Mayors Seek New Revenue Sources At Atlanta Meeting
Editorial notes mayors from American cities including Robert Rock of Anderson gathering in Atlanta to find new municipal revenue amid calls for tax relief. They argue California Proposition 13 spurred broader tax revolt, while Hoosier property taxes remain pressured though Indiana froze rates in 1973. The piece contends taxpayers face double taxation and waste, fueling demand for reform.
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Arger
Robert Rock
Anderson
Atlanta
California
Peachtree
Congress
Capital fare Handgun horror city
columnist argues gun control is undermined by lenient sentencing for unlawful handgun carriers citing FBI data and a Capitol Hill case. He laments judges who release suspects on bail, leaving elderly victims at risk and challenging the crime message of gun regulation.
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Andrerenee
Washington
FBI
District of Columbia
Capitol Hill
Tax revolt grows as Americans refuse income taxes
Paul Harvey reports a rising tax revolt with individuals like Irwin Schiff and E L Fowler refusing to pay taxes. Noting court losses in The Government vs. Drexler and The Government vs. Stetton, the piece argues a forum for resentment against tax funding for the indigent and abroad, while politicians respond.
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Paul Marvey
United States
Irwin Schiff
Cameron Hall
Wheatland
Wye
E.L. Fowler
Tifton
IRS
Drexler
Wriner
Fand
Srexler
Congress
Italy
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Taxpayer Voices Against Government Waste and Tax Revolt
A reader letter from Melvin L. Smith of Markleville and other contributors protest wasteful government spending, call for accountability and tax revolt action, reference Proposition 13 and editorial sentiment, and cite Will Rogers remarks from 1927 as context.
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OSHA
HEW
Rt. 1
Nuclear power gains stalled by bureaucracy says Schlesinger
In this 1978 column, the writer lauds James R. Schlesinger's Senate testimony on nuclear energy and the Nuclear Siting and Licensing Act of 1978. He argues centuries of delay hinder peacetime use, urges decisive leadership, and notes a shift from free growth to bureaucratic stalling in utility orders since 1975.
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Huang Aueanes
Washington
America
Utility Brotherhood
Carter
Lincoln
Grant
Jeff Davis
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Amer
James R. Schles
Inger
Secretary of Energy
United States
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Churchill
Schlesinger
Senate
McNaught Syn., Inc
Big Apple in the red as Koch seeks federal loan
Mayor Ed Koch tours Washington seeking a $2 billion federal loan guarantee while a national poll finds middle-class taxpayers oppose bailing New York out of past financial excesses. City faces June loan program expiry and potential bankruptcy, with tax burdens rising and Singer Co moving to Stamford amid high New York taxes.
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Wwo
Ed Koch
Washington
New York
Congress
New York City
West Coast
Citicorp Center
Chicago
Singer Co
Sewing Machine Fame
Manhattan
Stamford
Conn
Middle America
California
George McGovern
KFS
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