Tax Bill Goes To Conference
A Senate House conference committee to reconcile tax cuts and breaks faces a lengthy process with no net federal income tax increase through January 1978. The plan includes extension of individual cuts, broad business relief, and numerous provisions adding up to a 2000 page bill that could raise $3.6 billion annually by 1981.
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Washington
Senate
House Conference
House
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
D-Ore
Viking 2 Enters Mars Orbit as Viking 1 Probes Life Search
Viking 2 completed a 40 minute rocket burn to place the four ton craft in a 27.4 hour orbit around Mars within 932 miles at periare and 22 126 miles at apogee while Viking 1 continues life detection tests. Officials expect initial orbit checks and photos as Viking 2 approaches its first pass Sunday.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Viking 2
Viking 1
Cease-fire in Lebanon Fails as Fighting Surges
Beirut battles flare in scattered locations as the latest cease-fire collapses amid rising casualties. Arab League mediator seeks Syrian input for peace talks while forces report supply route cuts and mopping up in Nabaa and Nabaa’s Moslem slum areas.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Hassan Sabri Khali
Egypt
Arab League
League
Ohammed Hassan Ghoneim
Chimistar
Phalange
Nabaa
Naban
Riverton Firm Expands Into Lime Business
Riverton Firm buys Blair Division assets from Jones and Laughlin Steel in Martinsburg West Virginia. Blair Division makes lime and limestone products for steel chemical water and sewage sectors. This marks Riverton’s entry into the chemical lime business. Riverton founded 1868. previously cement and stone producer.
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Riverton Corp
Front Royal
Blair
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Martinsburg
W. Va
Riverton
Singing Echoes Shine At Shenandoah Gospel Sing
The Singing Echoes performed at Watermelon Park Clarke County during the fourth annual Shenandoah Valley Gospel Sing. A crowd of about 3200 attended despite threatening rain as the week-long event continued with last night’s show beginning in the evening.
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Singing Echoes
Shenandoah Valley
Watermelon Park
Clarke County
Toxins Searched in Legionnaires Disease Probe
Harrisburg researchers shift focus to toxins as possible cause of Legionnaires disease with 25 deaths. Officials note no new outbreaks since Tuesday while testing for toxic agents in hotels, carpets, wallpaper, and air conditioning.
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Harrisburg
David Sencer
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Sencer
Leonard Bachman
Pennsylvania
Bachman
Marathon contributors seek records for 4-H center fund drive
Despite morning showers and a forecast of more rain, runners pressed on to set world records for the Northern Virginia 4-H Education Center. Umbrellas shaded participants as they completed an up and down route, while the public joined the effort at the marathon site.
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Northern Virginia
Frederick
Clarke County
Loudoun St. Mall
Guiness Book of
Uncertainty grips Philadelphia hotel district amid Legionnaires scare
In the Bellevue Stratford Hotel district fear rises as the Legionnaires disease mystery swirls around the July convention. Hotels report cancellations and half full dining rooms while health officials caution the illness appears tied to convention attendees and offer no clear cause.
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Philadelphia
Stratford Gardens
Bellevue Stratford Hotel
Quaker City
Bellevue Stratford
Hillel Levinson
Horn and Hardart
Holiday Inn
Richard W. Shreily
Benjamin Franklin
Lewis D. Polk Polk
Bookbinders
American Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sheraton Hotel
Frederick County Land Use Map Outlines Proposed Uses
In the Star an annotated map on page 6 shows the proposed Frederick County land use plan with delineated zones. Page 9 highlights a Living section review of Wayside Theatre's current production Jeers Tears and Cheers. Religion section references several area programs on page 15.
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Frederick County
Star
Wayside Theatre
Abby
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