Sales tax debate in Virginia General Assembly
Delegate Samuel E Pope and Senator J D Haccop push a general sales tax as Virginia leans toward last resort revenue. The proposal would rise to 3 percent state tax in 1968 and 4 percent with local adds, hitting the elderly and fixed incomes hardest while rural counties and cities note mixed effects on budgets and exemptions.
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House
Samuel E. Pope
Southampton
Sam
Goowin
Virginia
Senate
J. D. Haccop
General Assembly
Boards of Supervisors
Danville
Pittsylvania County
Terry Santorp
North Carolina
Mitts Gonwin
Four year terms for Congressmen spark avocation debate
President Johnson's four year term proposal draws support from Rep Frank Chelf. In Virginia, Delegate Jim Thomson circulates a measure for four year terms and annual legislative sessions, unsure if the idea will survive a constitutional amendment and whether it reflects LBJ influence.
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Johnson
Frank Cher
Kentucky
Olympus
Zeus
Rep
Chelf
Lyndon Johanson
Virginia General Assembly
Jim Thomson
Alexandria
Blackburn Moore
General Assembly
Ship of State
Assembly
Thomson
House of Delegates
United States
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Interama Pork Barrell Vote In Senate Sparks Debate
The Senate backed 9.5 million dollars in federal funds for the Interama Florida trade center near Miami, aiming to boost Latin American ties and the Alliance for Progress. Critics call it pork, noting lobbyists profited and 56 senators supported the move while 18 opposed. House action remains uncertain.
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Congress
U.S
Senate of
United States
Florida
Miami Beach
Holland
Miami
Interama
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Ohio
Lausche
House
Senate
Danville Register Adopts New Dial SW Subscription Rates
The Danville Register lists subscription rates with all subscriptions payable in advance. The notice appears in the Danville Va post office records indicating the paper’s mail matter status and the dial SW 32311 contact line.
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Toke
Danville
Buckley on Four Year House Terms Debate
William F Buckley Jr discusses Lyndon Johnsons proposal to amend the Constitution to offer four year terms for House members He argues the change could attract higher quality candidates but notes it challenges founding principles and would reduce time for lawmakers to analyze legislation
Seventeenth District race lacks clear issues and bets on personalities
In New York City the Seventeenth Congressional District faces a sparse issues field as Theodore Kupferman a Republican councilman and Orin Lehman a Democrat vie for the Lindsay seat. Jeffrey St John a Conservative candidate argues for a meaningful, debate driven contest while voters weigh peace terms in Vietnam and welfare approaches amid a campaign framed by national politics.
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New York City
Washington
John Viet Lindsay
New York
Seventeenth District
Lindsay
Theodore Kupferman
Orin Lehman
Herbert Lehman
U.S
Vietnam
Kupferman
Lehman
Gallup
John Lindsay
Bailiwick
Seventeenth
United States
Tehman
Jeffrey St. John
Channel 13
St. John
Capitol Hill
State Department
St John
William Buckley
Asia
Ezra Pound
Robert Lowell
Lyndon Johnson
Southeast Asia
U S
South Vietnam
Inflation and the hollow dollar society critique
The author argues inflation is already here, driven by government spending on guns and butter. They claim the poor suffer most as prices rise, with examples like candy bars shrinking and hamburger costs up. The piece critiques Great Society policies, labor unions, and poverty programs as failing to stabilize prices and hurting fixed incomes.
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Johnson
Sargent Shriver
James Farmer
Farmer
Michael Quill
Barry Goldwater
Right To Privacy Rapped By Electronic Snooping
In a Republican era critique Rep Cornelius E Gallagher chairs a House subcommittee on invasion of privacy warns of rapid electronic snooping advances. He cites tiny transmitters microphones and devices hidden in everyday items to expose growing threats to civil liberties and urges safeguards and a bill to curb lie detector use by federal agencies.
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Cornelius E Gallagher
N.J
House
Special House
FBI
Congress
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