Gas tax cuts threaten state revenues and services
Federal plans to cut gasoline use by rationing or higher taxes could cost states about $2 billion yearly in lost motor fuel tax revenue. States may face reduced funding for hospitals, schools, highways, and other programs if the 30 percent reduction occurs.
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Washington
Senate Government Operations Committee
General Fund
California
New York
Alaska
Tennessee
Florida
Massachusetts
Oregon
Illinois
Wisconsin
District of Columbia
Senate Committee
Nixon
Aphrodisiac Powder Claimed, Found Red Pepper
In Pavia Italy police report a reddish powder sold with nudie magazines as a tropical aphrodisiac intended to enhance sexual activity. Lab tests determined the powder is ordinary red pepper.
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Pavia
Italy
Nudie
Mad Bomber Metesky Freed After 17 Years in Mental Custody
George Metesky the Mad Bomber released from a state hospital after 17 years of confinement. Remaining charges for bombings at Radio City Music Hall and other sites were dismissed as he was certified sane. He plans to return to Waterbury Connecticut to live with his sister.
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New York
George Metesky
Radio City Music Hall
Manhattan
Metesky
Queens Hospital
Waterbury
Conn
Joseph Martinis
Queens
Music Hall
FBI counterintelligence program sparks court and Senate scrutiny
Court and Senate probes loom after two FBI memos revealed a three year counterintelligence effort against the New Left. Detroit 15 and Philadelphia activists push new legal arguments, seeking details and damages from government surveillance and alleged civil rights violations.
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Washington
FBI
Senate
New Left Movement
Detroit
Philadelphia
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Henry M. Jackson
Federal District Court
John Shattuck
American Civil Liberties Union
Gerald Lefcourt
New York
Detroit 15
Justice Department
Lefcourt
Baboon as Sphinx model and assorted notes from HAL BOYLE
Independent item notes a baboon as the Sphinx model, claims the animal is extinct in Egypt, and adds quirky facts about women drivers rising to 44 percent by 1940. Includes short items on parrots, bumper stickers, blood cells, and quotes, plus a court guilty plea by David Lee Isaacs in Fort SmithArkansas for arson and burglary tied to incidents in Cherryvale Independence.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Egypt
Independence
David Lee Isaacs
Fort Smith, Ark
Cherryvale
Fredonia City Hall Shifts to Downtown Hours
The City Commission will start City Hall at 9 a.m. from January 1, aligning with downtown business hours. The closing time remains unchanged.
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Fredonia
City Hall
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Altoona
Kansas
Associated Press
Dryer Shoe Store
Cenante
Peggy Smith
S. Kansas
Terry Green
W. 3Rd
Ann Gibson
Bank of Commerce
Baboon
Sphinx
Washington, D.C
Chicago
Napoleon Bonaparte
Moon
Hiroshima
Kennedy
Pearl Harbor
U.S
White House
Franklin Pierce
Arkansan
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