Partisanship in Senate Finance Committee Tax Vote Draws Critique
The Senate Finance Committee voted 10 to 8 against substituting a permanent tax cut for Carter's 50 dollar income tax plan. Four members admitted they voted party loyalty rather than belief, sparking claims the decision served constituents but reflected political maneuvering. The four senators named are Ribicoff Moynihan Haskell and Bentsen Jr.
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US Senate Finance Committee
Jimmy Carter
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Daniel P. Moynihan
Dn.y
Floyd Haskell
D-Colo
Lloyd Bentsen Jr
D-Tex
Sen
Moynihan
Ribicoff
Sens
Haskell
Bentsen
Quest for Victoria Peak gold sparks 10 day search
The Victoria Peak find in the San Andreas Mountains draws Expeditions Unlimited to search White Sands Missile Range. The Army may claim part of the treasure and profits from film rights, while many claimants risk losses if no gold is found. Legal battles loom over ownership as delays stretch into years.
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California
Colorado
Milton
Doc’ Ness
Victoria Peak
San Andreas
New Mexico
White Sands Missile Range
Expeditions Unlimited
Army
Florida
County Commission responds to open meeting criticism over redistricting
The reader letter argues the Chaves County Commission uses a daily mimeographed work sheet, not an agenda, for meetings. The commissioner says meetings are publicized in advance, open to all, and any item not on the work sheet can be raised, with reach through public channels and direct contact available to constituents.
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Chaves
County Commission
Chaves County Commission
Chaves County
Roswell units to receive postwar model vehicles
Roswell and state National Guard units will be outfitted with postwar model vehicles to replace World War II vehicles used for seven years. Also noted are a marriage announcement for Emogene Littlejohn to Lt Lonnie W Wharton and local club meetings and sports news.
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Roswell
Leslie Littlejohn
Daugher
Emogene
Lonnie W. Wharton
H.D. Bush
Circle No
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Dunn steers $117 million capital package in New Mexico
Senate Finance Chairman Aubrey Dunn led a no vote bill to fund 33 pet projects with $117.215 million in capital improvements and severance tax bonds. The package, aimed with broad support, included $4 million for schools, $23 million for a Los Lunas penal facility, and $10 million for parks and energy areas, tied to a $30 million severance tax increase with possible uranium funding. Dunn also pushed a $44.5 million tax relief plan and a $49 million 1977 cut, crafting a powerful legislative consensus with key leaders.
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Santa FE
Senate
Aubrey Dunn
Jerry Apodaca
Los Lunas
Sen. Dunn
New Mexico State University
State Health Social Services Department
Las Vegas
Dunn
House
Senate Finance Committee
Sen
Finance Committee
Joe Gant
D-Carlsbad
Hoyt Pattison
Curry-Lea-Roosevelt
Rep
Pattison
Cecil Cook
D-Portales
Cook
Phelps Anderson
Roswell
Anderson
Apodaca
Texaco accused of diverting vast Gulf gas for own refinery
Investigators allege Texaco siphoned off massive amounts of natural gas from federal offshore fields in the Gulf of Mexico to fuel its Port Arthur refinery and Louisiana plant. The company reportedly moved funds with its Sabine Pipeline without federal approval, totaling hundreds of billions of cubic feet over the years. An FPC investigation is planned.
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Washington
Texaco
Mobil
Amoco
Port Arthur
Tex Texaco
Gulf of Mexico
Federal Power Commission
Louisiana
FPC
Henry
Texas
Sabine Pipeline Co
Tiger Shoal
Lighthouse Point
Terminal jurisprudence and the law school craze
Russell Baker jokes about a campus trend toward law schools and journalism, arguing the rush to law degrees risks a national plague of lawyers. He contends law makes life too complex and suggests teaching law in schools as a solution, contrasting lawyerly and journalistic simplifications.
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Blackstone
Bob Woodward
Carl Bernstein
Supreme Court
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Bob Kisker
DeMolay
Kiwanis Club
LaCima Steakhouse
Greyhounds
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The
Small Society
Fred Buckles
I.M. Smalley
D Deming
C.B. Trujillo
D-Taos
Bob Wood
Jake
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Russell Baker
N.Y
Woodward
Bernstein
Watergate
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