06 Jan 1977
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1977
Page
1
Congress changed rules on sick pay and foreign income retroactively to 1976, forcing many taxpayers to pay taxes on income abroad and sick pay for the full year. The overhaul also delays benefits for alimony and moving expenses until 1977. IRS data show 1.354 million sick pay returns and 125,808 foreign income returns in 1974.
President elect Carter will confront NORAD defense funding and coast to coast territorial disputes with Canada. Talks in January will shape 200 mile fishing zones and billing for air defense costs while boundary claims over Georges Bank Juan de Fuca and Arctic islands loom. Seaway toll policy also awaits a February decision to prevent unilateral Canadian moves.
A Guilford County jury system uses a three member Jury Commission to compile a biennial prospective juror list from tax and voter records. Names are filtered for prior service, competence, felony convictions, age, and residency before random selection via a numbered card draw. A librarian explains library reorganization will relocate non fiction to align with the card catalog improving access.
President elect Carter urged the Democratic National Committee to elect former Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis as party chairman and named Sidney Harman as undersecretary of commerce. Carter met with Mondale and top aides to map a plan to tackle unemployment inflation and a slack economy ahead of the Jan. 21 DNC meeting. Curtis, Maine governor 1967 75, was seen as Carter’s likely choice.
The coffee boycott spreads with little effect on prices but fuels debate over causes. Observers point to bean shortages, higher export taxes, and Brazil’s doubled 1976 export earnings, while prices in the U S rise from 1.25 to over 3 a pound. Israel sees $4.50 per pound up from 1.68, Austria doubles in 1976, and frost in Brazil in 1975 adds to supply concerns.
North Carolina prepares for the 96th governor Jim Hunt as he is sworn in in Raleigh with a large crowd expected at Bicentennial Plaza. Bert Lance will lead visiting dignitaries, and a 140 unit parade will follow the address. A Friday night inaugural ball at NC State features Andy Griffith and a champagne substitute served.
Tulsa AP reports Marshall G. Cummings Jr., 25, acted as his own attorney in a purse snatching case. He cross examined the victim with the line about her seeing his face. A state jury convicted him of attempted robbery by force and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
President Ford hosted a candlelit dinner with 37 Cabinet members at a private club near the White House. Each secretary engraved his signature on a coffee table sized replica of the Cabinet room table as a keepsake. Secretary Kissinger presented the gift and Ford invited them to a Saturday tour for their families.
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