Bailes vows anti tax stance amid Alabama tax relief fight
Birmingham senator is prepared to block any new state tax increases until ad valorem tax inequities are fixed. Senator Bailes predicts help from fellow legislators while education leaders push for a major school bond program, and a federal suit seeks statewide property tax equalization with a 30 percent assessment cap.
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Angel Little
Daily Capitol
Montgomery
Birmingham
George Lewis Bailes Jr
Senate
Alabama
Bailes
Ernest Stone
Martha Hornbeak
Capitol Hill
Hornbeak
Court weighs tax equalization in statewide case
A panel including District Judges Frank M. Johnson and Virgil Pittman and Fifth Circuit Judge John Godbold weighs a summary tax case. Bailes argues no new taxes until existing taxes are equalized and small counties stop receiving state aid premiums. See JEFFCO on Page A-6.
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Frank M. Johnson
Montgomery
Virgil Pittman
Mobile
Fifth Circuit
John Godbold
Bailes
Soviet Drive for World Communist Conference Faces Muted Backlash
The Soviet leadership pressures allied parties for a world conference as it seeks to reassert central control abroad. Romania and Yugoslavia resist. China faces Brezhnev’s criticisms. many parties may stay away, showing Moscow’s waning global pull and possible boomerang effect.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Nicolae Ceausescu
Romania
Tito
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Kommunist
Ecumenical Council
Leonid Brezhnev
China
Mao Tse-tung
Cuba
Fidel Castro
North Vietnam
Peking
North Korea
Nikita Khrushchev
Budapest Railways finds 1500 valuable items on trains
The Budapest Lost and Found Department reported 1500 valuable objects found on trains. The top prize for forgetfulness goes to newlyweds who left all their wedding presents in a train compartment.
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Budapest
Lost and Found Department of the
Hungarian Railroads
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Jeffco
Soviet Communist Party
William L. Ryan
Hartselle
Appliance Center
W. Main
Gurney Jackson
RCA
Reds
Percales Co
Belks
Enn Wiites
Haviland
BELK
Butte
First National Bank
Decatur
Benny Carle
Benny Bucks
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