New York Doubles Cigarette Tax In Budget Move
Albany N Y The legislature approved a 5 to 10 cent per pack cigarette tax increase amid GOP support and Democratic objections Gov Rockefeller had pressed for prompt action warning of 9 million in lost revenue If enacted the move is part of a broader budget push including auto registration fee hikes and a statewide 2 percent sales tax with Republican leaders calling the vote decisive and Democrats criticizing rushed passage
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Brooklyn
Edwin Myson
Delaware County
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Edward J. Spena
Nassau
House panel advances Medicare plan with hospital and aid options
The House Ways and Means Committee began decisive votes on a comprehensive Medicare bill. The plan would cover 65 plus with 60 hospital days and 20 nursing home days, offer a supplemental plan costing $3 monthly with 80 percent government share, and expand Kerr Mills, with financing via payroll tax and general Treasury funding. Details pending and costs undetermined. timing aimed for week of March.
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Vermont Bill Ups Dropout Age to 17
Vermont Senate passed a bill raising the dropout age to 17 or the 10th grade, from the current 16 or 8th grade. senator Stevan Christone and Harold Raynolds sponsored it. Sen Trying Eastman warned of impacts on small towns.
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Christone
High Court Pay Raise Defeated in House Vote
Washington UPI reports the Supreme Court justices will keep current salaries of 39500 for associate justices and 40000 for the chief justice. A proposal to add 3000 each was rejected 177 to 203 as lawmakers voiced opposition and offered no apology to the court.
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McNamara Tour Keeps Springfield Armory in Focus
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, after a stopwatch guided tour of the 170 year old Springfield Armory, refused to commit to reversing last November’s order to close the plant. He noted pleased regard for workers’ skill and said final decision rests with him, with a review due in two to four weeks.
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Defense Robert 5. McNamara
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Guv
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Edward M. Kennedy
Springfield
Mass
UPI
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Viet Nam
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Mory Committee
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Air Force
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William Durrenberger
Massachusetts
Ryan
Army
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Frank
Defense Dept. Moves to Undercut Mil Pay Raise Bill
The Defense Department works to scuttle a billion-dollar military pay raise bill. The Armed Forces journal says top officials are crafting a drive to demolish the bill, favoring a moderate skimmed-milk increase proposed by Rep. L Mendel Rivers.
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UPI
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Armed Forces Journal
Independent Service
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
House
Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Ministers Arrested by Selma Police in Pickets
Selma Alabama police detained 36 white ministers including two women in the first civil rights arrests in two weeks. The clergy, picked up for parading without a permit, were bused to jail and released on 200 dollar bonds after trying to picket Mayor Smitherman's home following a 700-strong march from Brown's Chapel AME Church to the Dallas County courthouse amid rain and winds.
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Selma
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Joseph T. Smitheoman
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Chapel Ame
Dallas County Court House
Steel Negotiations See Optimism Fade In Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh USW and big 11 steel companies begin new talks amid doubts after last week’s early optimism. Non monetary union demands could raise hourly labor costs of 4.37, affecting the April 30 contract expiry. A rewritten grievance procedure proposal aims to empower local unions to strike on major grievances after attempts at peaceful resolution fail.
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