Reagan signs landmark tax relief bill in California
Governor Reagan signs a $1.1 billion measure to cut property taxes and fund schools while raising the sales tax from 5 to 6 cents. The 1972 bill, supported by Assembly Speaker Moretti and Senator Dills, expands school aid and tightens taxes for some renters and higher income homeowners. It takes effect 1973-74 with mortgage relief for typical homeowners and revenue shifts across income tax and sales tax.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Senate
Assembly
Bob Moretti
Ralph C. Dills
D-Gardena
California
Reagan-Moretti Alliance
Wilson Riles
Bay Area
Truman Resting Quietly Amid Serious Health Struggle
Former President Harry S. Truman, aged 88, slept through the night at Research Hospital with kidney failure and a weak heart. Doctors reported he remained in very serious condition though he showed slight alertness and responded that he felt all right when asked.
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Kansas City
UPI
S. Truman
Truman
Research Hospital
John Dreves
Dreves
Kathy Borowski Crowned 1973 Junior Miss of Lompoc Valley
Kathy Borowski daughter of Mr and Mrs R A Borowski of 4217 Constellation Rd was crowned Lompoc Valley 1973 Junior Miss at the Civic Auditorium. She won Poise and Appearance and Youth Fitness categories and will pursue college drama studies with a 200 dollar scholarship.
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Kathy Borowski
R.A. Borowski
Constellation Rd
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc Civic Auditorium
Kathy
Cabrillo High School
San Diego State
Long Beach State College
California
Santa Rosa
Lompoc Jaycees
Debbie Dyer
Lompoc High
Elmer Dyer
North W Street
Georgia Thonis
Santa Ynez High
Candy Mintz
Susan Disney
Cabrillo High
Jaycee
Terry Kendrick
Sharon Figueroa
Diane Siminiski
Walter Dundon
Elizabeth Morse
Elaine Webster
Eugene Huseman
Eugene Stevens
Stan Tulledo
Olivia Cotsenmeyer
Karl Braun
U S resumes bombing Hanoi Haiphong area
The United States announces renewed air strikes against military targets in North Vietnam including the Hanoi Haiphong region after a pause since October. Hanoi Radio reports mines in Haiphong Harbor and rockets fired near the port as U S commanders claim ongoing operations against infiltration supporting South Vietnam.
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Saigon
UPS
United States
Hanoi-Haiphong
North Vietnam
Nixon
Hanoi Radio
U.S
Haiphong Harbor
Haiphong
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Hanoi- Hinighons
Henry Rae
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Radio Hanoi
McGovern aide, workers file wage complaints in DC board
Joseph Mohbat, a press aide to Sen. McGovern, says he and two others filed disputes over back pay during the campaign. Julie Schlesinger won a ruling for workers earning under $150 weekly, and hearings by the DC Minimum Wage Board are set for Wednesday.
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Mohbat
Susan Davis
Electoral College to elect Nixon for a second term
The Electoral College meets in state capitals to formalize Nixon's 521 votes to 17 for McGovern after a November landslide. Voters chose electors by state, with Nixon carrying most states and Massachusetts and the District of Columbia supporting McGovern. Votes are sealed and opened January 6 in Congress.
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Washington
UPI
Electoral College
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Nixon
George S. McGovern
U.S
House
McGovern
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Congress
Vietnam Rejects Christmas Cease-Fire With U.S. Demands
Hanoi rejects a full cease-fire while proposing a brief holiday pause. The Vietnam News Agency says no peace or POW release until a cease-fire is signed by Washington. Readies a Christmas and New Year lull in attacks, rejecting Saigon’s broader plan.
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Saigon
UPI
North Vietnam
U.S
United States
Hanoi
Vietnam News Agency
VNA
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the
Republic of South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Apollo 17 Nears Earth on Accurate Return Course
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Jack Schmitt guided the spacecraft America toward Earth after a productive lunar mission. They expected splashdown Tuesday in the South Pacific aboard the carrier Ticonderoga with favorable weather.
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Samoa
Evans
Cerna
Earth
Schmitt
Taurus-Littrow Valley
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