Sponsor of HST Faces Tax Count
Kansas City report: William H. Sermon, longtime Truman ally and former Independence mayor, indicted for income tax evasion covering 1956 to 1960. Indictment alleges $284,334 tax due on $558,808 five year income. Sermon and wife filed joint returns, wife not charged. Sermon proclaims innocence amid historic political shifts.
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Kansas City
William H. Sermon
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Truman
Tom Perder
Serman
Roger
Jackson County
Pendergast
Lon
United State Senate
Sermon
Associated Press
William T. Sermon
Transit Aid and Transit Reforms Scrutiny in Senate Debate
Amid debate over highway funding, a Morse backed amendment seeks to shield unions with bargaining rights in private transit systems when public bodies take over. The measure would allow cities to apply for grants to support bus or rail systems, amid pressure from large metros to expand commuter networks in New York and San Francisco.
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Morse
D-Ore
San Francisco
Housing Bill Hopes Dimmed in California Legislature
SACRAMENTO UPD Democratic leaders signaled the demise of a strong fair housing bill with criminal penalties for discrimination. Assemblyman William Byron Rumford and Gov Brown backed the measure, but Speaker Jesse Unruh and Senate Pro Tem Hugh Burns agreed it could not pass both houses in its current form. Burns cited Berkeley's defeated fair housing ordinance as a sign of public sentiment.
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Sacramento
UPD
Burns
Berkeley
Unruh
Experiment for Control of Liquor Licenses Dying
SACRAMENTO UP A major state experiment to control spiraling package liquor store licenses ends June 1 as the Assembly Government Organization Committee approves a two year extension for intercounty transfers. Assemblyman Gordon H. Winton Jr. says the plan could move licenses from low demand counties to high price areas, while critics argue transfers fail to curb high prices and favor monopoly chains. The measure aims to test intercounty transfers to lower costs for license holders and stabilize the market.
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Sacramento
Assembly Government Organization Committee
Gordon H. Winton Jr
D-Merced
Winton
Intercounty
Bills Would Control Petition Circulation
In Sacramento lawmakers push bills to curb petition circulation and require truth in petitions. Orange County authors James Whetmore William Dannemeyer and Robert Badham prepare measures to regulate referendum petitions and assess penalties for false statements or false names. Assembly debates next week as toll bridge authority study on Vincent Thomas bridge concludes for possible rate cuts to attract a federal customs facility.
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RFT
Sacramento
Kenrick
Long Beach
Biscuete
Ree
Orange County
Joseph A. Rattigan
D-Santa
Rosa
James Whetmore
William Dannemeyer
Robert Badham
Joseph M
Vincent Thomas
D-San Pedro
California Toll Bridge Authority
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Assembly
Assembly Education Committee
Joseph M. Kenrick
D-Long Beach
William Flasser
California State Federation of Teachers
Senate
Aly
Sen
Wayne
O.K
Kay Pont
Tae
Omer
Emerson
Eve Saney
Pine Ave
Long Beack
Hawthorne
Artesia
Athens
Pridag Evesiagy
Lakewood Blvd
Los Angeles
Covina Buchant
Vie Nuys Records
Beach
Harry Tarnoff
Opera
Tors
Inter County
Elgg
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