California lawmakers return to heavy agenda after Easter recess
State legislators faced key actions on private pension reform, a governor pay raise, and the Serrano school financing ruling. Bills AB1575 and SB1800 loom, while a tax shift proposal hints at raising sales or income levies to back education.
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Greene
Mississippi Flood Forces Evacuations As Rivers Spill
Heavy rains caused rivers to overflow in the lower Mississippi Valley forcing hundreds from their homes in Hattiesburg and surrounding areas. National Guard was activated to assist evacuations while Civil Defense counted about 500 displaced across southern and central Mississippi amid three days of downpours.
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Mississippi
Bill Waller
National Guard
Hattiesburg
Miss
Harold Gill
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York
Xenia
Yellow Springs
Proponent Calls Nation to Close Businesses for Week
Cal Sunderland urged a national vacation from April 15 to protest gasoline shortages and government. He closed his Winnemucca paper and predicted broad backing, but local participation faded as deadline neared despite mail support and merchant readiness to join.
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Congress
Traxler Aims To Upset Sparling In Michigan Special
In Michigan 8th district a key special election pits Democrat J Robert Traxler against Republican James M Sparling Jr Traxler trails by polls but campaigns highlight Nixon policy clashes Traxler media chief notes Kennedy backed ad and 80 000 to 90 000 voters are expected to cast ballots amid Watergate and economy concerns
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Steel workers to get back pay over racial discrimination
The NAACP says an agreement between the steel industry and its unions will provide back pay to 40 000 to 90 000 black Latin and women workers hired before January 1 1968 for racial discrimination. Herbert Hill calls the deal an attempt to buy immunity from further Civil Rights Act litigation.
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