Reagan Leads Historic Tax Cutting Initiative in California
Gov. Ronald Reagan launches an initiative drive to amend the state constitution and cap tax collections by a percentage of personal income. Targeted to 520,806 signatures, the measure would curb taxes, immediately cut personal income tax, and restrict new programs unless voters approve in a statewide election.
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Bill Stall
Associated Press
Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
California
NO SET COURSE
Experts argue progress moves in cycles, a tactful view that suggests we often run in circles rather than advancing steadily. The idea frames development as repetitive patterns, with small gains punctuating longer plateaus.
Drink Tax Bill Shelved in North Carolina Tax Shift Debate
Raleigh AP reports lawmakers weigh repealing the penny per bottle crown tax on soft drinks while interest grows in cutting the sales tax on food from three to two percent. Rep Glenn Jernigan and Sen Herman Moore back broad tax relief, with Rep Liston Ramsey opposing crown tax repeal as the subcommittee, not yet appointed, will study the measure.
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Raleigh
Jim
Holfhouser
Glenn Jernigansbe
Herman Moore
North Carolina House Finance Committee
Liston Ramsey
Madison
House
Glenn Jernigan
Cumberland
Senate
Mecklenburg
Moore
Indians Head For Smithfield Protest March To Raleigh
About 40 Robeson County Indians on horseback and on foot marched to Smithfield and Fayetteville to Raleigh, demanding official recognition as Tuscarora, an end to discrimination in jobs voting housing welfare education and courts, and full representation in government bodies. The march began Wednesday led by Howard Brooks, with Golden Frinks addressing demonstrators at a bonfire rally in Pope Park. They also seek a return to all Indian schools in Robeson County.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Robieson County
Smithfield
Raleigh
Market Square
Pope Park
Jack Lee
Golden Frinks
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
North Carolina
Howard Brooks
Robeson County
Death sentence reduced to life for Charlotte killers
Johnny Lee Frazier and James Nathaniel Westbrook, both 24, had their death sentences for the murder of 17 year old Carla Jean Underwood commuted to life in prison after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty as applied at the time unconstitutional. Westbrook was resentenced to life last year. Frazier also faced life for the kidnapping robbery of a Charlotte woman on June 18, 1970.
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Charlotte
Johnny Lee Frazier
Frazier
James Nathaniel Westbrook
U.S. Supreme Court
Westbrook
Carla Jean Underwood
Violet Red Meat Dyes Suspect To Cancer Link
AP reports the FDA will ban Violet No 1 from foods drugs cosmetics and meat marking due to cancer links found in studies in Japan. Producers may replace with Red No 2 or other marking methods as USDA inspectors adapt, affecting 33 tons used last year including 30 percent for USDA meat grading.
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Washington
U.S
Food and Drug Administration
Agriculture Department
USDA
FDA
Japan
United States
College grad takes aim at his life goal
A new graduate has learned marksmanship in class and now prepares to pursue his primary life objective with focus and discipline.
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