Nixon weighing value-added tax amid budget pressures
The Nixon Administration pursues a crash push for a value-added tax to balance the 1971 budget, despite Democratic opposition and a private tax task force recommendation against the plan. Supporters see it as essential for inflation control, while lawmakers fear a national sales tax label and political fallout.
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Eileen Shanahan
New York Times
Washington
Nixon
United States
Europe
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
John Alexander
Hartselle Renewal Set Back By HUD Funding Change
HARTSELLE The city withdraws the Neighborhood Development Program request after 51 weeks of inaction and renews the urban renewal grant plan for 1.4 million dollars. Officials say the NDP faced delays in Washington and will shift to lump-sum funding to complete the downtown renewal.
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Lee Sentell
Hartselle
John D. Long
City Housing Authority
Atlanta
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
NDP
Long
John Reynolds
Washington
Housing Authority
Reynolds
HUD
Lawrence Water Need Survey Set
A survey will launch this week toward a 500000 dollar water system for 800 to 1000 residents in western Lawrence County. Mt Hope commissioner Gene Pickens said the house to house survey will collect signatures from residents in Mt Hope Hatton Wolf Springs Landersville Youngtown and other areas in the authority jurisdiction. Neal Williams and R M Landers of Hatton join Pickens on the survey team as members of the West Lawrence County Water and Fire Protection Authority board.
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MT. Hope
Lawrence County
Gene Pickens
West Lawrence County
Pickens
Hatton
Wolf Springs
Landersville
Youngtown
Neal Williams
R. M. Landers
Authority
Limestone Tops In Cotton Ginned In 1969 First 11 Months
U S Department of Commerce reports Limestone County led Alabama in cotton ginned during the first eleven months of 1969 with more than 43 000 running bales. Madison County followed with over 37 000 bales and Lawrence County over 28 000. State total rose to 447 486 bales.
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Limestone County
U. S. Department of Commerce
Madison County
Lawrence County
Morgan County
Cullman County
Lawrence
Morgan
Cullman
Weather Pleasant For School Respite
Pleasant conditions persist as Alabama enjoys a mid winter break with a 60 degree high and 45 degree low forecast. A low pressure system over eastern New Mexico will bring increasing clouds and a 30 to 50 percent chance of rain tonight and Monday as it moves eastward. Strong storms plague other regions with Vermont reporting 18.7 inches of snow at Burlington by Saturday afternoon.
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Alabama
New Mexico
North Atlantic
Vermont
Burlington
Decatur Theater Won’t Show Merkin Movie Says Manager
Jim Duncan, general manager of Decatur Theaters, said there are no plans to show the film Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness in Decatur. The decision came after a Huntsville raid and is reported on Page A-7.
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Heironymus Merkin
Mercy Humppe
Huntsville
Decatur
S.B
Jim Duncan
Decatur Theaters
Hope Sustains Wife Or Widow In Christmas Search
Mrs. Victor Apodaca and her two sons returned home near Tuscaloosa after a Christmas adventure that carried them halfway around the world in search of their husband and father, Victor Apodaca, aged 33.
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Tuscaloosa, Ala
Victor Apodaca
Tuscaloosa
Apodaca
Victor
Robert
Giap Signals Shift To Mobile Crack Units In Vietnam War Strategy
North Vietnam defense minister Vo Nguyen Giap outlines a shift from large troop masses to high quality mobile strike detachments. Analysts note reduced infiltrations and a possible emphasis on regional forces and guerrilla elements as Hanoi pursues a protracted war strategy.
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New York Times
Washington
Vo Nguyen Giap
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Giap
Vietnam
France
U.S
U. S
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
Quan Doi Nhan Dan
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Santa
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Denver
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Paris
Decatur Daily
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South Vietnam
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