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Jasinski was called for cross-checking with 35 seconds left, and Owen scored the game-winner by slipping the puck past Koziak and under the outstretched arm of Yale captain Gordie Ullman, son of NHL star Norm Ullman...
...over an energy package, everyone involved seemed to be looking out of the corner of his eye for an escape from the impasse. "I am more than willing to cooperate," Ford told a group of Democratic congressional leaders. "I believe there are more grounds for agreement than disagreement." Al Ullman, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and a key Democratic strategist, sounded the same conciliatory note. "We must find a way to avoid confrontation. If Congress and the Executive get into a hassle, this country will suffer...
...Ullman's initial bill embodies most of this advice. He called for a tax cut of $18 billion, with $14 billion in relief for individuals and $4 billion for business. The measure included...
During the week, Ullman quietly tried to negotiate a compromise with Ford to avoid a floor fight on the bill. Increasingly, it looked as if the President had enough Republican and conservative Democratic votes in the Senate to prevent an override of his veto of the tariff deferral. Even if they lacked the necessary votes, Republicans were prepared to filibuster and try to pick up enough support to prevent cloture. Ullman felt that the Democrats could live with the $1 bbl. oil increase if the President would hold off on the subsequent hikes...
...Ways and Means Committee, Green denounced the Administration for acting in the tradition of Watergate. "We are being treated in an ultimatum fashion," he complained. "We are beginning this exercise in an atmosphere not of compromise but in one of confrontation." Said new Ways and Means Chairman Al Ullman, who had tried to persuade Ford to put off the proclamation: "We're extremely disappointed with the President. I wonder if the President might be playing games with Congress...