Lax Policies Blamed In State Tax Scandals
Revenue Commissioner Donald R. King testified before a joint House Senate committee that a lax understaffed Revenue Department caused sales tax irregularities costing about 750,000 across 60 of 300 firms checked in Tennessee. Comptroller Snodgrass urged a complete department reorganization and proposed new offices for research internal audit and general counsel, plus stricter bonds and reporting to curb delinquent taxes and embezzlement. The panel will hear testimony from former revenue officials and prepare actions ahead of Knox County grand jury review.
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Nashville
Donald R. King
State Revenue Department
House Senate
Tennessee
William R. Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Revenue Department
Hilton Butler
Alfred T. MacFarland
Floyd Murphy
King
Gene McIlwain
D-Hartsville
J. I. Bell
Savannah
Reverue
Snodgrase
Knox County Grand Jury
Local Option Bill Too Broad Says Bomar And Others
Nashville AP The local option tax bill is too broad to pass in its current form. Legislators including Senate Speaker Bomar and Adm inistration readers heard city and county officials urge a narrower plan with safeguards and possible referenda. Local government groups favor expanded taxing authority but acknowledge need for an alternate plan if defeat seems likely.
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Gavin Scott
John Ridley
Smyrna
Ridley
Clement
Senate
Frank Gorrell
Nashville
Herbert Bingham
Tennessee Municipal League
Gorrell
TML
Bingham
General Assembly
Tennessee County Services Association
W. C. Beach
Montgomery
Clarksville
Beach
Bomar
C. D. Harper
Hartsville
Harper
Assembly
Hobart Atking
Knoxville
G. L. Aderhold
R-Etowah
Charles Galbreath
D-Nashville
Bill To Allow Daylight Saving Time Introduced
In Nashville AP report a bill in the Senate seeks repeal of the 1949 anti daylight saving law and the 1957 amendment. House sponsors Rep J W Van Cleave and A H Reingold both Chattanooga Democrats and Rep Lewis Pride and W M Lackey Nashville Democrats push repeal amid past rural opposition. A separate House resolution seeks investigative funding of welfare department with no appropriation.
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Nashville
Senate
House
Tennessee
J. W. van Cleave
A. H. Reingold
Chattanooga
Robbers Escape With $40,000 From Army Hospital Branch
Two gunmen in civilian clothes robbed an Army Fort Campbell branch of about $40,000 in currency. They forced tellers to the floor, then fled as military police and state troopers sealed exits within minutes. The heist occurred at a local bank branch operating on the installation.
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FT. Campbell, Ky
Leach
Bank
Ft. Campbell Army
Kentucky
Max Leach
Pac Bt
Baltimore
Maryland
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