Congress begins drafting energy conservation bill with taxes and quotas
The House Ways and Means Committee moves toward a formal bill including a 3 cent gasoline tax hike in 1976, then 20 cents later if goals lag. It targets foreign oil at 25 percent of consumption by 1985, with import quotas set around 6 million barrels daily for 1976-77, rising to 6.5 in 1977, then easing to 5.5 by 1979.
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Butter Bean Eating Champion Crowned In Tennessee
Grover Collins, a Southeast Tennessee trucker, won the first annual butter bean eating championship in Soddy-Daisy by finishing 70 ounces in 60 minutes. He says challengers are coming from across the nation.
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Soddy-Daisy
Tenn
Grover Collins
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Antarctic may be giant vacuum cleaner study suggests
Two Washington State University researchers say the Antarctic may remove pollution from the atmosphere. Dr. Rasmussen and K Jerry Allwine spent January at the Scott Amundsen polar station, noting the continent could balance nature by extracting gaseous compounds from air while acting as a precipitator for water vapor containing trace gases.
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Second Minor Quake Shakes Puget Sound Area
A 4.0 magnitude quake rattled Seattle to Olympia Tuesday evening, with no injuries or damage reported. Seismologist Crosson notes it poses no broader threat and explains the Richter scale difference between 4 and 5.
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