Rhodes tax proposal faces stiff opposition from retailers
Gov. Rhodes aims to fund $361 million in new education programs with a graduated gross receipts tax targeting merchants above $30 000 in gross income. The Ohio Council of Retail Merchants opposes the plan, citing tax inequities and potential favoritism toward services, while lawmakers mull options including an income or sales tax increase.
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Diana Stover
Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Department of Finance
Washington D. C
Spiro T. Agnew
Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
General Assembly
George B. Hammond
Association
Ralph E. Fisher
R- 24
Wooster
Collier
Fisher
Ethel G. Swanbeck
R-14
Huron
Gusher Still Unchecked Off Santa Barbara Coast
The runaway undersea well six miles off the Southern California coast leaks about 21 000 gallons of crude daily. The oil slick spans 40 miles seaward and covers around 800 square miles of the Pacific as crews try mud injections and possible cement to seal the well amid evacuations and clean up efforts.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
California
Pacific Ocean
Union Oil Co
Washington
Fred Hartley
U.S. Senate
Hartley
Los Angeles
Viet Cong Hardens Stance at Paris Peace Talks
In Paris the Viet Cong National Liberation Front declares progress impossible while Saigon's government remains and the United States refuses to negotiate. Chief negotiator Tran Buu Kiem accuses the Saigon regime of warlike brutality and calls for a national cabinet to end the American war. Ambassador Lodge plans to present specific topics for discussion.
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Paris
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
Tran Buu Kiem
Kiem
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tran van Huong Re
Saigon
National Liberation
South Vietnam
United States
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Obervers
Lodge
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Losses Top 3000 Worldwide
U S and Saigon weekly casualty report shows 3190 enemy soldiers killed last week the highest toll in four and a half months. It contrasts with light daily communiques and notes body counts often lag or miss small clashes. American and South Vietnamese deaths totaled 198 and 242 respectively.
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Saigon
U.S
Von Hassel Elected President of West German Bundestag
Kai Dwe von Hassel was elected president of the West German Bundestag to succeed Eugen Gerstenmaier who resigned January 23. Von Hassel, 55, previously served as minister of defense and refugee affairs.
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Kai-Dwe von Hassel
Bundestag
Eugen Gerstenmaier
von Hassel
Defense
Nixon outlines Europe tour and Middle East policy shift
President Nixon presents broad outlines for approaching the Soviet Union and the Mideast as he readies a major Western Europe trip. He backs four power talks, urges quick ratification of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, and envisions negotiations with Russia rather than confrontation. The White House also ends political patronage in the Postal Service, promoting merit-based postmaster appointments.
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Washington
Nixon
Soviet Union
Mideast
Western Europe
Middle East
Senate
Russia
Reagan declares campus emergency at UC Berkeley
California Governor Ronald Reagan proclaims an extreme state of emergency at the University of California to deploy the state highway patrol and restore order amid student strikes at Berkeley and San Francisco State College. He cites injuries from clashes and vows full federal support if needed.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
University of California
California
Berkeley
San Francisco State College
Third Liberation Front
Negroes’ Black Students Union
Reagan
Alameda County
Frank Madigan
Madigan
Charles Hitch
Middletown Area Forecast Clears With Cooler Lows
The Middletown forecast calls for clearing skies tonight and cooler temperatures with lows in the 20s to 30s. Friday should stay clear and fair with little temperature change. Saturday may bring rain as a new system arrives. yesterday's high reached 46 and the low this morning was 30.
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Middletown
Winchell quits his long running Broadway column
Walter Winchell announces he is leaving his Broadway column after 49 years. The 72 year old, widow of a son who died at Christmas, says the strain of the load is too heavy to continue. He began in 1920 and his column once appeared in nearly 1000 papers. He lives in Scottsdale with wife June Magee who has a respiratory ailment.
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Vaudeville News
Winchell
Scottsdale
June Magee
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