Minnesota Supermarkets Brace for New Sales Tax
Minnesota supermarket operators voiced trepidation as the 3 percent sales tax took effect August 1, with groceries exempt yet other items taxable. Chains study the law, prepare new cash registers, and consider labeling taxable items, while the Tax Department distributes guidance to merchants.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
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Red Owl
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Tax Department
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Penny's Supermarkets
Federal Grant OK'd for Wisconsin Planning
The Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a 23380 grant to the Wisconsin Department of Resource Development to fund comprehensive planning for Sauk City Prairie du Sac and Baraboo.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Wisconsin Department of Resource Development
Sauk City
Prairie du Sac
Baraboo
Heaviest Bell Tsar Kolokol Destroys Its Supports
The Tsar Kolokol bell in the Kremlin Moscow weighs 216 tons and stands 19 feet tall with a 22 foot 8 inch diameter. Cast in 1733 the bell was damaged when a fire toppled its supports, breaking a 12 ton chunk from its side and it has never been rung.
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Kremlin
Moscow
Russia
Youth Is Feared Drowned In River
Janesville deputies and volunteers search the Rock River for 15 year old Ricky Cochrane missing after a Tuesday incident. His father David Cochrane of Janesville said a companion saw him hanging onto a log at about 2:30 p.m. near the city outskirts.
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Janesville
Ricky Cochrane
Rock River
Ricky
David Cochrane
Kintner Resigns as Johnson Aide Over Eye Condition
President Johnson accepts the resignation of Robert E. Kintner from the White House staff due to a severe eye condition. The 57-year-old former head of ABC and NBC will leave June 30 and undergo surgery after hospital tests. He has coordinated speeches and advised on image matters while serving since March 1966.
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Robert E. Kintner
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National Broadcasting Companies
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