Uniform County Sales Tax Bill Drafted in North Carolina
A North Carolina General Assembly subcommittee is drafting a uniform county sales tax bill to let any county levy its own sales tax. The plan mirrors statewide three percent sales tax rules for easy administration, with a one percent local option requiring petition or county approval. The group aims to present a draft by next week and may act soon.
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Sted Press
Raleigh
General Assembly
North Carolina
Joint Finance Committee
Hector MecGeachy
Cumberland
Phil Godwin
D-Gates
Eithes
McGeachy
Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg
Ja McGeachy
General
Wolfson Advised By Fortas
In Florida prison Wolfson told FBI agents he was advised by former Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas that his stock manipulation indictment rested on legal technicalities. Life magazine reports Fortas had discussed the SEC case with Wolfson and that Fortas would receive a lifetime $20,000 annual foundation fee.
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NEW York
Louis E. .Wolfson
FBI
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Life Magazine
Life
Fortas
Wolfson
Wolfson Family Foundation
Securities and Exchange Commission
Florida
Justice Fortas
SEC
Washington
Justice Department
Earl Warren
Rockefeller Makes Stop In Panama
Rockefeller, on a Latin American fact finding tour for President Nixon, meets Panama’s Foreign Minister Nander Pitty. Panama seeks a stronger role in canal operations as talks on a new treaty continue unresolved. Rockefeller says future US Panama relations hinge on resolving canal issues. He plans more Latin trips, visiting all nations except Cuba.
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Louis Nolison Rockefeller
Central America
Panama
Panama Canal
New York
Nixon
Nander Pitty
Pitty
United States
Rockefeller
Mexico
Guatemala
Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Cuba
Collegians Drink Town Dry Riot At White
South Dakota State University students, mostly SDSU, held a beer party at White that turned destructive with three broken windows. Some paid for one pane while complaining the incident was extreme but not harmful to the school. Attendees came from SDSU and nearby states. several had participated in a prior weekend march in Zap, North Dakota, causing damage.
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Highway Watromen
Bseervales
South Dakota State University
South Dakota State
Here
White
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wis
Zap, N.D
Forsyth Outfit Receives $119,392 CEO Grant
The Office of Economic Opportunity awarded Forsyth County based organization a 119,392 dollar grant for a year long legal services program.
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Raleigh
Office of Economic Opportunity
Forsyth County
Churchmen Take Sides On Black Reparations
The Presbyterian and Episcopal figures clash over Black Manifesto reparations. United Presbyterians consider a plan to raise funds and use church lands in the South for the benefit of deprived areas. Black clergy demand reparations, urging action within a week, while some warn of violence and division.
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Associated Press
Presbyterian Assembly
United Press
Genesist General Assembly
Assembly Black Economic Development
New Orleans
James Forman
United Presbyterians
San Antonio
Tex
Los Angeles
Robert H. Tes
St. John’s Episcopal Church
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Felet Enterprise
Yor
Yvonne Baskin
Jet
Piedmont
High Point
Piedmont Airlines
ORSON
Sas
Mireen
N. Majin
Forsyth Outfit
Grant
Louisville
Hugh Ye
Bry
Do Businacs
Rata
Ceret
High Point Board of Realtors
Realtors
Chevrolet
Totate
Cisarrotet
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