Carter Unveils 31.2 Billion Two Year Economic Stimulus
The Carter administration details a two year 31.2 billion stimulus plan with 50 per person rebates for most citizens and 50 for Social Security SSI and earned income credit recipients. It aims to boost public service jobs and provide tax cuts including eliminating the minimum standard deduction. Key officials Lance Blumenthal and Schultze testified before the House Budget Committee outlining rebates, tax cuts, and countercyclical aid to states and localities.
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Donald H. May
Washington
UPI
Carter Administration
Carter
Bert Lance
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
Charles Schultze
House Budget Committee
Lance
Explosions Hit PG&E Substation in Cupertino
Five blasts struck PG&E’s Monta Vista substation in Cupertino around 12:30 a.m. damaging four transformers and cutting power to about 21 000 customers for up to thirty minutes. Investigators consider possible links to prior Marin County bombings by the New World Liberation Front.
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Cupertino
Calif
UPC
Pacific Gas and, Electric Co
Marin County
New World Liberation Front
Pg&e
Ron Rutkowski
Landsat Satellites Track Natural Resources From Space
NASA officials describe Landsat satellites as a tool to monitor soil disturbance strip mines timber stands and crop areas from a high vantage point They can read spectral signatures to identify materials and tell resource officials what is happening across regions within days Mooneyhan notes farmers and agency staff could use timely data to adjust planting and land use and Landsat tapes offer a cost effective data source for state and federal programs
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Thomas Brooks Jr
Sldell
UPL
Federal Space Agency
Landsat
Wyoming
Mississippi
Earth Resources Observation System
Prisms
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
D. Wayne Mooneyhan
NASA
Earth Resources Laboratory
Slidell
Lake Pontchartrain
New Orleans
Mooneyhan
Carter Urges Cold Weather Conservation Nationwide
President Carter urged Americans to cut thermostats to 6 degrees by day and much lower at night to ease the natural gas crisis. He warned further sacrifices may be needed and noted 4,000 industrial plants closed and 400,000 workers laid off due to gas prices while pipelines curtail shipments.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Rocky Mountains
Congress
White House
Bishop Supports Vatican Stand on Women Priests
Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin of Cincinnati, head of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, says the Vatican reaffirmation against women priests rests on theological grounds not male superiority. He notes growing female leadership in the church, urges reconciliation with those opposed, and warns ecumenical relations face new complexities as other denominations ordain women.
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Washington
UPI
Vatican
Joseph L. Bernardin
Cincinnati
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Bernardin
United States
Blistr Klear launches to curb cold sores by Chap Stick makers
A new gel product Blistr Klear promises to dry up cold sores and fever blisters before they scar. The invisible non greasy formula from the Chap Stick lip balm line is sold over the counter at drug stores.
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Bute
Mississippi River
Jack Leckner
Pend Oreille
Bellone Hearing Aid Service
Cal
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Sony — Quasor
Akai
Sylvania
BSA
Sony
Nelson
Cedar Avenue
Sandpoint
Valentine
Loveland
U.S.A
Colorado
USA
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