Growth in Government Highlights Ohio Payroll Explosion
A Monday editorial reports on a 1963 to 1973 Ohio government employment surge. Local payrolls rose 40 percent, state 60 percent, with total salaries nearly doubling from 131 million to 352 million. Higher education drove much growth, education wages up 528 percent, and locals saw big gains in police and welfare payrolls.
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Ohio
Public Expenditure Council
OPEC
US Census
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Public Split on Pardoning Watergaters
George Gallup reports public opinion on pardoning Watergate figures John Mitchell H R Haldeman John Ehrlichman and Robert Mardian is nearly evenly divided with 43 percent in favor and 44 percent opposed. A 73 percent say the defendants received a fair trial and 70 percent back the verdict.
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George Gallup
Princeton
John Mitchell
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Robert Mardian
Watergate figures found guilty in 1972 cover-up case
Jury convicts former Attorney General John Mitchell and former White House Chief of Staff H R Haldeman of conspiracy obstruction of justice and multiple perjury counts. Ehrlichman guilty on conspiracy and perjury. Mardian guilty of conspiracy. Parkinson acquitted. Sentencing by Judge Sirica pending.
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Watergate
Atty
John N. Mitchell
White House
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Robert C. Mardian
Kenneth W. Parkinson
Parkinson
Nixon Reelection Committee
John Sirica
Haldeman
Mitchell
Richard Nixon
Ehrlichman
This Day in History January 30 1975
Jan 30 marks Gandhi assassination in New Delhi 1948 Churchill burial in London ten years ago Manila palace clashes five years ago Nixon stance one year ago. Notable birthdays include Vanessa Redgrave John Ireland Barbara Tuchman. Emerson quote closes today.
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New Delhi
Winston Churchill
London
Britain
Manila
Nixon
Vanessa Redgrave
John Ireland
Barbara Tuchman
Ralph Waldo Emerson
One in Fifty: IRS Audit Odds and Procedures
IRS audit chances average about one in fifty with income level a key factor. Computers at Martinsburg and regional centers screen returns for high deductions and error potential, while random sampling and targeted reviews supplement the process.
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Internal Revenue Service
Martinsburg
W. Va
Richard Nixon White House
Revenue Service
Letters: urge to reexamine capitalism and embrace socialism
A Messenger reader argues the front page piece on slowing drift toward socialism misses human consequences. The letter contends fear of socialism ignores the poor and disabled and urges redefining or embracing socialism to meet basic needs amid perceived capitalist failures.
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the Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Gerry Ford
Worsthorne Walks Out at London Journalist Prize Event
The Peace News editors won a prize at a London luncheon for journalistic achievement. Peregrine Worsthorne of the Sunday Telegraph left the room after a hostile critique of Britain’s imperial policy and the army. The event highlighted tensions over England’s political and economic crisis and proposed reforms like a Bill of Rights.
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London
Peace News
England
Northern Ireland
Britain
United Kingdom
Peregrine Worsthorne
Sunday Telegraph
Worsthorne
Jane Fondas
Marlon Brandos
Vietnam
Wounded Knee
Anthony Lejeune
Appeals Courts Face Backlogs Prompting Staff Lawyer Plan
Washington AP reports that U S appeals courts are falling behind and a proposal to hire staff lawyers for judges spurs debate. The four day National Conference on Appellate Justice in San Diego discusses a staggeringly rising caseload and a federal center pilot in Nebraska Virginia Illinois and New Jersey.
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San Diego
Calif
National Center For State Courts
Federal Judicial Center
Federal Circuit
The
National Center
Nebraska
Virginia
Illinois
New Jersey
Daniel J. Meador
University of Virginia Law School
Meador Weighs Staff Help For Courts Without Ousting Judges
The small society leader notes a staff can boost productivity without surrendering judge control though not all agree. The Judicial Conference reluctantly allowed the San Francisco U S Circuit Court to expand staff screening cases. The conference says more judges are real need but Congress must approve. Fear exists that staff could turn appeals courts into ratifying bodies. Pilot staff screened cases and drafted memoranda and opposed opinions for judges.
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Judicial Conference of the United States
U.S. Circuit Court
San Francisco
Congress
Appeals Courts
Commissions
Brown seeks decriminalizing rape victims in Ohio statutes
Ohio Attorney General William J. Brown urges the legislature to rewrite rape statutes so victims are treated as victims not criminals. He also calls for new laws to support prosecutors and victims in rape cases, aiming to reduce penalties for victims and improve handling of such offenses.
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Columbus, Ohio
William J. Brown
Ohio
Brown
Ohio seeks tougher crime laws and victim compensation
Ohio's general office aims to curb organized crime and aid crime victims. Brown, beginning a new four-year term, plans a broad package including harsher drug pushers penalties, humane rape reforms, multi County grand juries, and real estate coverage under consumer sales laws.
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