County approves record high tax rates for 1971 72
County supervisors set a record high general tax rate of 4.4937 per 100, with many city and district rates rising. Long Beach adopts an ordinance fixing city rate at 1.98, totaling a likely $644.76 on a 24 000 dollar home, up 61.34 from last year. Final school tax rates also approved with increases in many districts.
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Kennedy era economist opposes profit cap shift in wage controls
Gardner Ackley, former head of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, urged extending wage price controls without a strict corporate profits cap. He argued profits are at their lowest since 1916 and dismissed an excess profits tax as unfair. Meanwhile postal unions seek exemptions to obtain 250 dollars yearly raises. Senator Harris called for antitrust action to curb concentrated industries, warning inflation amid permanent wage and price controls. AFL CIO president Meany joined labor leaders in backing stricter measures.
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Nixon blocks Congress using executive privilege report standoff
President Nixon invoked executive privilege to deny the Senate Foreign Relations Committee access to a five year planning report on the 13 billion dollar military aid program. The move, first of its kind by Nixon, would have halted further spending if not supported in writing by the President. Fulbright criticized the action as part of ongoing Congress versus White House information disputes.
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Foreign Relations Committee
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Lawyer charged in prison killings at San Quentin
Stephen Mitchell Bingham, 28, a radical attorney from Connecticut's famed political family, was charged with five counts of murder for the Aug. 21 San Quentin prison escape. Prosecutors allege he smuggled a gun to George Jackson, leading to the deaths of three guards and two inmates, with Jackson shot by guards after the weapon was brought into the Adjustment Center. The case mirrors the Angela Davis episode as authorities say Jackson obtained the gun during a visit from Bingham.
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George Jackson
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California
Hingham
Bates
Marin County
Frank P. DeLeon
Paul Krasenes
Jere Graham
Statewide property tax eyed after Court ruling
California faces a major shift as the state Supreme Court declared local property taxes unconstitutional for school funding. Experts expect a statewide tax plus sales tax boosts, with leaders like Senator Albert Rodda and Assemblyman Leroy Greene arguing it may be inevitable to fund education across districts.
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Sacramento
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Leroy Greene
Assembly Education Committee
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Crime Victim Risk Rises in 1970 FBI Report
The 1970 Uniform Crime Report shows average Americans face higher odds of serious crime, with 1 in 51 overall and 1 in 29 in big cities. It notes a 176 percent rise in the 1960s while population grew 13 percent, and details crime clocks with murders every 33 minutes and robberies every 1 1 seconds.
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