Senate keeps basic skills aid plan in education bill
The Senate approved a multi million dollar program to teach reading writing and arithmetic, rejecting a bid to remove it from an education bill by a 62-30 vote. The plan would provide up to 754 million dollars in federal aid over five years to strengthen fundamentals. A GAO report on abandoned urban houses urges HUD to require grant cities to act on plans, and to offer incentives to keep properties occupied. It cites 149 cities with housing abandonment data, noting most are privately owned and deteriorating, with St. Louis Detroit and Philadelphia detailing major to substantial problems.
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Nation Jones Prompts Senate Finance on Larger Tax Cut
Nation Jones spoke before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. Chairman Russell B. Long of Louisiana indicated support for a tax cut larger than the House-passed measure.
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Carter's Dealing May Defeat Gas Compromise
A Senate Republican calls President Carter's push for a natural gas pricing compromise political extortion. Senator Hatfield aided the plan but balks at Carter's pledge to back breeder reactor programs in Idaho for Idaho Senator McClure, hinting at a possible defeat of the gas bill when readied for a final vote next month.
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McGarry Near FEC Confirmation After Senate Delay
The Senate Rules Committee, after a year’s delay, ready to confirm John W. McGarry of Boston to a vacant Democratic seat on the Federal Election Commission. Republicans have complained his disclosure form on financial dealings was vague and possibly inaccurate. An Amish woman harvests tobacco with her family in Irish Town, eastern Lancaster County, in a late summer scene.
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Bigger tax cut urged by business leader Jones
Reginald H. Jones, chairman of General Electric, warns the economy faces a real danger of recession unless Congress enacts a tax cut of at least 25 billion dollars. He says the House approved 16.3 billion is insufficient to prevent a slump and urges decisive action by lawmakers.
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Prisons face millions for upgrades after riot
Springfield AP reports guards say improving Illinois prison system to prevent another deadly riot could cost 20 to 30 million dollars. Gov. Thompson met with AFSCME leaders who urged hiring more guards, upgrading facilities, and possibly building two additional prisons beyond the planned Hillsboro and Centralia sites.
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Chemical seepage after blast closes Calumet River
A pre dawn explosion at Ashland Chemical Co. in Calumet City killed Reather Maupin 34 of Lake Station Ind and injured four others. Water used to fight the blaze mixed with at least 17 chemicals and flowed into the Little Calumet River prompting barge traffic closure and river evacuation. A later flare up spilled about 150 gallons of chemicals. dangerous substances include ethyl acetate butyl acrylate and methyl acrylate. The refinery fire forced evacuation of a 10 block area while earthen dams were built to prevent further seepage. Ashland Chemical, a unit of Ashland Oil, blamed a faulty safety device for the blast which followed a large acrylic resin kettle explosion. The incident followed a similar deadly blast at Stauffer Chemical Co. in Chicago Heights last week.
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Tie among four valedictorians at Wood-Ridge High
Wood-Ridge New Jersey AP reports principal Paul Moran announced four seniors Catherine Bush Jean Dobek Diane Sarlo and Patricia McNamara as co valedictorians after their grade-point averages were tied to the fifth decimal place. The four students share the top honors and prizes normally given to a single valedictorian.
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NIU male teachers sue for equal pay across university
About 400 NIU male instructors file a reverse discrimination suit against NIU and the Illinois Board of Regents claiming salaries lag behind women. The suit cites a 1976 Nebraska case with $82,000 in damages as a precedent for male wage claims.
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University of Nebraska
Alton dam study delayed as Congress advances new lock plan
A long ignored Army Corps study on repairing Lock and Dam 26 near Alton faces December completion with final conclusions due by March 1979. Meanwhile Congress nears authorizing a $432 million replacement and a four year fuel tax plan for barge operators while field tests at a New York firm site proceed to assess stabilizing the dam foundation.
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