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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1971
Page
3
Fragmentary text from an old newspaper page mentions court, campaign, and Soviet era terms with scattered names and incomplete phrases. It remains unclear which event or incident is described and any concrete dates or entities are missing.
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A 75 year old Connecticut woman Vivian Kellems says the United States owes her 83000 in tax refunds and begins a federal tax court challenge to test constitutional issues around single filers. She claims exemptions for married taxpayers are unconstitutional without a comparable break for singles. She plans appeals possibly up to the Supreme Court.
AP: Talks set for a new round to end an 18 day coal strike affecting 100000 miners in 20 states. Violence flared in Ohio while Philadelphia longshoremen returned to work under court order. W A Boyle urged to approve strike benefits.
The world organization has balloted nine times in the past decade. This year will be complicated by procedural votes crucial to shaping the form of the General Assembly showdown.
At the UN General Assembly Albania and the United States clash over replacing Nationalist China with Communist China or granting dual seats. Albania backs recognizing the People's Republic as sole China, while the United States seeks a two thirds vote and avoids expelling Chiang Kai-shek. The debate, with supporters and abstentions, could decide seating and Security Council representation in coming weeks.
Harrisburg AP reports that the bill to reform Pennsylvania's divorce code is expected to pass the House this week after heavy resistance from the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference. The Senate may act on compensation for Joseph Smith, a Philadelphia man wrongfully imprisoned for 13 years, with a $75,000 appropriations request for the Justice Department to pay him. The Senate agenda also includes raising state police manpower to 3,790 and confirming Dr Maurice K Goddard as secretary of environmental resources. The Catholic Conference urged defeat, arguing laws should reflect common values, while sponsor David Savitt touted a 1497 defeat of an amendment that would remove the bill's core provision creating a new separation ground. The session calendar includes a six bill workmen's compensation package and a constitutional amendment on uniform taxation, with a House vote imminent before an election recess.
The Nixon administration plans a 1972 farm subsidy increase up to 1 billion dollars to curb crop surpluses. Aiming to idle 40 to 45 percent of feed grain acreages, the plan raises direct payments and offers semiannual advances to encourage enrollment. The Agriculture Department will publicize details in Washington Des Moines and Dallas.
Johnstown City Council in a special session appointed Dr. George R. Waller a Democrat to fill the unexpired term of Kenneth Tompkins who resigned after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court in New York to taking a $5,000 bribe from TelePrompter Corp for an exclusive cable franchise. Waller is a sociology professor at Pitt Johnstown and previously served as mayor 1960-63.
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