Maine Sneaks Snack Tax On Girl Scout Cookies
Maine imposes a six percent snack tax on Thin Mints Trefoils Samoas and Do si dos while Girl Scouts object saying they are a non profit group raising funds. Julia Payne 13 says tax is unfair. The state previously taxed cookies chips and candy but backed down on wholesale taxation. Now it argues retail level taxes apply to the Girl Scouts as a major retail enterprise.
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Portland
Maine
Julia Payne
Bureau of Taxation
Tax increases eyed in Canada budget hint
Prime Minister Jean Chretien signaled possible tax increases in next month’s budget saying steps to cut the deficit to 25 billion dollars by 1997 will require trimming spending. He warned higher interest rates complicate deficit reduction and cabinet discussions will shape budget measures. In Los Angeles, legal rancor grew as Robert Shapiro and F Lee Bailey clashed three days before Simpson trial opening, with Shapiro calling Bailey a snake and Bailey condemning the public airing.
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Ottawa
Southam
Jean Chretien
Chretien
Los Angeles
Reuter
Or. Simpson
Robert Shapiro
Simpson
F. Lee Bailey
Shapiro
Los Angeles Times
Bailey
Japan quake leaves Kobe wrecked and cities ablaze
Japan's strongest urban quake in 40 years killed about 1,600 people, with 1,017 missing and 6,334 injured. Kobe suffered massive destruction as fires raged, trains halted, and power and communications failed. Rescuers swarmed in from across Japan while international figures expressed condolences and aid pledges.
Japan Quake Shakes Inland Sea Area
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit 20 kilometres under Awaji in the Inland Sea at 5 46 am. The quake knocked trains off tracks and damaged office buildings and apartments. Hundreds of fires started across the region.
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Stephane Jobin
Tokyo
Osaka
Jobin
Wilf Wakely
B.C
Kobe
Victoria
Ottawa
Jean Chretien
Japan
Japan Red Cross Society
Awaji
Utility hike plan sparks opposition from Hamill
The city hired Coopers and Lybrand Consulting Group to map a five year plan for gas and electric utilities. Ald John Hamill blasts the report as a tax grab and opposes any rate increases citing provincial and federal cuts. Mayor Grimm supports raises to fund plant upgrades and demands utilities stand on their own.
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Hamill
Hatters
Ted Grimm
Grimm
Utility Services Committee
Ald
Ken Sauer
Police search for clues in Carpenter abduction
Calgary police and Surrey RCMP pursue leads in the Melanie Carpenter case. Fernand Auger, a 36 year old sex offender, was suspected of abducting the 23 year old from a Surrey tanning salon. Auger’s body was found in a High River garage from carbon monoxide poisoning. Investigators retrace Auger’s route from Surrey to Lethbridge while Calgary forensics examine the vehicle for matching evidence.
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Calgary
Auger
Surrey
Lethbridge
Surrey Rcmp
Frank Henley
RCMP
Carpenter
Jury to rule on Warren in Giant Mine killings
In Yellowknife the Northwest Territories Supreme Court judge outlined that Roger Warren could be found guilty of manslaughter or first or second degree murder depending on acceptance of parts of his confession. The Crown must prove he set the bomb at Giant Mine, with reasonable doubt or a false confession argued by the defense risking acquittal. The jury of five men and six women began deliberations after a three hour evidence summary.
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Yellowknife
Roger Warren
Warren
Mark de Weerdt
de Weerdt
Northwest Territories Supreme Court
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