Kay Aims Big Guns At State Sales Tax
Kay Morris Kay plans to retain and campaign on eliminating Kansas three percent sales tax on food and medicine. He aims to include the proposal in the GOP platform, arguing removal brings immediate relief and aids producers, while disputing revenue loss concerns with anticipated federal sharing gains.
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Kay
Topeka
Kan
Morris Kay
Robert Docking
Lawrence
Party
Party Council
Kansas
GOP
U.S. House
Senate
Fate of Alaska Pipeline in federal court
A federal judge began hearing arguments on whether to keep a temporary ban on the 789 mile Alaska oil pipeline. Environmentalists argue the interior department failed to adequately assess impacts under the National Environmental Policy Act as the Interior plans to issue permits to seven oil companies amid calls for a trans Canada alternative. Arguments focus on environmental issues and mineral leasing laws as Hart schedules further sessions.
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Washington
Alaska
U.S. District Court
George L. Hart Jr
Alyeska Pipeline Co
Valdez
Interior Department
Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton Jr
Morton
Hart
Congress
North Slope
U.S
Time Runs Out In Robbery Case
The 10 year Massachusetts statute of limitations expired on the Plymouth mail truck robbery case. No one may be prosecuted, though the hunt for the money continues. Two co defendants were acquitted, one remained a fugitive. The Aug 14 1962 holdup began on Route 3 near Plymouth as two vans blocked the truck and two men impersonating police seized the guards and bags.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Plymouth
U.S. Post Office
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Hyannis
Federal Reserve Bank
Randolph
John J. Kelly
Watertown
Patricia Diaferio
Thomas R. Richards
Weymouth
Police disperse Yippie camp near Miami Beach park
About 50 demonstrators briefly abandoned a makeshift campsite in Flamingo Park Miami Beach as police ordered them out for sleeping in the park ahead of the Republican National Convention. They regroup outside the park perimeter and vow to vigil, while officers say they will periodically check the area.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Flamingo Park
Fred Kobelin
Zippie Ed Harper
Daytona Beach
Rocko DeLeo
DeLeo
Driving instructors say women easier to teach than men
Hal Boyle reports that some driving instructors believe women are easier to teach than men, being more amenable to discipline and admitting inexperience while men are seen as more confident and resistant. The piece opens with this comparison before shifting to an autumn butterfly legend from early California Indians about souls awaiting winter death.
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New York
California
Changing values in dollars and finance across America
A wide ranging look at shifts in American money thinking notes life insurance versus securities sales by Aetna Life & Casualty promising economy linked returns, variable mortgage payments for savings and loans, and the fading belief that a dollar is always one dollar. It also surveys consumer health trends, longevity, insect damage to timber, Japanese doughnut shops, and longevity lessons from centenarians.
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New York
Aetna Life & Casualty
Savings and Loan Associations
America
Ourself
Pay Board Likely Keeps 5.5 Percent Wage Ceiling
Washington AP The Pay Board leans toward retaining its 5.5 percent wage standard while reviewing the ceiling. Nixon officials privately doubt any near term change. The board and Price Commission meet today amid debate on adjustments. Labor Secretary Hodgson says the standard meets the President’s objective without change.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
The
Price Commission
Labor
James D. Hodgson
GOP Platform Defends Strong Defense Against McGovern
GOP platform hearings open with Secretary Rogers as witness and Sen. Dole welcoming the committee. Rep. Rhodes says Democratic defense cuts threaten Israel and U.S. interests, arguing a $30 billion cut would weaken national power and leave a carrierless Mediterranean region.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Europe
William P. Rogers
Platform Committee
Robert Dole
Kansas
GOP
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
George McGovern
Israel
Rhodes
McGovern
United States
Fischer to defend title under new world chess system
REYKJAVIK Iceland AP The 1975 world championship will use a new system forced by Bobby Fischer. The match with Boris Spassky can last 24 games total with wins 1 point draws a half point. The challenger will be chosen through three-year elimination with zonal tournaments interzonals in 1973 and candidates in 1974. Spassky postponed game 14 citing ill health. The current score is 8 5 with experts favoring Fischer.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
International Chess Federation
Bobby Fischer
Fischer
Boris Spassky
International Federation
FIDE
Spassky
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Mansfield
Patrick Schena
Massachusetts Department of Public Works
Hal Boyle
Business Mirror
Pacific
Obe
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Island Kingdom
James Coburn
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EEE
Hiller
DE Lure
Panavision
Patton
White House
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Mediterranean
Christian Bros
S. Hickory
Ottawa
West 15Th
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Ren Fulton
P.m. Fulton
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