Trudeau disputes eight dollar tax on lakeside lot
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau writes officials claiming taxes on his Quebec lakeside lot were wrongly set at two percent this year, far above the one percent minimum. He says the levy should reflect lower rates and asks for correction. Authorities note the matter concerns municipal taxation and official records.
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Adolphe D'Haword
Quebec
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Uveatians
Trudeau
St. Adolphe
Quebec Battle Memorial Reenactment Set for Oct 4
American and Canadian organizers plan a ceremonial reenactment of the 1775 Quebec attack with two American columns and Canadian defense forces. The event honors figures such as Benedict Arnold and Benjamin Franklin as tourism and bicentennial celebrations unfold along the Plains of Abraham and St Lawrence river corridor.
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Quebec
Benjamin Franklin
Benedict Arnold
Richard Montgomery
Aaron Burr
United States
Plains of Abraham
Jamestown
U.S
Dan Wallace
Office of
Tourism
Arnold
Montgomery
Victor Suthren
Canadian War Museum
Ottawa
Suthren
George Dyer
New Hope
Penn
U.s.-Canada
Pittston
Maine
Kennebec River
Chaudiere River
St. Lawrence
Lac Megantic
Quc
U.S. 201
Detroit Hones Police Patrols After Violent Night
Hundreds of riot equipped officers patrol Detroit's tense Northwest Side after three days of unrest. Mayor Coleman Young visited the area and noted calmer conditions while police say patrols cover about 10 square miles following a fatal shooting by a white bar owner of a black teen, Obie Wynn.
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Detroit
Coleman Young
Philip Tannian
Obie Wynn
Taxes Bad Try Bay State
Massachusetts taxpayers bear heavier state and local taxes than other New England states while Connecticut residents pay the least. Rhode Island is midway, and Money magazine ranking places Massachusetts fourth nationally with Vermont and New Hampshire also facing higher burdens.
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Providence
R.I
Massachusetts
New England
Connecticut
Hode Island
Money Magazine
Rhode Island
Vermont
Maine
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Louisiana
Woman files for divorce from Bill Monroe over abandonment
Bessie Lee Mauldin Monroe, 51, claims she is the common law wife of Bill Monroe and has filed for divorce on grounds of abandonment and cruel and inhuman treatment. She joined Monroe’s band in 1941 and traveled as his wife in states recognizing common law marriages. Tennessee does not.
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Nashville, Tenn
Bill Monroe
Bessie Lee Mauldin Monroe
Monroe
Tennessee
Government seeks ban on high tar cigarettes amid health report
The HEW secretary urged a ban on cigarettes with high tar and nicotine as a House subcommittee resists, citing a ninth smoking and health report. The note stresses smoking as a serious health problem with needless illness and premature death. Chrysler says it can revamp its U S car line by 1980 despite a quarterly loss as it pursues a 1.5 billion product program for smaller fuel efficient models.
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Washington
Caspar W. Weinberger
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House Tobacco Subcommittee
Weinberger
Congress
HEW
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
U.S
Ford
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Canada
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