Tobacco towns wink at bootleggers profit in cigarette smuggling
North Carolina tobacco merchants defend cut-rate sales as legal and helpful, arguing lower taxes aid smokers in states like New York and Massachusetts. The piece traces a chain from distributors to bootleggers, notes higher federal and state taxes since 1960, and estimates state treasuries lose about $400 million yearly to cigarette smuggling across 14 states.
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Tarboro
N.C. Nea
Salem
North Carolina
America
U.S
Carolinas
Virginia
Page Sutherland
T.T.C
New York City
Carolina
Pennsylvania
New York
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Bether
South Carolina
Virgina
Max Bryan
State Bureau of Investigation
Bryan
Uniform cigarette taxes urged to curb bootlegging and crime
Federal investigators warn tobacco bootlegging funds organized crime, including La Cosa Nostra, with New York at center. Granata smuggled over 1.1 million cartons, dodging $2.4 million in taxes while states debate harmonized rates and possible federal reimbursements. Authorities say corruption and violence accompany the trade, as some regions tolerate illicit outlets and lax enforcement.
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New York
Matthew McHugh
la Cosa Nostra
Philadelphia
Vito Pisciolla
Edward Lorch
New York P.D
Lord
Gotham
New Jersey
Michael Connelly
Louis Ehrlich, Jr
Ehrlich
Anthony Granata
Joseph Columbo
Granata
America
Tobacco Tax Council
Page Sutherland
Police
Federal Treasury
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Thompson rejects limited campaign finance plan in Illinois
Gov. James R. Thompson rejects any part of a four point plan for campaign finance proposed by Bakalis and Durbin. The plan caps primary and general election spending at $2 million, bans individual contributions above $1,500 and organizational gifts above $3,000, and supports a future public financing system. Bakalis argues the governor would face a disadvantage if he rejects the plan while Thompson cites existing disclosure standards and studies on tax funded presidential races.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Michael J. Bakalis
Richard J. Durbin
David O'Neal
Bakalis
Durbin
O'Neal
David Gilbert
Gilbert
Anne Francis charts inner space in Born Again film
Actress Anne Francis stars opposite Dean Jones in Born Again, a film adaptation of Charles Colson’s book. She plans The Inner Space Foundation in Montecito to unite science and religion, hosting seminars, films, and interviews. Francis blends metaphysical study with acting, endorsing multiple faiths without formal ordination.
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Vernon Scott
Hollywood
UPI
Anne Francis
Anne
Charles Colson
Patty Colson
Dean Jones
Jones
Robert L. Munger
Brentwood
Montecito
Calif
Santa Barbara
Inner Space Foundation
International New Thought Alliance
Science of Mind, Unity
Church of Truth
Jack Holland
San Jose State
Unity and Science of Mind
Sig Paulson
Kansas City
Hemet
Foundation
Washington, D.C
Mrs. Colson
Barbs by Phil Pastor et al on road fixes and digs
The column uses humor to criticize freeway defects and public policy. It jokes that two potholes would yield smoother traffic for others. It also lampoons experts as people stuck in kindergarten show-and-tell, and mocks turning the other cheek for causing lumps on the face.
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Johnson
P.O. Box
Morris, Iil
God
By Phil Pastoret
Morris
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Don Brown
Gardner-Mazon
Dave Borger
Kenneth Bjelland
Verona
Kinsman
Steve Butler Morris
Arthur Trotter
Grundy County Agency Farm Bureau
BLDG
E. Washington
Wayne D. Ryder
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