Tax shift bill advances to Finance Committee on close vote
The committee passed the tax shift measure 5 to 3, sending it to Finance where Sen. Randolph Collier opposes it due to a state budget surplus exceeding 400 million dollars. Senator Moretti supports the bill citing tax relief for some renters, while warning the Finance panel faces a tight vote.
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Finance Committee
Finance
Randolph Collier
Dureka
Collier
Moretti
D-Van Nuys
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Vietnamese fight to hold Highway 1 amid push by North
South Vietnamese troops with U.S. ships and air cover battled Friday to keep Highway 1 open between Quang Tri and Hue as North Vietnamese forces sought to trap 20 000 government troops. North Vietnamese forces briefly closed the highway. 17 Communists were killed nearby and 3 government soldiers wounded. B52 bombers pounded inside Quang Tri and west of Hue with additional raids in North Vietnam near the DMZ.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Quang Tri City
Hue
Quang Tri
Mo Chanh
Quang Tri Province
John Brooke
Unionist Party
Belfast
IRA Bomb Attacks Crash Belfast in Mass Casualties
IRA bombs ripped through Belfast Friday in at least 26 blasts over 81 minutes turning the city into a disaster area. Authorities report 13 dead including 11 civilians and two soldiers with over 130 injured. A civilian fatality and five more wounded occurred in a central gun battle later, as the Provisional IRA claimed responsibility.
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Belfast
UPI
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
IRA
Ulster
Oxford Street
Cavehill
Provisional Ira
McGurk’s
City funds grow with several citywide accounts
The city reports several nondepartmental funds growing including a civic center acquisition fund now at 103 778 with a 36 641 addition planned to reach 140 415 next year. Other funds include street capital improvement about 76 490 and a state gas tax refund expected to lift totals to 263 400 before adjustments.
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Ray McCuen
City Civic Center
Lompoc Valley
Missing Pioneer Paul Righetti Found Safe in Pismo Beach
Sheriff officials suspended a large search after Paul Righetti Sr. 52, a member of the Righetti family, was located safe in Pismo Beach. He had been reported missing Wednesday with alarm rising Friday. Authorities had dispatched the Aero Squadron to search hills and ravines north of Lompo. No reason for the lack of communication was given.
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Paul Righetti
Righetti
Pismo Beach
Aero Squadron
Lompo
No welfare reform before election confrontation
Republican leaders told President Nixon that his welfare reform plan cannot pass before the November election. They cited little chance for Senate approval, with revenue sharing the likely outcome. The White House pressed on but faced bleak prospects for the welfare bill before adjournment.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
House
Gerald Ford
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Senate
McGovern unifier accuses Connally of political blackmail
Lawrence F. O'Brien, new McGovern envoy, charged John B. Connally with using veiled threats to push Democrats toward Nixon. O'Brien spoke on NBC Today the day after his appointment while Nixon met with GOP leaders at a White House breakfast.
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Nixon
Clark MacGregor
White House
Ziegler
Congress
United Press International
Lawrence F. O’brien
George S. McGovern
John B. Connally
Connally
O'Brien
O’brien
Washington
NBC
Today
McGovern
Old Guard
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Lompock
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Emil Scolari
Switzerland
Bank of America
John A. Mougenel
W. Loquat Ave
Morton Rambler
W. Locust Ave
Howard W. Downing
Grace Baptist Church
North V St
O. W. Gibson
North N St
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Pine Avenue
College Avenue
Eddie Parker
Parker
Sanchez and Sons Construction Co
Treasury
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Michigan
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