Dade County voters say yes for freedoms
Washington reports Dade County voters approved a measure with a margin described as better than two to one. The piece notes strong opposition to homosexuals and supporters but does not detail the exact outcome or following actions. The tabloid style frames the issue as a clash over freedoms and deportation threats.
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Dade County
Dade
Eleanor Smeal
National Organization For Women (Now
Miami
Bruce Voeller
Jean O'Leary
National Gay Task Force
Merle Miller
da County
Anita Bryant
Miss Bryant
Koch
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
State funding shifts tax burden in Minnesota
The Minnesota Taxpayers Association reports that for 1976 property taxes totaled 1.077 billion paid by owners, while the state supplied 1.711 billion to local units or taxpayers. Major aid included 843 million to schools, 159.9 million to cities and counties, and 211 million for homestead credit. The state also funded teacher retirement and road aid, with other items added to the total. The analysis notes the tax system is interdependent and local taxes depend on state spending.
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Minnesota
Minnesota Taxpayers Association
Association
the Taxpayers Association
Taxpayers Association
The
Father’s Day Books Spur Practical Gifting Ideas
The piece lists varied paperback titles for fathers from handyman guides to parenting manuals and adult topics. It highlights How to Father, Part-Time Father, The Half Parent, Recipes for House Repair, and sex and relationship titles, noting prices and humorous asides. It also mentions Xaviera’s Supersex and The Hazards of Being Male as provocative options.
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Washington
Pop
Xaviera
Breakthrough white rat immune to drugs proposed by scientist
Washington lab tale has Prof. Heinrich Applebaum describing a super white rat bred to survive any medical experiment. He claims such rats invalidate current FDA standards and could trigger a drug industry bonanza and Nobel Prize. The piece satirically links saccharin data, animal testing, and regulatory escape.
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Washington
Heinrich Applebaum
National Institute of Generic Drug Statistics
FDA
Applebaum
Drug and Chemical Industries
Marshals' conventions spark taxpayer scrutiny and secrecy
Investigators reveal Justice Department audits found thousands spent on marshal conventions in Tucson and San Diego. Costs included flights and hotel stays totaling over 115 thousand dollars with questionable expenses, while the department withholds final audit findings and says meetings were working sessions.
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Tucson
San Diego
Wyatt Earp
Justice Department
Finance Office
Carter fills ambassador posts with political supporters
Washington aims to balance merit with fundraising ties as President Carter names four major fundraiser Ambassadors to Austria Switzerland Belgium and Australia. Others like Mansfield Gilligan Van Dyk and Levin receive key posts in Japan Sweden Norway and AID. The move follows campaign pledges against the spoils system and critics note several appointees were major contributors.
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Washington
Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin
Mexico
Jimmy Carter
Lucey
Gale McGee
Wyoming
Carter
Organization of American States
Lacey
McGee
Averell Harriman
Dean Rusk
Georgia
Milton H. Wolf
Cleveland
Ohio
Austria
Marvin L. Warner
Switzerland
Anne Cox Chambers
Atlanta Newspapers, Inc
Belgium
Philip Alston
Atlanta
Australia
Mike Mansfield
Senate
Japan
John J. Gilligan
Agency For
Rodney K. Minott
California
State Democratic Committee
Sweden
Norway
Louis A. Lerner
Chicago
Robert F. Goheen
Princeton
Kingman Brewster
Yale
India
Britain
John Kenneth Galbraith
Edwin O. Reischauer
Harriman
Moscow
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John Lofton Jr
Florida
Franklin Kameny
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Xaviera Hollander
Art Buchwald
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Jack Cloherty
Bob Owens
U.S. Marshal Service
West
Internal Justice Department
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