Income tax in state suggested by tax study panels
Gov Shafer weighs a package of tax proposals from commissions as possible 1969 70 budget measures. A state income tax is proposed but rate not set, with projections of 1 or 2 percent potential levies. Other ideas include shifting local tax costs to the state and using federal income data for net taxable income.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania Tax Study and Revision Commission
Governors Priorities Commission
Arthur Sampson
Tax Study Commission
Commonwealth
Commission
Pennsylvania
Oil workers strike enters third day nationwide
The first nationwide oil industry walkout since 1952 enters its third day with more than 50 000 workers off the job. OCAW seeks a 72 cent wage rise over 23 months plus improved benefits. Texas and California suffer the heaviest impact while other states report partial disruption. San Francisco State College faces shutdown threats as Governor Reagan supports keeping the campus open.
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Denver
UPI
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
OCAW
Los Angeles
Texas
California
Long Beach
Calif
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Washington
New York
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Colorado
San Francisco
San Francisco State College
Ronald Reagan
State
S. I. Hayakawa
Congress to Verify Nixon Victory in Joint Session
The House and Senate meet in a joint session to tally the Electoral College returns for Richard M. Nixon. A defecting elector case may alter the final count, with Nixon receiving 301 or 302 votes depending on the outcome.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Nixon
Vietnam Education Minister Le Minh Tri slain in Saigon attack
South Vietnamese Education Minister Le Minh Tri and his chauffeur were killed when a hand grenade exploded in their car during Saigon morning rush hour. Tri, 43, had been targeted amid anti corruption efforts, while a bystander was wounded and two missions pressed near Khe Sanh and Tay Ninh.
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Saigon
UPI
le Minh Tri
Tri
Grall Hospital
South Vietnam
U.S
Khe Sanh
Tay Ninh
Bishop urges Pennsylvania aid law for the poor
In a pastoral letter read across the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, Bishop Robert L. DeWitt urged legislation that recognizes the worth of the poor and guarantees relief as a legal right. He rejected the view that welfare recipients are lazy, condemning self righteousness among the successful and contempt for the needy.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Robert L. DeWitt
Episcopal Diocese of
Pennsylvania
Nixon taps Lodge to lead Paris Vietnam talks
President elect Nixon names Henry Cabot Lodge to head the American negotiating team in Paris with Lawrence Walsh as deputy. Marshall Green and Philip Habib join the delegation. Ky leads the South Vietnamese side. The move signals a firm U.S. stance on Vietnam.
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Eugene V. Risher
New York
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paris
Hanoi
Nixon
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Lodge
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
United Nations
Lawrence E. Walsh
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Eisenhower
Marshall Green
U.S
Indonesia
State Department
Jakarta
Philip Habib
Foreign Service
W. Averell Harriman
Cyrus R. Vance
Union Rejects Offer In Mesta Machine Contract Talks
Negotiations between Mesta Machine Co officials and Local 2178 IAM AIW stall after a 268 202 secret ballot rejection of a contract offer. No meetings scheduled. Local 398 ITM workers approved a separate contract. about 40 men ready to return to work. The machinists strike enters its 15th week tomorrow.
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Mesta Machine Co
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Tully Morelli
International Molders and Allied Workers
Orville Aven
Weather review for Western Pennsylvania today
Travelers warned of afternoon and tonight conditions cloudy with wind and precipitation. Snow may mix with sleet or freezing rain north of the area this afternoon and early tonight with highs in the 30s and lows 25 to 30, colder by late night. Tuesday brings more wind and snow flurries with continued colder temperatures. Shenango River stage 9.9 feet, precipitation none.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Obituary notices list local residents aged seven to eighty
Names and ages of deceased individuals are listed with home towns including Detroit Sewickley Lombard Wampum Edinburg New Wilmington and New Wilmington. The list includes Emerest James 71 Grace Tyrrell first names repeated and several others with addresses.
Mansfield sees Kennedy with 72 nomination
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield would not be surprised if Edward M. Kennedy won the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination. He also cited Hubert Humphrey as a political force and Edmund Muskie as contemplating a possible top-ticket run.
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Mansfield
Hubert H. Humphrey
White House
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Humphrey
Sirhan Sirhan Faces Kennedy Assassination Trial Security
Sirhan B. Sirhan prepares for the Kennedy assassination trial amid the tightest security in U S court history in Los Angeles. He will be escorted daily from a 14th floor cell to the 8th floor courtroom as Judge Herbert V Walker presides during an anticipated three month trial with jurors housed in a hotel nightly.
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Jack V. Fox
Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan
B. Sirhan
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles County Hall
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
California
Superior Court
Herbert V. Walker
Soviet Venus 5 enters second day of flight to Venus
The Venus 5 probe marks its second day of a four month voyage across 200 million miles. If the mission succeeds in a soft landing, it would become the second Soviet craft to land on Venus as Moscow eyes a manned presence by 1980. Venus 4 documented extreme Venusio conditions with 536 degree temperatures, hurricane force winds, and 22 atmospheres of pressure.
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Moscow
UPI
Venus
Nature
Russia
Earth
Lenin
FTC moves to curb gas station prize games nationwide
The FTC reports widespread unfair and deceptive practices in gas stations and other retailers. It proposes rules to outlaw rigged games and misrepresentation of winning chances and to require clear listing of exact prize counts in each area, with public hearings set for February 24.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Hanoi warns Nixon issues unchanged in Vietnam talks
North Vietnam said the nomination of Henry Cabot Lodge to head the U S delegation will not alter Vietnam negotiations. Spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le demanded Washington end its aggression and vowed total victory by 34 million Vietnamese. Lodge is seen as likely friendlier to South Vietnam leaders, including Nguyen Cao Ky.
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Paris
UPI
North Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
Nguyen Thanh le
Henry Cabot Lodge
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
United States
Hanoi
Lodge
Harriman
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
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