Court Ruling Opens Way for Taxing Mail Order Sales
The U S Supreme Court appears to permit Congress to let states tax mail order purchases, though the current ruling bars states from collecting unless Congress acts. The decision could reshape revenue for states and affect consumers, with mail order sales exceeding 20 billion dollars annually. Justice White supported overturning parts of the 1967 ruling, while the outcome hinges on congressional action to authorize tax collection.
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Washington
Congress
National Governors’ Association
North Dakota
High Court
Unant
Home Sales Dip 0.3 Percent in April
The National Association of Realtors reports existing home sales at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.5 million in April, down from March with only the West showing gains. Analysts cite abnormal weather and higher mortgage rates as factors, while year over year totals remain about 7 percent above the prior year. New home sales plunged sharply in March, and housing starts fell 17 percent in April, marking the largest monthly drop in years.
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Washington
Ously
National Association of Realtors
Commerce Department
Tors
Apri
GOP Seeks Unity as Abortion Rift Breaks Open
SALT LAKE CITY The Republican Party airs internal conflicts over abortion in a state with strict laws. Leaders allocate time to both anti abortion and abortion rights panels at a platform hearing on family values while aiming to keep a constitutional amendment banning abortion in the party platform. Mary Dent Crisp notes loyalty won t require capitulation.
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Salt Lake City
Republican Party
GOP
Mary Dent Crisp
National Republican Coalition For Choice
Student Charged With Stealing Head From Class
A pre medical student at Adelphi University, Jason Palack, 22, was charged after a landlord found half a human head in his Long Island apartment. Palack released on an appearance ticket to Hempstead District Court for June 9. police report he admitted taking the head from a class.
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Mineola
N.Y
Long Island
Jason Palack
Adelphi University
Paluck
Hempstean
Tedesco
NATO and Russia Reach Arms Pact Details in Europe
In Brussels, NATO announced Russia will retain about 6,400 tanks and other equipment under a Conventional Armed Forces in Europe accord. The agreement aims to halve a broader total of 13,150 units across the former Soviet states, with CIS leaders endorsing implementation at a recent summit.
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Brussels
Belgium
NATO
Russia
Soviet Union
Europe
Commonwealth of Independent Nations
Genetic engineering aims to boost consumer benefits in foods
Dan Wagister of Calgene argues biotechnology will yield superior tomatoes ripening on the vine and available year round, while Alan Goldhammer notes classification of biotech foods by how far they depart from traditional breeding. The industry seeks drought resistant crops and reduced chemical use in cottonseed and oil products.
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Dan Wagster
Calgene
Alan Goldhammer
The
Industrial Biotechnology Association
Arizona
Governor's study warns of landfill risk if markets falter
A draft study by the Joint Legislative Committee on Energy finds recycled materials may head to landfills unless markets are developed. Eugene Beckman, appointed by Governor Carroll Campbell, says the Solid Waste Act narrows candidate pools by listing specific areas of interest for commissioners and councils, complicating appointments.
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Joint Legislative Committee On Energy
Advisory Council
Eugene Beckman
Carroll Campbell
Not One But Two Californias
California secession ideas spread as rural counties demand relief from tax and state control. In New York City boroughs Queens and Staten Island seek to separate from Manhattan influence. A legislative report notes the move echoing a 1859 split attempt, with complex hurdles and regional debate nationwide.
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California
New York City
Queens
Staten Island
Manhattan
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Stan Statham
Ater
Congress
Mendocino
James Sibbett
Ukiah
Sibbett
Greenland P-38s buried 250 feet beneath ice face long search
A 16 member team led by Richard Taylor and Pat Epps reaches 250 feet below the Greenland surface as they pursue six WWII P-38 fighters and two B-17 bombers from Bolero. After a 1988 pinpoint, an earlier 1990 attempt failed. plans include a July 15 ice party marking the squadron's 50th anniversary.
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Chamelee
Ventures Sonk
Greenland
Atlanta
Richard’ Taylor
Taylor
Greenland Expedition Society
Pat Epps
Epps Air Service
Chamblee
United States
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National Organization To Reform
Los Angeles
Exhibitor Relations Co
John Krier
Mel Gibson
Danny Glover
Bickleton
Wash
Tammy Lynn Williams
Bickleton High School
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Wagster
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Lost Squadron
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London
Aiken
Parker's At Pop's Cakes
Whiskey Road
Anderson
Mike Anderson
Porky Bradberry
Leverett’s Men's
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