California High Court Bans Local Property Taxes for Schools
The California Supreme Court ruled the local property tax unconstitutional for funding K-12 schools, saying it discriminates against the poor and violates equal protection. The decision, with nationwide implications, may push a statewide tax or vouchers as alternatives. The suit, led by East Los Angeles and Compton residents, drew from the Western Center on Law and Poverty with USC UCLA and Loyola Law Schools involvement.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
California
State Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Compton
Western Center On Law and Poverty
Federal Office of Economic
USC
UCLA
Loyola Law Schools
Paul L. McKaskle
Center
Ronald Reagan
Corcoran to retire next June at SVSU. Sleeman eyed
After 38 years in local education Miss Catherine C. Corcoran announced her retirement next June. SVSU directors accepted the resignation with deep regret and considered how to fill the post. assistant George A. Sleeman is favored for the succession.
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Catherine C. Corcoran
George A. Sleeman
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
SVSU
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Stamford vote may clear Opie forest land rezoning
Stamford and land developer Frank Opie near a truce after a $1.9 million lawsuit tied to his forest land. A special town meeting vote would reclassify 3,600 acres from forest to reserve district, enabling zoning variances and potential development subject to state approvals. Opie bought the land for about $1 million. foreclosure action by Columbia Plywood Corp. remains, and redemption was extended nine months in Bennington County Court.
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Stamford
Frank Opie
Opie
Raymond Sherrill
Bennington
John R. Mollica
Mollica
James Rifkin
Wilmington
Sherrill
Planning Commission
Ayer
Mass
Columbia Plywood Corp
Stephen B. Martin
Dollar Falls Hesitantly as U S Presses for Devaluation
U S dollar declines across major markets with Tokyo at 339.1 per dollar and London about 2.5 percent, while Paris and Stockholm show sharper losses. Nixon aims for larger gains in Japan, Bank of Japan pledges intervention, and London enacts controls to curb capital inflows. Gold price drops in London to 41.00 per ounce.
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United Press International
U.S
Tokyo
West Germany
London
Nixon
Japan
Bank of Japan
Washington
United States
Takashi Hosomi
America
Bank of England
the Treasury
Paris
Brussels
Stockholm
Frankfurt
Zurich
Bank of France
Nine Buses Bombed in Pontiac Desegregation Effort
Nine school buses assigned to a court ordered desegregation program were destroyed by explosions in Pontiac Michigan, with two more damaged. Police found wires to incendiary devices near gas tanks on six buses in a lot beside the district garage. 40 buses remained undamaged as security steps were planned. The $10,000 each buses loss occurred as the district prepares to start classes next week amid protests and renewed security.
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Pontiac, Mich
UPI
Pontiac School District
Dana Whitmer
Pontiac
Whitmer
Keith
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Bennington profiles and Vermont news highlights
Across Vermont newspapers, topics include alimony implications on wage rules, St Joseph College naming a new dean and faculty, John Chamberlain defending forest cutting as wildlife friendly, a Bennington selectman’s view on charter changes, CVPS nuclear line implications, 1972 General Assembly focus on money, a Mt Anthony teacher book review, and Bennington’s athlete of the month feature.
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St. Joseph College
John Chamberlain
Bennington
CVPS
Vermont
Mt. Anthony
Burr & Burton opens early with 8 new faculty members
Burr and Burton Seminary began the fall term with about 450 students, up 30 from last year. Eight new teachers join a 29 member faculty under new headmaster Houghton D. Pear. New hires include William Tobin in physical education and coaching, Howard Beach in driver education, and David Monty teaching Latin.
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Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Houghton D. Pear
BBS
William Tobin
Dean Houghton
Poultney High School
Howard Beach
Western Connecticut University
David Monty
Mark Skinner
Eleanor Pfeil
Sunderland
Dudley P. Hopkins
Colorado
John Burgess
UVM
Catherine Ann Ferrante
Octi
Castleton State
James P. Mithoefer
U S plans to oppose large airline mergers
Washington based report shows Transportation Department plans to oppose mergers creating oversized carriers beyond United Air Lines. It backs restrictions on American Western deal but supports the merger with limits. Also notes regional size caps and Continental’s stance amid airline competition. The piece ends with Britain’s decimal currency switch making old penny obsolete at midnight.
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Transportation Depart
Ment
American
Western Air Lines
Continental Air Lines
Western
Transportation Department
Continental
Civil Aeronautics Board
American Airlines
Alaska
Australia
Seattle
Boston
London
UPI
Vermont panel tackles residency in adulthood law overhaul
The Senate Judiciary Committee in Montpelier began cleaning up Vermont’s adulthood statute, addressing residency ambiguities and uniform age limits after the 1971 change lowering to 18 for drinking voting and majority. They also started a deferred sentencing bill allowing two years for misdemeanors and five for felonies upon court‑written terms, aiming at rehabilitation and state savings.
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James Jeffords
Boards of Civil Authority
Montpelier
Corrections Department
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington
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California High Court
Supt
Corcoran
Sleeman
By Kelton Miller
Joanne Dunham
Stephen Gilman
Carolyn Peckham
Pownal
Dunham
Opie Project
By Geoffrey Chapman
Mich
NAACP
Donald Davis Jr
Bennington County
Bennington- Rutland
Burr & Burton
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
David Wilson
Senate
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