Poetic Legislator Predicts Doom For Gross Receipts Tax
In Raleigh veteran Rep. George Uzzell turns verse at the Joint Finance Committee hearing to scoff at a proposed gross receipts license tax. Wholesalers and service station groups warn the change could raise costs and shift tax burden to cities. debates over equity and effectiveness continue amid related salary-raise proposals and a planned employe meeting in Raleigh.
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North Carolina
George Uzzell
Rowan
Joint Finance Committee
John R. Jordan
Wholesalers Association
Tax Study Commission
E. K. Powe
Durham
James Currie
State of Washington
Service Station Association
Fred Royster
Henderson
State Personnel Council
Joint Appropriations Committee
Royster
State Employes Assn
State Highway Employes Assn
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Convention Told Nation Too Soft At AAHPER Meeting
About 800 delegates at the Southern convention of the AAHPER in Asheville heard Dr. Jackson M. Anderson warn that the nation has become too soft due to spectatoritis. He blamed easy living for rising crime and delinquency and urged crafts, art, camping, fishing and golf as wholesome outlets.
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Asheville
The
American Assn. For
Jackson M. Anderson
Aahper
Anderson
Southeastern States
Doodlebug Also Known As the Ant Lion
The doodlebug is another name for the insect commonly called the ant lion. It notes the creature's nickname and identifies the same species by an alternate term.
Effort To Reach Dead May End For Pact Member
Charles D. Noble, last living associate of an 1850s pact with two magicians to summon the dead, says he will abandon the effort after 18 years without results. He will not name successors but continues attempts to contact the deceased Thurston Darrow and Wells, seeking knock of objects on anniversaries.
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Detroit
Charles D. Noble
Noble
Thurston
Harry Blackstone
Blackstone
Chicago
Darrow
Columbus
Ohio
Prisoner Castle Convicted in Shoplifting Case
Philadelphia magistrate sent Willie Castle to Broadmeadows Prison Farm for a harsher term after a guilty verdict on a shoplifting charge. Castle requested to perform in the prison follies and was given 60 days.
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Jack Robbins
Willie Castle
Broadmeadows
Castle
Ge Farm
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