Demos warn GOP on tax reform plan in California
In Sacramento Democrats move to approve a 1.3 million property tax relief package despite GOP demands for a balanced budget focus. Assembly Speaker Moretti backs the measure as Republicans push a 562 million tax increase, with proposals tied to education, parks, and earthquake safety.
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GOP
Assembly
Bob Moretti
D-Van Nuys
William T. Bagley
San Rafael
Bagley
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
Moretti
Ten Die In Desert Plane Crash Over Arizona Plateau
A Scenic Airlines twin engine Cessna 402 carrying 10 people including former Arizona Education Commissioner James Allen Jr. crashed on a desolate plateau in wintry conditions near the Grand Canyon. The pilot Wayne Leeth and five other victims were identified, while the rest were foreign tourists. The crash was found Sunday by Civil Air Patrol and Air Force search planes after disappearing Saturday. Allen had been a controversial figure who resigned as education commissioner 18 months after his appointment by Nixon.
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Ariz
UPI
A_ sheriffs posse
Lo Education
James & Allen Jr
Scenic Airlines
Las Vegas
Nev
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Civil Air Patrol
Air Force
Nevada
John Siebold
Allen
Princeton University
R. Lynch
Chicago
Wayne Leeth
Las Vegas-Grand Cay
Weekend violence hits Northern Ireland as British troops surge
British reinforcements arrive in Northern Ireland as violence peaks. A weekend saw snipers kill three soldiers and injure police, with two policemen shot on Friday. Bomb damage hit offices in Belfast and Londonderry while Dutch police linked 32 tons of weapons bound for the province to a Schiphol discovery. Belgian pilot Jean Van Homwegen and an American salesman were arrested.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Edward Heaths
Andersontown
Londonderry
Scotland Yard
Netherlands
Czechoslovakia
Amsterdams Schiphol
Jean van Homwegen
Luxembourg
Ernest Koenig
Water on Mars Seen Likely by Mariner 9 Orbit
Mariner 9, awaiting Mars orbit, carries a spectrometer to detect water vapor and assess liquid water presence. Previous missions found a frozen south polar cap of dry ice, while Earth telescopes detected only trace water vapor.
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Pasadena
UPS
America
Mariner 9
Mars
Mariner
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Newspaper Personnel and Associations Noted in Listing
The text lists staff roles including Tim Conner as Mechanical Superintendent and Clete Lunny in Advertising, along with editors and reporters. It notes memberships with several press associations and an Audit Bureau of Circulations affiliation.
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Tim Conner
Clete Lunny
t _ Wesley A Huffman
Ray McCuen
Betty Laurent
Scott Ostler
Wilma Jack
Vaughn Proctor
Dan Duffy
Narrow division on pullout date in House vote
The House nears a second Vietnam pullout date vote as Senate Leader Mansfield pushes an amendment declaring the U S must withdraw within six months of enactment after all prisoners are returned. The measure sits on a 2 billion weapons bill and faces a conference with the Senate amid growing war weariness and a tighter margin than June.
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Washington
Senate
House
South Vietnam
Brown Plans Legal Action Over Campaign Reports
Secretary of State Edmund Brown Jr will outline actions against candidates who missed the Oct. 15 reporting deadline. He met with staff and attorneys as 112 of 134 required candidates filed or had reports in processing. Possible injunctions, jail for contempt, or referral to the attorney general or district attorney were discussed.
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Washington
UPI
Congressional Works
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Consumer Safety Agency
CSA
Warren G. Magnuson
Magnuson
Senate Commerce Committee
LPI
Sacramento
Edmund Brown Jr
Brown
Tom Quinn
Sacramento County
Winter Storm Sweeps Across Southwest and Plains
A massive snowstorm hit Wyoming Colorado New Mexico and Arizona after pummelling the Southwest. Flooding in south Texas displaced over 1 600 people while tornadoes struck Texas Colorado and Nebraska. Severe weather included eight inches of snow in Pine Cove California and a death near Lake Arrowhead.
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Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Texas
Nebraska
California
Pine Cove
Palm Springs
Lake Arrowhead
Calif
Nevada
North Dakota
Wray
Colo
Nebraska Highway Patrol
Paxton
Neb
San Diego
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Israel Holds Cabinet Talks Over Phantom Jet Delivery
Israel weighs U S backed supersonic Phantom jet delivery amid ongoing talks with Washington. Prime Minister Meir and cabinet discussed Egyptian-Soviet arms buildup and awaited U S guarantees while a Beirut guerrilla claim cited two Israeli soldiers killed and two wounded in the Golan Heights mine incident.
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Jerusalem
UPI
United States
Israel
Golda Meir
Anwar Sadat
Moscow
William P. Rogers
Michael Nir
Abba Eban
American Jewish Congress
New York
Eban
Beirut
Golan Heights
Congress Pays Hayden for Yellowstone Painting in 1870
Congress approved a payment of 10000 dollars to Ferdinand V. Hayden for a large painting depicting Yellowstone Canyon and the Lower Falls in Yellowstone National Park. Hayden’s artwork reflects the era’s expedition era interest.
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Congress
Ferdinand V. Hayden
Yellowstone Canyon
Lower Falls
Yellowstone National Park
New Jersey County Governments Once Called Freeholders
The term boards of chosen freeholders dates to colonial times when only property owners could hold public office. It explains why New Jersey counties used that name for their governing bodies.
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New Jersey
Boards of Chosen Freeholders
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Harry J. Crompe
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Gaylen Jackson
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