No Thaws Left as Madison County Rejects Local Option Tax
Madison County Council voted 74 to reject the local option income tax amid a sparse audience. Remonstrators led by Assessor Tom Broderick argued the tax would hit individuals, not businesses, while DARRELL BRANHAM urged restraint. Only Pendleton’s Bill Hadley supported the plan, citing needs to replace property taxes and fund services with inflation. The council deadlocked discussions on timing and long-term effects, with public polls showing strong opposition. The measure may be reconsidered before July 1 for 1974.
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Mary Lou Ravage
Oth Henry
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Delaware
Grant
Hancock County
Madison County
Ruling TKOs FPC Upholding Contract Limits on Rates
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voided a 2 percent rate hike against Indiana & Michigan Electric and two municipalities in the Anderson and Richmond cases. The decision affirms the Mobile Sierra Memphis doctrine, preserving contract integrity against new tariffs. The ruling could set nationwide precedent, favoring municipal utilities facing investor owned rate actions and reinforcing federal power regulation limits. Judge-level analysis highlights that contracts binding before rate disputes cannot be overridden by private agreements, a principle traced to 1956 58 Supreme Court rulings. The Anderson case binds until April 17 1975 in a preexisting lower industrial rate.
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Anderson Richmond
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Maris Hall
Jack Campbell
Federal Power) Commission
Supreme Court
Mobile‘Sierra-Memphis
Mobile-Sierra-Memphis
Rock Advances Fire Station Plans Amid Revenue Sharing Proposal
Mayor Robert L. Rock outlined a 1973 revenue sharing proposal totaling 431 882 dollars, prioritizing construction for a new central fire station with 300 000 dollars for building and 300 000 already approved for land and design from 1972 funds. The plan also earmarks 80 000 for street work, 51 882 for vehicles and equipment, with targets set for 1974 implementation pending state approval and possible adjustments.
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Robert L. Rock
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22Nd Street
Madison Avenue
Cross Streets
Genter Memorial Center
Teachers Seek Expanded Rights in Bargaining Talks
Madison teachers push for stronger bargaining power as bills move toward 1974, seeking contracts defining duties and limits for teachers and boards. In West Central, about 30 teachers protested trustee salary plans while negotiating salaries, with a wage offer rising from 5.5 to 45 percent before most teachers rejected it.
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Tel Voit
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South
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Northwestern
Madison County
West Central School Board
West Central
Bull French
French
Denial by Haldeman denies Water rate coverup
H R Haldeman denies involvement in a Water rate coverup while two senators say they are not satisfied. The page notes also cover Sky lab experiments halted and other page references. Weiskopf Leads Kemper s Kemper Open first round in Charlotte. Senate Votes Fund Cutoff passes 63 19 to halt bombing in Gam rodia and Laos. Nixon Pompidou Reykjavik talks discussed.
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Weiskopf
Kempers
Tom Weiskopf
Charlotte
N.C
Senate
U.S
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Laos
Muslim prayer dispute triggers deadly prison attack in Philadelphia
In Holmesburg Prison, Warden Patrick Curran was stabbed and Deputy Fromhold shot as inmates Frederick Burton and Joseph Bowen attacked after seeking more time for Muslim prayer meetings. Prison officials say guards thwarted further carnage. Mayor Rizzo calls for the death penalty.
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Robert F. Fromhold
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Joseph Bowen
Frank L. Rizzo
Joseph F. O'Neill
Leroy Taylor
Bowen
Burton
Philadelphia General Hospital
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