Gardner residents urged to withhold tax payments
Illinois tax strike leader James Tobin urged Gardner residents to revolt by withholding real estate taxes citing widespread tax increases. He spoke to 60 people supporting Gardner Assessment Revolt and called for tax cuts, a uniform tax rate, and mandatory voter approval of tax increases while noting past successes in Cook County and Illinois.
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Gardner
Illinois
James Tobin
Tobin
Gardner Assessment Revolt
GAR
Ray Serena
Milton Carlson
Grundy County
National Taxpayers United of Illinois
Chicago
Cook County
Crook County
United States
National Taxpayers United
Ray Christensen
Edward McBroom
George Ryan
Charles Percy
Illinois House
William Redmond
Tom Corcoran
Congress
U.S
Ken Sturzenacker
Serena
Herald
Jonesboro Abolishes Property Tax For Beer Revenue
Mayor Hugh Dickson leads Jonesboro Georgia as property tax is scrapped and beer tax funds city operations. The 700000 dollar annual budget relies on federal revenue sharing licenses and the five cent beer tax expected to raise about 250000 this year. The town with 6000 residents runs with 21 employees and minimal debt, funded by citizens and nearby beer buyers. A sheriff warns of a car theft scam involving test drives and new keys.
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Jonesboro, Ga
UPI
Hugh Dickson
Jonesboro
Atlanta
Dickson
Paintings bring nearly $3 million
The Robert von Hirsch collection continued its dispersal at Sotheby Parke Bennet with 27 Old Master paintings selling for $2.92 million. The sale, second of eight, follows last night’s $5.1 million Old Master drawings and keeps the total around $8 million. Von Hirsch died last November at 94 and ordered the sale to share ownership’s joys.
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London
UPI
Robert von Hirsch
Sotheby Parke Bennet
von Hirsch
Mentmore Towers
Weather forecast and temperatures at Dresden Island Locks
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with a low in the low 60s. Friday expects scattered showers or thunderstorms and a high in the low 80s. Wednesday at Dresden Island Locks and Dam reported a high of 77 and a low of 50, with 7 am at 57 and Morris at 10 am at 73.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Vandals Strike Pump Station Lid for Fifth Time
Mooseheart residents confront repeated thefts as vandals remove a 200-pound concrete lid from the water pumping station for the fifth time in under two months. The city offers 300 dollars for information leading to arrests. mayor notes it costs taxpayers and complicates emergency access. A metal grid and welded pipe deter further damage, while prior incidents included stolen grids, damaged clamps, and a missing park rope with a 50 dollar reward posted.
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Mooseheart
Public
Wilfred Dix
Aurora Pump Co
Larry Mallon
Chicago
Donald Davidson
Mallon
Herald
Davidson
Gould Park
Morris
Tremors Rock Salonica As Death Toll Rises In Quake
New aftershocks hit Salonica as rescue teams pull four more bodies from a collapsed eight story building. The death toll reaches 20 with over 20 missing and 100 injured. Many residents flee to Athens or seek safety in relatives homes. The quake measured 6.5 on the Richter scale and damaged the American Consulate building. Authorities fear further major tremors as seismologists warn.
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Salonica
Greece
UPI
Northern
Nicholas Martis
Athens
Olympic Airways
Alexander the Great
General
Dan Thackeray
Washington
Treasure rumored intact after tractor trailer hijack
Police cut seals on a 40 foot rig carrying gold and silver from Connecticut to a Massachusetts refinery. Two gunmen hijacked the truck on Interstate 95 near North Stonington and abandoned it in Voluntown. The cargo valued at 1.6 million dollars was found undisturbed by officers guarding the scene. The driver was unharmed. Investigators dusted for fingerprints and planned expert examination before confirming the shipment’s condition. A crime squad secured the abandoned vehicle and searched for evidence along Route 49 and surrounding areas.
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Voluntown
Conn
UPI
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Interstate 95
North Stonington
George Smith
Fairfield, Conn
Pachang State Forest
Rhode Island
John McLeod
Connecticut State Police
Connecticut Major Crime Squad
Edwin Zeitlin
Handy and Harman Co
Fairfield
Nude torso found in canal near Lemont Illinois
A naked white female torso was found in a plastic garbage can floating in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lemont about 30 miles southwest of Chicago. The head arms and legs were missing and an autopsy was planned after discovery by Dennis Egan.
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Lemont, Ill
UPI
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
Lemont
Chicago
Dennis Egan
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Jerry Joyce
Morris Daily Herald
JoAnne
Gretencord Real Estate
Public Works Department
McLeod
Robert J. Stein
Stein
Canal
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