Tax Cut Plan Advances In Senate Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee tentatively approved an at least 5 percent income tax cut totaling 8.9 billion dollars and approved raising the standard deduction from 1,000 to 2,000 for non itemizers. Proposals to raise personal exemptions were rejected, while Gore pressed for higher deductions and Miller proposed a 165 dollar per person credit. Gore vowed to push the issue to the Senate floor.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Guerrilla Attacks Rock Lebanon as Cairo Talks Dim
Arab guerrillas confronted army posts across Lebanon using rockets mortars and machine weapons while parading in Beirut defying government calls for peace talks in Cairo. Maj Gen Emile Bustani pressed for urgent meetings as Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat urged regional rulers to intervene against the Lebanese plot.
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United Press International
Lebanon
Cairo
Beirut
Emile Bustani
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Yassir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Al-Kalefat
Syria
UPI
Ray Wilkinson
Rashaya
Fice
Court orders faster school integration
The U S Supreme Court ruled unanimously that no further delay is acceptable in desegregating Mississippi schools. The decision demands immediate desegregation of 33 districts and signals a broader push against de jure segregation in the South. Civil rights groups hailed the ruling, while critics warned of upheaval in public education.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
High Court
Nixon
Warren E. Burger
Justice Department
Mississippi
South
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Giant fissure widens threatening six cliffside homes
The 300 foot long crack near San Pedro widened to threaten six houses with collapse toward the Pacific. A $65,000 home slid 30 feet as the fissure grows at about half an inch per hour after a loud rumble. Four houses already toppled or abandoned. insured coverage is unavailable.
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San Pedro
UPI
Pacific
Tom Barrow
Barrow
FCC Contempt Charges Move Against FCC Chairman Hyde
The House Commerce Committee voted 20 to 13 to cite FCC Chairman Rosel Hyde for contempt for refusing to turn over records in the WISE Indianapolis AM FM station renewal case. Rep. Staggers said records were sought to check for wrongdoing. Hyde is leaving the post as Dean Burch is named FCC chairman.
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Hyde
FCC
Nixon
Dean Burch
Senate
Justice Department
Congressional
Staggers
House
Congress
Fccs
Wise At
Indianapolis, Inc
Suspect in Zodiac case questioned in Las Vegas
Los Angeles man Gary Ronald Schilling, 27, detained in Las Vegas on unregistered firearm charges, is among about 5,000 Zodiac suspects but not a likely match, say investigators. Police plan fingerprint checks to rule him out or in.
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San Francisco
UPI
Las Vegas
Dave Toschi
Zodiac
Gary Ronald Schilling
Los Angeles
Toschi
Schilling
Seale in wild clash during Chicago Eight trial scene
Black Panther leader Bobby Seale, bound and gagged, caused a chaotic confrontation with U.S. marshals in the Chicago Eight trial. Judge Julius Hoffman and defense attorney William Kunstler traded sharp words as the day included Seale’s chair topple and renewed demands to defend himself.
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Chicago
UPI
Bobby Seale
U.S
William Kunstler
Julius J. Hoffman
Seale
Marshals
Hoffman
Black Panther Party
Malik
Planners OK Secretarial Service in Residential Zone
The city planning commission approved a home secretarial service at 1729 Berkeley Drive on a three month trial. Protests from neighbors including Councilwoman Charlotte Benton noted traffic and residential character concerns, with a carport condition replacing a converted garage as a requirement.
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City Planning Commission
Roberta B. Nottbohm
Berkeley Dr
William Krisker
Somerset Pt
Dale V. Anderson
Clinton Sherrod
Ronald Farmer
Carl Jensen
Farmer
Jensen
Charlotte Benton
Robert Kranig
Vernon Copeland
Brush fire burns one home Granada Hills area
A wind swept brush fire near Granada Hills burned 5000 acres and destroyed or damaged three structures and 15 horses at Sunshine Ranch. Fire crews contained three fronts. northern county segment remained out of control. Fourteen hundred residents were evacuated then allowed to return as 700 firefighters fought the blaze.
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Granada Hills
UPI
Sunshine Ranch
Los Angeles
Vandenberg Officials Await Detail On Planned Cuts
Vandenberg Air Force Base has yet to receive official listings of 1300 military and 200 civilian job cuts ordered by Defense Secretary Melvin Laird. The reductions, part of a $3 billion economy drive, aim to save over 11 million and affect base units with direction from higher headquarters pending.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Air Force
Florida
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