1-2 cent gas tax eyed for highways
Budget director David Stockman proposed a temporary 1 or 2 cent increase in the federal gasoline tax to fund highway costs. The plan would allow states to use extra revenue to offset cuts from the Highway Trust Fund while the idea remains in discussion at the White House and DOT. Governors meet Reagan officials to press budget and tax-cut goals amid concerns over strings on federal aid and state flexibility.
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Georgia
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Pilgrim of Peace Pope Arrives in Japan for Nuclear War Appeal
Pope John Paul II lands in Tokyo aboard a Phillingoine Airlines jet as a pilgrim of peace. He plans to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki and address a nonnuclear pledge while facing protests from rightists and anti-Catholic groups. He greets foreign ministers, Japanese Catholics, and symbolically receives origami cranes. Demonstrations and posters of anti-papal sentiment accompany the visit.
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Lorain Ford Plant Faces Major Temporary Layoffs
More than 3,000 workers at Ford Lorain Assembly will be idle for one week starting March 2 with returns the weeks of March 9 and 16 before another week off on March 23. Production on the passenger car line will slow from 37 to 40 units per hour by March 30 due to weak demand.
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United Auto Workers Local 425
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Avon Lake
Mismanaged Carson City silver dollar sale sparks outcry
Washington congressman Frank Annunzio attacks General Services Administration handling of the Carson City silver dollar sale, describing it as a major example of government mismanagement. The review cites long delays, bad checks, lax procedures, and misreporting, noting $1 million in refunds on bad checks and 714 recipients receiving excess funds.
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Consumer agency warns cuts would hamper health emergency response
Washington based Consumer Product Safety Commission officials told budget chief David Stockman that a 30 percent cut and 200 plus job losses would leave the agency in a solely reactive posture. They urged a minimum fiscal 1982 budget of 39 million dollars and 775 full time positions, better than Stockman’s 32.9 million and 633 jobs. They warned final decisions on March 10 will shape ability to respond to future crises.
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Reagan
Office of Management and Budget
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Congress
Ten seized in MEG drug raids. Elyria arrests listed
Elyria police and sheriff's deputies aided MEG agents in a raid at 451 West River Street around 6 15 p m resulting in three arrests James Hollins 33 of the residence charged with one count trafficking in drugs and bond set at 2500 Mary 26 charged with three counts trafficking in drugs bond 15000 Anthony McGee 18 of 263 Courtland Street charged with three counts trafficking in marijuana Nettgin 32 of 10078 Jacquay Road arrested 1 53 p m charged with aggravated trafficking in drugs Federal search warrant executed in Columbia Township yielded scales vials two ounces of cocaine and three ounces of marijuana with street value about 5000 Nettgin may face federal charges.
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Jacquay Road
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FBI cites progress in fighting organized crime
Washington D C UPI The FBI reports progress against organized crime but not eradication according to executive assistant director for investigations Francis Bud Mullen He notes shifts to tougher targets like white collar crime and foreign counterintelligence with 1700 agents on property and personal crime 1800 on white collar and 1300 on organized crime while overall crime rose 11 percent in 1979.
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Reagan to meet governors on proposed federal cuts
Reagan returns from California for talks with governors on his economic plan. Meese notes focus on inflation, block grants under new federalism to shift functions and revenues to states. Officials say opposition may arise, and contingency plans exist for Central America. Reagan appears rested and engaged with the agenda.
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California
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