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Newspaper
Lincoln Journal
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1977
Page
3
Treasury Secretary Blumenthal outlined a proposed tax relief for families earning under 25 000 a year as part of the Carter administration tax reform. He indicated a possible negative income tax and said the measure would go to Congress, unlikely to take effect for at least a year.
The FBI reports a 9 percent drop in crime in the first three months of the year over 1976, the largest quarterly decline in 19 years. The decline spans cities, suburbs, and rural areas, with larceny down 11 percent and robberies down 8 percent, while rapes and aggravated assaults rose.
A 1977 Field Enterprises poll shows about three quarters of Americans oppose unionization of the U.S. armed forces. Support is 13 percent, with 13 percent undecided. opposition spans both union and nonunion families. Young adults and nonwhites show 24 percent support.
Elisabeth Congdon, 83, was smothered in her Duluth mansion and nurse Velma Pietila, 65, bludgeoned to death by a brass candlestick in June. Roger Caldwell, 43, husband of Miss Congdon’s adoptive daughter, faces two counts of first degree murder as a grand jury probes evidence. A smudged fingerprint was found on the candlestick and a clearer print in the car. The will poised to leave Caldwell beneficiaries of up to 3 million. Parole decision for G Gordon Liddy postponed to next Wednesday.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse released a report to counter the image of cocaine as harmless. Director Robert L. DuPont notes cocaine is highly reinforcing and can cause negative psychic effects, with 26 deaths from 1971 to 1976 and street prices around 50 dollars per gram.
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