Ohio aims to boost city sales tax receipts nationwide
State Sen. Michael J. Maloney said a study committee plans a five percent boost to local sales tax revenue, lifting city shares from a $24 million floor toward fairer distribution. The plan would hinge on per capita valuation and local levies to determine funds, with tighter guidelines to ensure fairness.
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Cincinnati
Michael J. Maloney
Ohio
Treasuries
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Service Commission
Maloney
Saigon lists 1968 Viet Cong and NVA deaths claimed
The Saigon government asserts 191,307 enemy soldiers were killed in 1968, six times allied losses, with South Vietnamese casualties at 17,486. U.S. battle deaths through December 28 amount to 14,521, while total enemy strength is claimed at about 300,100.
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George McArthur
Saigon
North Vietnam
U. S
South
U.S
VNA
Hanoi
Mekong
Busy Boy Of 13 Plans To Write His Life Story
Arthur Bryan Cooper a 15 year old Gaithersburg native plans to write his autobiography after his paper on early religious travelers to Asia was chosen among 50 of 1,300 submissions for an International Geographical Union reading at New Delhi. He became a National Geographic Society member at 12 and travelled alone to Washington for its convention. The teen geography buff is an Eagle Scout and active in soccer basketball tennis and swimming. Funds for a 2500 trip to India came from family savings and bar mitzvah money as universities show interest in supporting him.
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N. J
Arthur Bryan Cooper
Arthur
General Assembly
International Geographical Union
New Delhi
Louis
National Geographic Society
Society
Washington
Asia
Weather Note Forecasts Cold Weekend Temperatures
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and cold conditions with a low between 5 and 10 tonight and a high in the low 20s on Saturday. The morning temperature dipped to 4 above after a Thursday high of 22.
Fleeing FBI Hijacker Takes Plane To Cuba Then Nassau
A Boeing 727 hijacked out of Miami with 72 tourists bound for Nassau diverted to Cuba after a claim of Communist mission. The hijacker, who used a seven inch knife, forced the crew to Havana and afterward returned to Miami with two passengers while others later flew to Nassau. One passenger noted the man claimed to hate the United States and to be running from the FBI.
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Cuba
Nassau
Havana
FBI
Eastern Airlines
R. Bohle
Indianapolis
Ind
Purdue University
Joyce Jernigan
Ronnie
United States
Red Space Probe Aims For Venus
The Soviet Union launched an unmanned probe Venus 6 toward Venus to land on the night side, operating with Venus 5 launched five days earlier. It marks the first known Soviet attempt to land on the night side. The pair aim for a 155 million mile voyage, expected to finish by mid May.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Venus
Nixon Considers Irish Name Contest For New Dog
In New York AP report, President elect Nixon hints at a contest to name a red Irish setter given as a birthday gift after the January 20 inauguration. He already has two dogs, Pasha and Vicky, with a possible fourth.
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Nixon
New York
Ed Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Bruce Wehelan
Pasha
Vicky
Johnson
Blanco
White House
Apollo 11 Crew Named For Moon Landing Attempt
NASA selects civilian Neil Armstrong to command Apollo 11 with two Air Force colonels Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins. Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins prepare for a July launch with Apollo 9 and 10 testing shaping the schedule.
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Air Force
United States
Asronaut
Neil A. Armstrong
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Navy
NASA
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Frank Borman
Astonaut
Fed Haise
Fred Haise
Space Agency
Anders
Lovell
Moon ties Armstrong to a neighbor and a telescope
In Wapakoneta Ohio Neil Armstrong befriended neighbor Jacob Zint who mentored his early interest in science. Zint recalls the shy teen viewing the moon from an eight inch telescope in an improvised observatory atop a garage, while Armstrong’s father praises Zint’s kindness and access to lunar views.
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Ohio
Neil Armstrong
Moon
Neil
Jacob Zint
Zint
Armstrong
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