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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1971
Page
10
Columbus Ohio AP reports growing doubt among state senators about passing a statewide income tax after the House approved a $1.4 billion tax package on July 14. The shift comes from mounting constituent and special-interest pressure.
In Ohio the push for an income tax persists amid high unemployment and rising living costs. Lawmakers debate a sales tax increase to cover the 8.2 billion budget, with voices urging tax reform tied to education, mental health, and corrections. Senators weigh votes and committee action while labor opposition remains entrenched.
The Ohio Board of Building Standards approved three Ohio manufactured home systems Kingsbury Homes Inland and Community Systems for use across the state. Governor Gilligan said Ohio faces a housing gap near half a million units with a shortage of low income housing and industrialized housing could provide safe modern homes at lower costs.
Ohio Republicans and Democrats prepare for the reapportionment board as Governor Gilligan must convene the panel by fall. Democrats hold a 2-1 stake on the five member board with key figures Brown Ferguson Lavelle Cala BRESE, while plans seek equal population within ten percent or tighter one percent bounds. Both sides expect court challenges and vow to push fair lines within constitutional limits.
U S Treasury agents charged Franklin M Spencer of near Dayton with possession of unlawful weapons including sawed off shotguns and machines guns and possession of the weapons for sale without a federal license. More than 300 firearms were seized during Friday’s raid on a combined house and barn on Post Town Road with help from Trotwood and Madison Township police. He is to be arraigned in federal court.
Two alfalfa truck drivers died in a head on collision in Henry County. Richard Rusky 22 of Deshler and Dale Rader 19 of near Leipsic drove for Yarnell Bros Mill. Rusky died at Blanchard Valley Hospital Findlay. Rader perished when his truck exploded after a gasoline tank ignited.
A general alarm fire at the B and N Fiberglass Co in Springfield Ohio damaged the two story brick building that housed the dune buggy bodies maker. Three firefighters were hospitalized including Russell B Sayer who suffered a fractured leg and back injuries from a rear explosion.
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