Big-City Dems Face Rift Over Revenue Sharing At Mayors Meet
At the U S Conference of Mayors session in Boston 350 mayors weigh a public stance on revenue sharing with big city Democrats facing opposition from Republican colleagues and several Western and smaller city leaders. The outcome could shape next year’s lobbying on urban funding and the push for a greater need factor in funds distribution. Chicago Mayor Richard J Daley had backed the greater need approach before departing.
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Boston
U.S
Conference of Mayors
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Ford Administration
Moon Landrieu
New Orleans
Kenneth A. Gibson
Newark
N.J
Congress
Ford Delays Primaries Decisions Finances
Washington AP staff report on Ford campaign manager Bo Callaway outlining lines between government and campaign spending. He cites possible use of federal funds, limits on spending, and plans to run through 1976 with a small Ford operation while maintaining party support and avoiding deficit risks.
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Ford
Washington
President
Ford Committee
Army
Howard H
Bo" Callaway
Republican National Committee
Campaign Committee
Callaway
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Ership
Richard M. Nixon
Tax Credit Shows Weak Impact On Home Building
A government board says the $2,000 tax credit did not spark a housing boom. New single family and multi family starts remained insufficient to reduce the backlog, with April unsold single family homes at 380,000 and months of sales high. May starts rose 14.2 percent but did not change the overall trend.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Savings and Loan Associations
Congress
Russell B. Long
D-La
Seven year old girl wins egg eating contest in Titusville
Cheree Taylor 7 ate 11 hard boiled eggs in four minutes to win an Easter contest then placed second in pie eating and finished a feast including cotton candy ice cream and fried chicken. Her mother Sherry Taylor says the girl now eats constantly while the family budget strains from unemployment and rising groceries. Cheree cheerfully declares she is putting it all in her stomach.
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Titusville, Fla
Cheree Taylor
Sherry Taylor
Mrs. Taylor
Cheree
Fred
Public Defender Measure Heads for House Floor Vote
A bill to provide public defenders for indigents headed for a House floor vote with about three dozen sponsors from both parties. It would create an Ohio Public Defender Commission and let counties join regional offices or run their own, funded by initial appropriations and potential federal aid.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Public Defender Commission
Harry J. Lehman
Shaker Heights
State Commission
Lehman
Public Defender
Sunshine operation exposed undercover IRS agent in Miami
For 18 months Mr A led a secret intelligence program called Operation Sunshine in the Miami area. He spent most work hours in bars copying gossip and phone numbers while listing 950 taxpayers including judges and politicians. The effort, funded at over $39,500 salary and more than $10,500 in expenses, was canceled January 31, 1973, after IRS officials testified before Congress.
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Washington
Mr. A
Internal Revenue Service
Sally Russell
IRS
Miami
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Harry the Hat
Warren A. Bates
Equal Yield Bill Faces Changes In State Education Aid Plan
The Ohio House Finance Committee plans major revisions to the equal yield bill after lobbying by the Ohio Board of Realtors and others. Chairman Myrl H. Shoemaker said the panel would remove a key section restoring some property tax millage rollbacks and begin amendments Thursday aiming for floor passage next week.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Finance Committee
Myrl H. Shoemaker
Bourneville
Ohio Board of Realtors
Board of Tax Appeals
Senate
Nixon May Face Probing CIA Report Finds No Plots
The CIA document delivered to President Ford last December and released Tuesday finds no evidence of plots to kill foreign leaders. Senate Intelligence Chair Frank Church said Nixon may be asked to testify about assassination plots. The Vail Report reiterates Rockefeller Commission findings with two added programs involving Langley construction workers informants and infiltration of narcotics agents.
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Nixon
CIA
Washington
Ford
Rockefeller Commission
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller Planet
Senate Intelligence Committee
Frank Church
Didaho
Mony
Church
William E. Colby
Vail
Colo
Langley
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
US Begins Talks With Unknown Country to Represent Interests in South Vietnam
Washington AP reports the United States opened negotiations with an unidentified foreign nation to represent American interests in South Vietnam, with officials declining to identify the chosen country. Ashland Oil denies CIA funds totaling $98,968 were for domestic political donations, though records show payments over four years ending March 1973. The firm, a leading independent refinery, also admits giving over $700,000 in illegal donations to Nixon, Humphrey, the Democratic party, and other unnamed candidates.
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Washington
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Ashland Oil Inc
CIA
Ashland
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Democratic Party
Court Rules Ohio Marijuana Sentences Cruel and Unusual
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals holds Ohio penalties for marijuana offenses as cruel and unusual punishment, requiring proportionate sentencing. The decision concerns first offender Edward L. Downey of Cleveland, who faced 10 to 20 years for possession for sale and 20 to 40 years for sale of marijuana.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Edward L. Downey
Cleveland
Rhodes Endorses Ford
Gov James A Rhodes praised President Ford after his candidacy announcement calling it good news for the industrial heartland and pledged the support of the Ohio Republican Party.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ford
James A. Rhodes
Gerald Ford
Ohio Republican Party
Weather Outlook Cloudy Tonight Through Thursday
The forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with a chance of thundershowers. Lows tonight in the upper 50s to around 60, highs Thursday in the upper 70s to low 80s. Details on Page 14.
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Louise Day Hicks
Kevin H. White
White
Mayors’ Conference
Kevin Steen
Oberlin
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
Riffe
Rhodes
State Representatives
Gov
Mr. A’s
IRS Inspection Division
Internal Revenue
Bates
Donald C. Alexander
Rep
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
Committee On Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs
Shoemaker
S. Vietnam
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