Tax debate preview on Capitol Hill hearings
A June 1972 preview outlines the Brookings Institution study predicting that federal taxes must rise to fund new programs and avoid deeper debt. The report, cited during Joint Economic Committee hearings chaired by William Proxmire, weighs options from tax reforms to a national sales tax, regardless of presidential outcome.
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Capital Hill
Joint Economic Committee
William Proxmire
America
Brookings Institution
Brookings Study
Uncle Sam
McGovern Edges Humphrey In California Primary Battle
In California blue collar suburbs the McGovern Humphrey contest centers on protest mood and negative perceptions. Polls show McGovern with a statewide edge but fears of an upset persist as voters weigh defense cuts welfare plans and Wallaces limited write in bid.
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Los Angeles
NEA
California
San Joaquin Valley
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Wallace
Maryland
McGovern
Humphrey
Ises
Humphrey - McGovern
Wisconsin
San Francisco Bay Area
The Great American Vandal by John Keats explodes tourist crimes
Travel and Leisure charges American tourists with a catalog of misdeeds from desecrating the John F. Kennedy Center to vandalizing Yellowstone geysers and Grand Canyon graffiti. Keats argues cheap jet travel spreads these acts globally, calling Americans the worst in sheer numbers while noting other nations share some rudeness.
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Attila
John Keats
Travel & Leisure Magazine
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Yellowstone Park
Grand Canyon
Keats
Elgin
Acropolis
Athens
Supporters eye votes to pass 5 billion revenue sharing bill
Supporters led by Bernard F. Hillenbrand say the $5 billion revenue sharing bill has enough votes to pass when the House meets on Tuesday June 6. The coalition claims 110 Republican and at least 120 Democratic votes, needing 215 for passage, and plans to pressure the Senate before the July 1 recess.
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Bernard F. Hillenbrand
National Assa. of Counties
Hillenbrand
Senate
Soviet trade signs ahead as USSR plans July 32 page Industrial World
The Kremlin signals a pivot to trade with the West as Nixon visits Moscow. Industrial World will publish a 32 page July supplement with 22 ads and editorial on Soviet tech. Editor Stephen Kann says the USSR seeks hard currency and technology licensing, tying to Nixon talks. Churchill’s jaw-jaw line closes the note.
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Nixon
Moscow
Industrial World Magazine
Vneshtorgreklama
Russia
U.S.S.R
West
Industrial World
Stephen W. Kann
Soviet Union
Winston Churchill
Turn Back the Clock 30 Years Ago Re-elected Bar President
William Bandler was re elected president of the Mower County Bar Association at a meeting of attorneys at the Fox Hotel. Curtis Roos secretary remains unfilled as he is in the army. The group plans a district convention June 11 with Lafayette French Jr in charge and a district picnic later in summer. Fluoridation of Austin water will be finished by week’s end and should reduce tooth decay in children, with no taste change or lawn impact per the Minnesota Dept. of Health. 10 years ago David G Johnson, son of George A Johnson, received a Foreign Area Training Fellowship from Ford Foundation for study in Asia and other regions.
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Mower County
Austin
Minnesota Dept. of Health
David G. Johnson
George A. Johnson
8Th St. SW
Ford Foundation
New York
Asia
Soviet Union
Eastern Europe
Africa
Sahara
Latin America
Parking Lot Perils and Legal Liability Explained
A public service feature by Will Bernard discusses when parking lot owners are liable for injuries from hazards. It covers a stump, ice cream spill, and a one way aisle incident, noting owners must keep premises reasonably safe but not guarantee absolute safety.
Today in History June 3 1972 highlights recap
On June 3 historical entries include the 1940 Allied evacuation from France totaling about 337,000 troops to England, the 1942 Japanese raid on Dutch Harbor, the 1963 death of Pope John XXIII, a 1962 air crash near Orly that killed 130 people, a 1967 British airliner crash in the Pyrenees killing 88, and a 1971 Teamsters chief James R. Hoffa declaring he would not seek re election from prison.
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Associated Press
France
England
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
John XXIII
Atlanta
Orly
Paris
French Pyrenees
James Holla
Teamsters Union
Toll report shows highway deaths high in last year
The National Transportation Safety Board reports 59 215 transportation fatalities last year with 55 000 in highway crashes. Car deaths dominated while 820 died in bicycle crashes and 2 330 in motorcycle mishaps. Plane, water, rail casualties also noted.
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National Transportation Safety Board
READO summer reading program grows in area
The Austin Public Library sponsors READO a summer reading initiative with the bookmobile and area schools. About 1,000 children in grades one through six participated last summer. READO cards became available June 1 at the library bookmobile and branch libraries in LeRoy Brownsdale and Grand Meadow.
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LeRoy
Brownsdale
Grand Meadow
Bernard Gunther
Baseball Register
The
Sporting News
Edwin P. Alexander
Ira A. Cobleigh
Cobleigh
Social Security Q and A from Austin Office
A local Social Security Q and A explains wife benefits, name changes after marriage, Medicare filing, surcharges, proof of age without birth certificates, and summer-month benefit rules for teachers. It notes claims can be filed by phone, with Austin at 433-1838 and toll free lines for Albert Lea and nearby stations.
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Social Security Office
Austin
2Nd St. NW
Albert Lea
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