Wall Street Firms Move to Jersey City to Dodge Tax
Six New York City stock brokerages plan to relocate parts of their operations across the Hudson to Jersey City to escape New York's stock and bond transfer tax. A retired banker says firms use legal gimmicks to move large transfers, sometimes loading securities into armored cars and transferring them in Hoboken via the Holland Tunnel.
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Multistate fires kill at least 18 people
A string of fires across four states left at least 18 dead and millions in damage. In Warren Pennsylvania a two story home fire killed seven in the Brown family. In Chicago five killed in an apartment blaze and three firefighters died in a New York restaurant fire. Oklahoma losses included a family of three killed in Lawton. The crashes raise broader concerns as investigators note no arson signs in the Chicago case and fire death tolls mount in a grim weekend across the region.
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Comanche County
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New York
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Manor
Population rise for Lincoln and Omaha 1970 to 1974
Census Bureau figures show Lincoln up 8.5 percent and Omaha up 6.0 percent between 1970 and 1974. Lincoln's population rose from 167,972 in April 1970 to 182,200 on July 1, 1974, while Omaha grew from 542,646 in 1970 to 575,100 in 1974.
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Bridge masters debate contracts amid tense top flight match
Oswald cites doubt that top competition yields sure results as four spades misfires loom. One table saw a diamond finesse fail and an opponent’s four spades bid collapse, while another produced a rare grand slam attempt. Clostridium toxin note ends report in United Press International dispatch.
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Rememberingpopcorn making in old days at Grandma's
In a nostalgic reminiscence Helen M. Pagel recalls how families grew and harvested popcorn, shelled by hand, popped it in a wire popper above a stove, and shared a buttery feast with children gathered at Grandma's on Sunday afternoons, a memory from decades past.
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