Out Of State Big Diesel Rigs Use Alabama Tags For $30
Alabama officials expose a booming DeKalb County P-1 tag market used by out of state firms. Trucks from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania reportedly display Alabama P-1 tags bought in Dekalb to skirt higher local and state taxes. Reports note most buyers list rural Route addresses, with few holders holding only one Alabama permit.
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Rex Thomas Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Alabama Revenue Department
North Alabama
Dekalb
Revenue Department
Henry P. Draughon
Department
Ghent Leasing Co
Dekalb County
Rt. 4
Rt. 2
Rt. 6
Fort Payne
Billings Trucking Co
Public Service Commission
Billings
Interstate Commerce Commission
North Wilkesboro
Mike Knight
Knight
R.E. Garrison Trucking Co
Cullman
Japanese lawmakers clash over fast vote on rail fare bill
In Tokyo Tuesday Nagata of the Transportation Committee urged a vote on a bill to raise Japanese National Railway fares, sparking a confrontation with opposition members. A Clean Government Party member confronts the committee chairman as others look on amid debate over moving a defense bill.
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Yuji
Nagata
Transportation Committee
House of Councillors
Tokyo
U.S. Senate
Clean Government Party
Community Calendar Of Various Local Events This Week
The page lists multiple events across local churches and groups including singing sessions at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Rural Grove Independent Baptist Church Souls Harbor Church Oak Ridge Methodist Church Liberty Church of God and more. Notable gatherings include the Great Books Discussion Group meeting at Mutual Savings Library to discuss Aeschylus Oresteia and the Decatur NAACP observing its first anniversary at Carrie Matthews Recreation Center with J L Chestnut as speaker. Proceeds from benefit singings go to church or youth funds and entry fees apply to the horse show at Somerville Arena.
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Mutual Savings Library
Aeschylus
Oresteia
Decatur
NAACP
Carrie Matthews Recreation Center
J. L. Chestnut
Selma
Hastings Defends Mozambique Massacre Claims as Unreliable Says Portuguese
United Nations reports cite the Portuguese mission accusing Rev. Adrian Hastings of bias and questioning the 400 dead in Wiriyamu, while Hastings cites Spanish missionaries as the source. Afghanistan’s King Zahir Shah arrives in Naples amid a palace coup led by Daud Khan. An immigration hearing ends with a brief statement from Halina Hornjak.
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United Nations
N. Y
NYT
Adrian Hastings
United Nations Committee On Colonialism
Mozambique
Times of London
Hastings
Wiriyamu
Mohammed Zahir Shah
Afghanistan
Naples
Ischia
Sardar Mohammed Daud Khan
Lansky Goes to Trial on Tax Evasion Charges in Miami
Meyer Lansky 71 faces a federal tax evasion trial in Miami. This marks his second trial here in six months after a February contempt conviction. He previously received one year and one day for ignoring a 1971 grand jury subpoena in Israel.
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Miami
Nyt
Meyer Lansky
Lansky
United States
Israel
Polish gypsies denied entry but not deported yet
A New York immigration judge ruled four Polish gypsies ineligible to enter the United States. The government will not deport them until another country agrees to take them. The group claims political refugee status and faces potential prolonged stay as Italy refused them admission last week after multiple trans Atlantic flights.
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New York
Nyt
Poland
United States
Italy
U.S
Nixon plan shifts to industry by industry price controls end
John T. Dunlop said the administration will end price wage controls by sector with performance as the test. Agriculture and other industries may receive temporary exemptions if they show noninflationary price and wage records and favorable outlook. George P. Shultz planned to announce Phase 4 of the stabilization program.
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Washington
Nyt
John T. Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Nixon
Dunlop
Treasure
George P. Shultz
Bethesda Naval Hospital
U S Bombing Raids Over Cambodia Reported
U S B 52 bombers conducted at least 3500 secret raids over Cambodia in 14 months from March 1969, with Defense officials admitting falsified reports to hide the strikes. Pentagon spokesmen linked the campaigns to President Nixon and Melvin R. Laird, while other sources claim monthly counts up to 400 flights and totals possibly over 4000.
