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Newspaper
The Times Herald Record
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1975
Page
4
President Ford asks Congress for mandatory prison terms and higher penalties to curb violent street crime. He seeks up to 50 million dollars annually for five years to empower states, a model criminal code, tighter gun-sale rules, and aid to victims of violent federal crimes.
President Ford urged Congress to pass a full recodification of federal criminal law and adopt new measures. He called for higher fines, mandatory minimums for weapons, hijacking, kidnapping, and hard-drug trafficking, plus career criminal programs and more federal judgeships. He favored stronger gun controls but opposed gun owner registration.
The House approved a scaled down energy bill 291 to 130 aiming to limit oil imports and tax inefficient cars while taxing business use of fuel. It sets import quotas and offers tax breaks for home insulation electric cars and solar gear. Rep Sam ...
The piece notes a nationwide postal strike warning and remarks by Postmaster Bailor on break-even timing for rate hikes tied to rising labor costs. It also covers comments by Gibbons and Ullman on a conservation bill, plus Ford’s energy tax plan aiming to curb oil use with price increases and predicted savings, prompting Republican criticism that it won’t boost energy production.
Federal Energy Administrator Frank G. Zarb assured Americans they would have ample gasoline this summer despite a 6 percent drop in stocks. He criticized media predictions of shortages as potentially causing panic buying and spot shortages while noting refineries have cut output even as crude oil stocks rise 5 percent.
U.S. Geological Survey slashed Atlantic offshore oil estimates by 80 percent, saying untapped resources out to 650 feet depth may hold 2 to 4 billion barrels instead of 10 to 20 billion. National totals drop from 65 to 120 billion to 10 to 49 billion as leasing plans begin.
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