Instant Registration Plan Draws GOP Fire in Congress
Republicans assail the Carter administration plan to allow election day registration and voting as a cynical move. The House Administration Committee backed the plan 17 to 8 after tightening amendments, despite a Justice Department memo warning of high fraud risk and urging caution in relaxing safeguards.
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House
Justice Department
Craig Dansanto
Griffin B. Bell
Congress
Peter F. Flaherty
Bell
Flaherty
House Administration Committee
Senate Rules Committee
Robert P. Griffin
Rmich
Carter
White House
Martha Mitchell Birth Home Draws Visitors in Pine Bluff
The two story Pine Bluff residence where Martha Mitchell was born has become a minor shrine after restoration by Vanya and Bob Abbott. Visitors tour the home for free, attracted by the sign Home of Martha Beall Mitchell, while Mrs Mitchell was known for her Nixon era views. The Abbotts consider National Register nomination as they preserve 1900 1930 era furnishings and ponder adding a formal museum status.
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Ark
Martha Mitchell
Mitchell
Fourth Avenue
Elm Street
Vanya
Bob Abbott
Abbott
Martha
Martha Beall Mitchell
Abbotts
Henry A. Lowry Elected President of Northern Virginia Health Group
Henry A. Lowry was elected President of the Tuberculosis and Health Assn of Northern Virginia. Dropping corporate profits and reduced tax revenues may push the federal budget deficit beyond 10 billion dollars in the current fiscal year.
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Henry A. Lowry
Tuberculosis and Health Assn
Northern
Virginia
Virginia Residents Deliver 71 000 CARE Packages Since 1946
Residents of Virginia contributed 71 000 CARE packages overseas from 1946 to the present. The president urged Congress to establish a flood disaster insurance program backed by 14 billion dollars in government funds.
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Virginia
Congress
Wind Power Rate Approved For N Y Con Ed Customers
The New York Public Service Commission approved a plan by Consolidated Edison to introduce a special experimental wind power rate. The move follows a rooftop 2 kilowatt windmill in Manhattan seeking to feed excess power back to the grid amid concerns about equipment safety.
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N.Y. Con
Albany, N.Y
State Public Service Commission
Consolidated Edison Co
Con
Manhattan
Con Edison
PSC
Con Ed
New York City
Extra $2 Per Barrel Is Proposed for Alaskan Oil
The Carter administration proposes allowing Alaska North Slope producers to raise revenue by 2 billion over four years by charging refiners an extra 2 per barrel while keeping Alaska oil prices below world levels. The plan aims to boost producer incentives without raising consumer prices and accompanies House actions on foreign oil imports and a push to create a Public Energy Administration within a new Energy Department.
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Carter Administration
Alaska
North Slope
Federal Energy Administration
House
U.S
Government Operations Committee
Carter
Department of Energy
FEA
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