Legislative Highlights and Tax Proposals Summary
Senators questioned Gov Hayden’s rollback plan with a 20 percent statewide average not guaranteed for all taxpayers. A hearing schedule change allows witnesses to testify before both Senate and House tax committees on Thursday. The House advanced a tax collection bill enabling private firms to pursue delinquent accounts, amid concerns of abuse. The Senate Elections Committee backed a ballot access bill for minor parties requiring about 8,400 signatures, halving the previous 2 percent threshold.
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Gov.Hayden
John Luttjehann
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Senate
House
Hayden
State Department of Revenue
Senate Elections Committee
Libel Suit Alleges Abernathy Implication of King Affair
A Memphis beautician sues Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, Harper & Row, and editor Daniel Bial for 10 million dollars, claiming his book And the Walls Came Tumbling Down implied she slept with Martin Luther King Jr. the night before his assassination. The plaintiff says the claim damages her reputation and notes public knowledge of King being at her home the prior night.
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New York
Ralph David Abernathy
Martin Luther King Jr
U.S. District Court
Abernathy
Harper & Row
Daniel Bial
Dr. King
Adjuda Abi Naantaabuu
Tennessee
King
Penthouse article boosts IRS coffers
Debra Murphree, linked to preacher Jimmy Swaggart, has signed away about $156,000 of the $210,000 Penthouse paid for her story. She will net roughly $54,000 for the July 1988 piece, with agents, attorneys, and the Internal Revenue Service receiving the remainder. Schultz said Murphree is happy.
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New Orleans
Debra Murphree
Jimmy Swaggart
Penthouse Magazine
Murphree
Louis H. Schultz
Schultz
IRS
Drugs key cause of truck fatalities
Federal safety officials report fatigue and drug abuse as major causes of fatal truck crashes. A National Transportation Safety Board study of 182 crashes in eight states from Oct 1987 to Sep 1988 found one third of drivers tested positive for alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, stimulants, or other drugs. Impairment from fatigue contributed to 31.5 percent of crashes and alcohol or drug use was slightly lower. The board proposed tests, on board recorders, and stricter laws, including a 0.01 percent BAC limit for commercial drivers.
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Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
California
Colorado
Georgia
Missouri
Maryland
New Jersey
North Carolina
Tennessee
Wisconsin
James Kolstad
Safety Board
Kolstad
Kevin Quinlan
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Reason
Tawney
Chevrolet Geo Yids, Inc
Ottawa
Corsica
F.I
SPD
Kansas
Troy-Bilt
America
Lawrence Flower Lawn and Garden
KVI
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NLU
Arena
C.O.D
the Sunflower Group
Lowell
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Relal
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Mailerat Foods Corporation
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CMS
Fawcett Drive
del Rio
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Turkey
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ONANY
OhSe Foods, Inc
el Paso
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Ann Ett
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