Tax surtax fate tied to Vietnam war, politics clash
Top Republican John Byrnes says a quick end to the Vietnam war could allow abolishing or halving the 20 percent surtax but President-elect Nixon favors delaying any tax repeal. Wilbur Mills, head of Ways and Means, opposes near term cuts, warning war cessation would spark domestic spending pressure.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Arkansas Democrat
Mills
20 Feared Dead In Glasgow Upholstery Warehouse Fire
Fire raged through a Glasgow upholstery warehouse with about 20 workers feared killed. Fire units fought the inferno as dense smoke blanketed Scotland's largest city and the roof collapsed threatening a nearby five story tobacco warehouse.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Asst
William Ratcliffe
Flying mission seeds corn for starving squirrels in Tennessee
In Elizabethtown Tennessee flying missionaries dropped 11 tons of seed corn to feed starving squirrels. Moody Bible Institute Flight School students piloted the aircraft while school children raised 767 dollars to buy the corn and BaSO4 line for the airplane. Squirrels were dying in Southern mountains from a summer drought.
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Elizabethtown
Tenn
Moody Bible Institute Flight School
Brezhnev Returns From Polish Communist Congress
Moscow reports that Brezhnev head of the Soviet Communist Party returned today from the Polish Communist Party Congress in Warsaw per Tass dispatches.
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Lesnid
Brezhney
Communist Party
Warsaw
Tass
Preparation H Claims Fast Hemorrhoid Relief
New York reports scientists show a medication that can promptly stop itching and relieve pain while shrinking hemorrhoids. Tests by doctors indicate repeatable reductions in inflamed hemorrhoids with gentle relief, and the product in ointment or suppository form soothes tissue and helps prevent infection.
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New York, N.Y
Pecal
Mayor Presses For Tax Plans In Harrisburg Visit
Pittsburgh Mayor Joseph M. Barr and Finance Chairman Phillip Baskin head to Harrisburg to push two tax proposals through the Senate Rules Committee to fund a $6.5 million police and firemen pay raise. The package includes a 1 percent wage tax and a higher occupational tax.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph M. Barr
Senate Rules Committee
Barr
Phillip Baskin
Council
K. Leroy Irvis
D-Allegheny
House
State Human Relations Commission
Commission
Shafer
Senate
Scranton
Vicar Fends Off Burglar With Sword In Night Clash
In London, Rev Jack Dover Wellman grabbed a ceremonial sword when a burglar broke into his vicarage late Friday. Neighbors restrained the intruder until police arrived. the assailant was treated at a hospital after collapse in custody. The vicar said he has used the sword before to deter break-ins.
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London
Car
Coat
Jack Dover Wellman
Navy
Air Force
Pennsylvania Steel Output Seen at 1988 Peak
Analysts at Pennsylvania State University say state steel production could reach 30.5 million tons in 1988, the highest in 12 years and surpassing the 1967 figure, according to the Pennsylvania Business Weekly.
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University Park
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University Report
Pennsylvania Business Weekly
Prague Students Occupy Classrooms Amid Reform Reversal
Prague students staged a classroom occupation protesting the Czechoslovak Communist party abandoning reform aims under Soviet pressure. Brno Olomouc Suchdol campuses joined in as central committee moves trimmed or dropped freedoms and party democracy while a powerful eight member executive committee gained authority. Ten student demands echoed the lost reforms.
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Prague
UPI
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Charles University
Brno
Olomouc
Agricultural
Suchdol
FTC study cites frequent shoddy work and vague warranties
A federal report criticizes many new cars delivered in poor condition and notes owners face repair delays. It says warranties often reveal exclusions and unclear terms. The FTC will hold hearings on car warranties January 9 and may propose congressional action.
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FTC
Congress
Ralph Nader
California schools still segregated state data show
Sacramento AP reports nearly 700000 California school children or about one quarter attend schools segregated by race or ethnicity. The state Office of Compensatory Education releases the figures.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
State Office of
Peptic Ulcers and Chiropractic Claims
Doctor Elton D Harper asserts up to eight million Americans suffer peptic ulcers with about 375000 monthly visits and 9000 deaths yearly. He links ulcers to spinal nerve lesions and vertebral misalignments, claiming chiropractic correction can reduce ulcer-causing nerve tension and adjust digestive function.
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Elton D. Harper
Elton du Harpe
Dlcer
D.C
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