perry
Customs House
Ferry St
Quinn
Fily
Perry
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