California Sales Tax Hikes Return Across State
The California sales tax rose to 6 cents on the dollar statewide at 12:01 a.m. with Bay Area counties San Francisco Alameda and Contra Costa charging 62 cents. A $3,500 car now carries $210 in tax and a $20 pair of shoes costs $21.20. The levy funds property tax relief and followed a six month suspension to absorb a $826 million surplus.
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Flood Waters Recede in Northern California Residents Return Home
Residents in northern California returned to homes Sunday as flood waters receded across Humboldt County. A Weather Bureau spokesman noted rivers were dropping though more rain could raise levels briefly. Sheriff Lt. Wendell Cyphers said evacuees and livestock from Eel and Van Duren river lowlands returned as the worst appeared over.
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Corrective laws seen for mobile home industry
Assembly Speaker Moretti previews consumer protection legislation after a 54 page study by the Assembly Office of Research. The report urges licensing of mobile home manufacturers dealers salesmen transporters installers and repairers and notes mobile homes are a major housing option for seniors. It cites sales growth from 50 million in 1955 to 3.5 billion in 1972 and recommends warranty deposits and impound accounts with dealers to protect buyers.
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Agnew's Maryland law license to be appealed
Final arguments before the Maryland Court of Appeals will decide Spiro T. Agnew's future as a lawyer. Disbarment was recommended by a disciplinary panel and the state bar for alleged moral turpitude tied to a tax evasion plea while he was governor. Agnew's attorney urged only a suspension rather than permanent disbarment.
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GOP leaders seek to shift Watergate blame at Midwest gathering
Four Republican prospects Gerald Ford Charles Percy Ronald Reagan and Nelson Rockefeller address about 1 000 Republicans at the Midwest Leadership Conference urging the party to separate Watergate from core values and to pursue distinct strategies including signing pledges reforms and court resolution while defending Nixon. A Los Angeles Times April fools gag prints a fake Nixon resignation letter.
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