Alabama Tax Equalization Faces Turbulent Debate
A federal ruling pushes Alabama to revalue property for taxes and lawmakers weigh two constitutional amendments. One would base assessments on use with scaled rates for farmland residential and commercial property. The other allows a one time adjustment of millage to keep revenue near current levels amid reappraisal battles.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Senate
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
George C. Wallace
Madison County
Jefferson County
Farm Bloc
Economic Stagnation In Europe?
London report from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research predicts continued economic stagnation in Western Europe next year with rising prices and high unemployment. It notes U S measures to halt the overseas deficit and cautions about gold price changes and SDRs amid a global monetary crisis.
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London
Europe
National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Nixon
National Institute
United States
Canada
Britain
Italy
Japan
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
West Germany
North America
Institute
America
U.S
Eight Amendments Face State Voters in Alabama
Alabama voters will decide 22 proposed amendments to the state Constitution next year, eight statewide and the rest county focused. The questions include retaining Justice of the Peace courts in some form and paying lawmakers a weekly travel allowance during sessions. The election date was set by the legislature for January after a federal court trimmed JP criminal jurisdiction.
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Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
Justice of the Peace Courts
Alabama
Justices of the Peace
Jp's
Mabel Amos
LEE
Madison
MORGAN=S
Talladega
Talladega County
Jefferson County
Mountain Brook
Fatal Flaw in World Politics Rings True
James Reston argues the United Nations cannot enforce peace as great powers ignore it. He critiques India’s decision to use force in East Pakistan, cites refugee pressures, and condemns war as a justification while noting the UN Charter's promise remains untried. He warns reliance on force repeats historic errors.
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New York Times News Service
New York
Organization of World Politics
United Nations
U.S
Britain
France
Israel
Middle East
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
India
Pakistan
Subcontinent
East Pakistan
Calcutta
Indira Gandhi
Washington
Nixon
U.n.’S
Moscow
Peking
East Germany
West Germany
Berlin Wall
North
South Korea
Window Division Sale and Local Constitutional Proposals
The DISCO Window Division of Decatur Iron & Steel is sold to Nelson Brantley Glass Co with key personnel moving to the new firm. The Deer Creek facility will keep jail equipment as it relocates to Cincinnati, while patent rights and the DISCO name transfer to Nel-Bran. Several counties consider new or expanded taxes and local powers including library mills and economic development measures.
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Decatur Iron & Steel Company
Nelson- Brantley Glass Co
Robert Nelson
DISCO
Larry D. Striplin Jr
Nelson-Brantley
Decatur Fron & Steel
Alabama
Cincinnati
Ohio
Nel-Bran
Kenneth Jinks
2Nd St
Striplin
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Rex Thomas
Associated Press
Finance Committee
International Monetary Fund
Afghanistan
Akistan
Karachi
Arabian Sea
Miles
Bombeay
Srinagar
Jodhpur
Hyderabad
Madura
Lucknow
Gons
Madras
Bhutan
Ceylon
Lhasa
Chittagong
Bay of Bengal
Assort
By James Reston
Gandhi
West Pakistan
Woodrow Wilson
Hitler
U.N
Disco Window
Baldwin
Bibb
Hale
Chilton
Chilton County
DALE
Dale County
Jackson
Jefferson
Jefferson—Mountain
Brook
Lawrence
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