Pennsylvania school tax inequities spark reform talk
Harrisburg observes that local school taxes burden PA residents heavily, with 1976-77 local taxes totaling 1.855 billion and real estate taxes comprising 79.9 percent. Proposals from Senator George Gekas and Senator John Stauffer seek to shift funding away from property taxes toward state aid, but critics warn the net tax bite remains inevitable for locals.
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Mason Denison
Harrisburg
State Department of Education
George Gekas
Dauphin County
John Stauffer
Chester County
Gekas
Comment: Slicing the Salami and the Gerrymander
The article explains gerrymandering as redrawing districts to favor incumbents, tracing origins to Elbridge Gerry and noting colorful historic district shapes. Common Cause profiles efforts to curb partisan reapportionment ahead of the 1980 census, arguing reforms are needed before 1981 to prevent entrenched politics.
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David Hendin
Massachusetts
Elbridge Gerry
Des Moines Register and
Tribune
Chicago
Richard Daley
Minois
10Th
Abner Mikvia
Mikva
New York
Congress
Gov. Gerry
United States
Enterprise Asso
Indiana Evening Gazette masthead and rates snippet
Masthead lists editors and staff, followed by Associated Press note. Contains subscription rates for in state and outside counties, with daily publication note and legal holiday pause. Rates show monthly and yearly options, with detailed regional mail areas and prices.
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Atabiosteal
RAY Tant
Luciary Linn
Hresttent
Salla BR. Sasl Save
Eligabetil ER. Sweeniey
Q Advectiany
Donneludh
William D Hastengs
Frask B. Hood
Associated Piwess
Associated Press
Indiana
Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jeferson
Westmoreland
Oubide Indiana
Wisconsin trip for Indiana Franklin and Nash Pittsburgh managers
Floyd Lightner of Indiana Franklin Co and G W Monroe of Nash Pittsburgh Motors Co spend a week in Kenosha Racine and Milwaukee visiting Nash factories and attend the Chicago Automobile Show. Also notes a 1953 Indiana County mine death and other regional events including fires and a UMWA walkout.
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Floyd Lightner
Indiana Franklin Co
G.W. Monroe
Nash Pittsburgh Motors Co
Kenosha
Racine
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Nash
Chicago
Indiana County
Ernest Miner
Ernest
R & P Coal Co
Children’s Hospital
Pittsburgh
Clymer
United Mine Workers
Dixonville
Southern Labor Union
Tdixanville
M. Bennett and Sons Realty Co
South Second Street
White Township
HUFF
UMWA
Florence Mining Co
Black Lick Portal
Nixon regime fallout fuels far right intrigue
Washington round up of reactions to the Nixon downfall highlights fears of right wing extremism. FBI notes warn of NCLC trained in violence and weapons with recruits isolated from families and guided by a figure like Lyndon LaRouche.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Richard Nixon
Nixon
San Clemente
Rockefellers
Nelson Rockefeller
David
United States
FBI
National Caucus of Labor Committees
NCLC
Clarence Kelley
West
Argyle
N.Y
CIA
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Ralph Nader
NCLCO
Lyndon LaRouche
LaRouche
Upstate
New York
Women AT Arms
Carter
New Leadership Fund Candidates Survive Under Finances
Washington column notes PACs fund candidates. New Leadership Fund, run by Ripon Society members, underperforms yet shows notable wins. Mitch McConnell and J. Marshall Coleman dominate races. Arch Gillies leads in Manhattan. Fund aims to raise 25k to 50k in 1978 with potential endorses across House and other offices.
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Martha Angle
Robert Walters
New York
Arch Gillies
Atdarge
Manhattan
New Leadership Fund
Ripon Society
J. Eugene Marrans
Republican Party
Sunnyvale
Calif
Thomas E.tim Petri
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin
Marans
GOP
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Dollar remains standard as oil prices stay tied to it
The article argues the dollar will continue as the pricing unit for world oil for now. It notes oil nations consider a basket of currencies, possibly raising U.S. imports costs, while Saudi Arabia sticks with the dollar under Energy Secretary Schlesinger. Britain ends 1977 with a North Sea oil surplus, highlighting a fragile balance tied to high OPEC prices.
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Don Graff
Europe
Japan
United States
West Germany
Saudi Arabia
James R. Schlesinger Jr
Washington
U.S
Britain
North Sea
OPEC
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New York City
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