26 Sep 1977
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1977
Page
1
The Senate Finance Committee rejected President Carter's plan to tax domestic crude oil to push conservation by a 106 vote. The panel will seek alternative tax ideas to curb usage while encouraging energy production, amid anticipated gasoline price rises of seven to nine cents per gallon.
The cease-fire in southern Lebanon shows tentative effect with Israel retreating its armored forces across the border. The agreement involves Israel, Lebanon, and Yasir Arafat, though a small guerrilla faction rejects it. Meanwhile President Carter overruled a CAB recommendation and approved lowered transatlantic fares, setting New York to London at $256 with capacity-based reservations.
President Carter campaigns in Virginia as Democrats push to end a filibuster on the gas price regulation bill. Senate debates a Panamist treaty with hearings set, while Byrd requests TV and radio coverage of the ratification process next January.
Vatican City report says Pope Paul VI marked his 80th birthday as he indicated life may end soon. A close associate questioned whether the pope would retire at 80 as he had urged his cardinals to do.
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance warned that Senate rejection of the new Panama Canal treaty could raise the chance that Panama soon seizes control of the waterway. He argued approval would leave the United States better off than in the past.
International Monetary Fund Managing Director H Johannes Witteveen said anti inflation policies of industrial nations have slowed growth and kept unemployment at recession levels. He urged major reductions in unemployment only if nations pursue markedly higher rates of economic expansion at the IMF World Bank meeting.
In King William's Town, South Africa, police shot a black youth amid racial unrest after Steve Biko's funeral drew about 20 000 mourners. The death brings the toll to four as anti government protests intensify following Biko's detention death two weeks earlier.
Scottsdale Police Chief Walter C. Nemetz paid a 13 dollar fine for a Aug 19 two car collision at Lincoln Drive and Scottsdale Road. Court records show 10 dollars for the fine and 3 dollars in court fees. Investigators say Nemetz remained at the scene until the other driver left and admitted involvement despite earlier reports.
Scottsdale and four other cities request a total of 2.5 million dollars in UMTA operating funds for buses with Phoenix seeking 2.0 million and each city detailing specific amounts for operations. A separate capital improvements request totals 273 280 dollars while a dial a ride demonstration grant is noted as separate. The public hearing is Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Phoenix City Council chambers.
Scottsdale introduces special lobby drops at the main office and two stations to cancel out of town mail with a Scottsdale postmark locally before Phoenix processing. The change, effective today, follows last year’s central processing system shift that faced union opposition over staff moves and concerns about postmarks on mail sent outside the city.
The ATF announces new rules to curb tax free cigarette exports from border warehouses destined for Mexico. Officials say most cigarettes never reach Mexico and the plan aims to close the border black market while protecting compliant local retailers. Public comments due in 60 days.
City council to review a proposal for 70 new Section 8 units in Scottsdale raising total to 235 units. 16 elderly and disabled, 49 small families, 5 large families. HUD subsidizes most rent. units scattered across the city. Meeting scheduled 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Scottsdale Public Library auditorium.
Scottsdale School system expands bilingual education and English as a second language programs to assist about 60 foreign students. Andrea Bartlett leads elementary level efforts, Donna Renaud and Barbara Mulholland oversee high schools. A language bank of non English speaking volunteers is being developed to help students learn American idioms and culture.
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