Oil tax debate moves to funding allocation decision
A House Ways and Means vote split over President Carter’s oil tax plan raising gasoline costs to curb demand. The panel backed higher taxes with watchdog aims to prevent windfall profits and consider rebates to consumers, while a $2.5 billion producer subsidy was defeated 21-16.
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Moped versus Ferrari in Manhattan cross-town race
Bruce MacInnes on a gasoline moped won a cross-town dash from United Nations Plaza to Sardi's over 2.4 miles in just over eight minutes. The event, organized by the Madison Avenue Society, featured 16 contestants and mixed vehicles including a Ferrari which finished last. Stewart Guthrie joined as a jogger promoter of pedestrianism. an electric moped briefly passed, spurring a final sprint.
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