Unconscionable Tax Action in North Carolina Assembly
The General Assembly debates tax relief while preserving sales tax on food. House passage of an inventory tax cut shifts revenue losses to local governments and private property owners, risking higher property taxes for citizens. The author condemns favored treatment for special interests and warns of broader fiscal strain.
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General Assembly
Gov. Holfhouser
Assembly
House
Senate
Wilderness preservation campaign and global concerns
Washington reports a worldwide drive to save remaining wilderness areas from development pressures. The New York conference Earthcare highlighted private sponsorship and international cooperation, noting U S Wilderness Act protections and growing demands for energy, minerals, and timber.
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Washington
Earth
New York City
Earthcare
Sierra Club
National Audubon Society
Nicholas A. Robinson
Low-Salaried Brass Does Quite Well By JACK ANDERSON
United Feature Syndicate report details lavish pay and benefits for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It notes $36,000 salaries plus $650 million in tax free benefits, personal allowances, mansions, enlisted aides, vehicles, and resort perks worldwide. It argues taxpayers effectively fund about $200,000 per chief annually. The piece also covers past CIA assassination plots and related Cyprus tensions with new Lou Stern material pending.
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Joint Chiefs
George S. Brown
JCS
Andrews Air Force Base
Defense Department
Hawaii
Pentagon
CIA
Rockefeller Commission
Rafael Trujillo
Francois “Papa Doc’ Duvalier
Larry Stern
Markarios
Cyprus
Stern
Foreign Policy
Glafkos Clerides
U.S
Eric Neff
Athens
Nikos Sampson
Neff
Sampson
Makarios
Henry Kissinger
Bulent Ecevit
Ecevit
Nancy Kissinger
Senator Smith’s river protections clash with editor claim
A reader rebuts a May article praising Sen. Lynwood Smith as a hero for the New River bill. The letter asserts House Bill 789, amended by Diamont, already protected farmers and cattlemen by a management plan and guaranteed continued agricultural use, while Smith’s Senate amendment failed. It cites May 16 votes, references Greensboro Daily News coverage, and argues the river project could be defeated.
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Holt McPherson
Lynwood Smith
McPherson
North Carolina
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Smith
Sen. Smith
Ashe
Alleghany
Mr. Smith
Ashe and
Rufus Edmisten
Senate Journal
Appalachian
North America
Sen
Marion
Reps
Diamont
Gentry
Collins
Johnson
Gilmore
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Joe Brown
John Hamer
United States
Michael Frome
Thomas J. Lyon
Utah State University
Wait Taylor
U. S. Forest Service
Charles Clusen
The
Congress
Alaska
Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
David C. Jones
Air Force
Central Intelligence Agency
Fidel Castro
Milwaukee
Department of Natural and Economic Resources of
Department of the Interior
Datideney
Kai Deets
National Wilderness Preservation System
Abe Mounizing
Ahie
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