High Speed Rail Plan Advances in New York Legislature
The New York Legislature approves a broad rail bill aiming for 110 mph service between New York City and Buffalo within three years. The plan would invest up to 800 million dollars in state and federal funds to improve passenger and freight rail, create jobs, and deter line abandonments with a 250 million debt under the Railroad Preservation Bond Act.
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Christine McKnight
Albany
New York
New York City
Buffalo
Hugh Carey
Assembly
Senate
Thomas Frey
Rochester
Frey
Assembly Transportation Committee
Amtrak
National Rail Passenger Corp
Capitol
Agency For Energy Research
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
D&h
Binghamton
Oneonta
Upstate
Northeast
Penn Central
Syracuse-Fulton-Oswego
Lake Ontario
Oswego
Riverview
Niagara Falls
Orange
Rockland
Long Island Railroad
Federal probe promised into Carey oil deal pressures
The Federal Energy Administration will conduct a sweeping internal investigation into alleged political pressure to obtain federal licenses in an oil deal involving New York Governor Hugh Careys brother Edward M Carey. A White House link during the Nixon era was cited, while Gov Carey aides deny any improper influence and call the report a fabrication.
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New York
Hugh Carey
Edward M. Carey
Robert E. Nipp
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Robert Laird
Carey
Laird
Energy Agency
Frank G. Zarb
Federal Energy Administration
Federal Energy Office
Chrysler Offers New Cash Rebates on Most Models
Chrysler Corp. announced a new rebate program offering 200 to 300 dollar discounts through November on most cars and trucks. Dealers must contribute 100 dollars of each rebate and meet purchase quotas. Large cars and best sellers Cordoba and Charger SE plus Colt will not receive rebates.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Colt
Record Warmth Fron t Breaks 1952 Local Peak
A cold front will bring cooler air tonight with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures today reached 92 degrees, nine degrees above the previous record for the day set in 1952. Tonight and tomorrow lows near 60 and 80s are forecast with light variable winds and only a small chance of rain.
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National Weather Service
Hancock Field
Spying trial opens for Guillaume in West Germany
Guenter Guillaume and his wife Christel go on trial in a windowless basement courtroom in Düsseldorf on espionage charges. He could face life imprisonment if convicted as witnesses including Brandt and Genscher are expected to testify in mid August.
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Duesseldorf
West Germany
Guenter Guillaume
Willy Brandt
Hermann-Josef Mueller
Guillaume
Christel
Brandt
Guenther Nollau
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
East Germany
Socialist Party
Socialist
Ford childhood home in Grand Rapids faces neglect
The VA owned three story house where Gerald Ford lived from 1923 to 1930 sits uninhabited and deteriorating in a predominantly black neighborhood. Residents fault Ford and VA for inaction while Ford shows little concern for preservation. White House counsel Philip Buchen suggests Ford would not want private sponsorship to preserve it.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Veterans Administration
Michigan
Ford
Grand Rapids
Fred Oliver
Nancy Brown
Philip Buchen
White House
Acid gun terrorist hunted on Long Island highway
Seaford police hunt a white male about 25 to 90 years old after six acid attacks on teen girls over a 20 mile Sunrise Highway stretch from Massapequa to West Babylon. Victims report an acid filled water pistol, two tone brown getaway car, and a giggle as the assaults occurred nightly.
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Seaford
N.Y
Massapequa
Wantagh
West Babylon
Stephanie Krodman
Debbie
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Caermmerer
Nassau
Senate Transportation Committee
Valery Chkalov
Georgi Baidukhov
North Pole
Europe
United States
Rose Garden
Anatoli Dobrynin
Aleksan
Igor
FEA
By Martin Tolchin
New York Times Service
Washington
The
PLEO
Alabama
Carey Brothers
John) Sparkman
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Atlanta
Sylvia Porter Radin
Wilson
Joseph
Yellow Kid
Weil
Chicago
UPI
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