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Washington
Nyt
U.S
Cambodia
Defense Department
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
Defense
Friedheim
Grain Controls Agreed by Common Market Ministers
Common Market agricultural ministers agreed on measures to conserve grain and oil seeds amid U.S. soy export cuts. They rejected France's demand for immediate action to boost powdered milk stocks and to stimulate soybean substitute production in the EEC. Further decisions hinge on a later meeting between Pierre Lardinois and Earl Butz.
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Brussels
NYT
U.S
E.E.C
E. E.C
E.E. C
Pierre Lardinois
Earl Butz
Argentina to hold presidential vote on September 2
Government sources said the interim cabinet will set September 2 as the presidential election date in Argentina after Hector J. Campora resigned. Raul Lastiri, interim president, will announce the date following a cabinet meeting. Peron is expected to run.
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Buenos Aires
NYT
Argentina
Hector J. Campora
Juan Domingo Peron
Raul Lastiri
Limit Under Attack in House on Vietnam War Powers Bill
In Washington AP reports the House debated a Vietnam war powers measure to cap presidential war actions at 120 days. Opponents argued the bill too strong or too weak and proposed amendments to require congressional approval or disapproval rather than a passive halt. Representative C W Bill Young of Florida backed changes to curb perceived executive overreach.
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Washington
House
Congress
Rep. C. W
Bill’ Young
R-Fla
Senate OKs Alaska pipeline with Agnew vote
The Senate approved a $3.5 billion 789 mile Alaska oil pipeline bill with Vice President Agnew casting his first deciding vote in favor of an amendment to shield the project from environmental court challenges. House action is not expected before September.
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Washington
Nyt
Senate
Spiro Agnew
House
Public Lands Subcommittee
Interior Committee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
North Slope
Valdez
Alaska
Ottawa reacts to Senate Alaska pipeline decision
Ottawa voices disappointment as Canada opposes the land and tanker route to Alaska. Officials cite potential oil spills on the British Columbia coast and relief at Senate action easing pressure on Ottawa over a distant MacKenzie Valley pipeline option.
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Ottawa
NUT
Alaska
United States Senate
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
British Columbia
Department of the Enviroment
Department of Energy, Mines and Resources
Senate
MacKenzie Valley
Canada
Northwest Territories
Nader Attacks Food Ads as Price Driver and Monopolistic Tool
Ralph Nader told the House Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law that food advertising fuels higher prices and monopolistic trends. He called ads misinformation and said they steer consumers to spend more on food, increasing demand for limited supplies.
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Washington
Nyt
Ralph Nader
House
Subcommittee On
Krogh invokes Fifth Amendment on Watergate questions
Egil Bud Krogh former White House aide invoked the Fifth Amendment on Tuesday refusing to answer questions about the Watergate affair. He was the first among a dozen or more witnesses to do so before Watergate panels on Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Nyt
Egil
Bud) Krogh
White House
Capitol Hill
Protests Rise After Attacks On Leftist Unions In Cordoba
More than 10,000 workers joined a protest strike in Cordoba after bands of right wing unionists attacked leftist labor union headquarters with machinegun fire and bombs. The gun battles lasted over 30 minutes with no injuries reported as police dispersed the attackers. Cordoba is a major industrial and university center and a leftist stronghold in Argentina.
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Buenos Aires
NYT
Cordoba
Argentina
Exchange To Resume Between South Vietnam and Viet Cong
Saigon announced a prisoner exchange with the Viet Cong will start Monday and be completed by July 28 under a 45 day deadline from a Paris communiqué. The deal calls for 252 civilians and 410 military personnel released by the Viet Cong and 4,331 civilians and 33 military men freed by South Vietnam across 12 sites.
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Saigon
Paris
South Vietnam
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