Tax protests target federal tax collector in 31 cities
Demonstrations planned in 31 cities target the federal tax collector ahead of a midnight filing deadline. The Tax Action Campaign led by ex senator Fred Harris cites 25 000 enlistees and calls for reform, criticizing corporate taxes as too low while working people pay more. ITT singled out for a tax avoider award as critics cite a 4.9 percent effective rate on 1971 profits.
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Washington
Tax Action Campaign
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Harris Group
Harris
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Nixon to Tour Major NATO Nations This Fall
President Nixon plans a fall tour to major NATO allies including Great Britain France Italy and West Germany to discuss trade military aid and troop levels. He said French President Georges Pompidou may visit the U S before autumn while British Prime Minister Edward Heath Italy's Giulio Andreotti and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt have recent or upcoming engagements. The trip aims to ease European frictions amid U S economic and military policy debates.
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Europe
Nixon
NATO
Gerald L. Warren
Great Britain
France
Italy
West Germany
United States
Georges Pompidou
Edward Heath
Guilio Andreotti
Willy Brandt
Bentsen to Address Permian Basin Petroleum Association Banquet
Sen Lloyd Bentsen Jr. will speak at the Permian Basin Petroleum Association 11th annual membership banquet May 4 at Midland Country Club. The event includes a noon luncheon hosted by Lone Star Steel, a 2 pm board meeting at the Scharbauer Hotel Ballroom, and the installation of new officers.
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Permian Basin Petroleum Association
Joe B. McShane Jr
Monahans
Midland
Association
Midland Country Club
Lloyd Bentsen Jr
Texas
Joe Roughneck Club
Permian Basin
Lone Star Steel Company
Scharbauer Hotel
McShane
Sen. Bentsen
West Texas
John Tower
Sen, Bentsen
Robert F. Bailey
Jos. I
O’neil
W. T
Bill) Edwards
Odessa
R. M
Bob) Leibrock
J. Wilmont Hunt
C. W. Brown
McCamey
Russell J
Ramsland
Robert M. Orr
Mona
Butchers Strike Shuts Gulf Coast Supermarkets
Union butchers voted to strike more than 60 Weingarten stores along the Texas Gulf Coast, prompting immediate lockouts of over 700 union members by Gulf Coast Retail Grocery Association. Stores plan to operate with supervisory staff, as talks focus on job security and workload rather than wages.
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Houston
Texas Gulf Coast
Texas Coast
Weingartens
Gulf Coast Retail Grocery Association
Robert Bambace
The
Retail Association
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Weingarten
Bambace
Gulf Coast
Water import project criticized as economically unjustifiable
Water, Inc. officials say the West Texas Eastern New Mexico import plan is not justified under current project formulation standards. A July final report will summarize findings from the Bureau of Reclamation and Mississippi River Commission and note the need for updated economic analysis and formulation rules.
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Water, Inc
West Texas
Black
New Mexico
Bureau of Reclamation
Mississippi River
High Plains
Mississippi River Commission
Mississippi
Louisiana Gulf Coast
Atchafalaya
Morgan City
Louisiana
East Texas
Twin Lakes
Dallas- Fort Worth
North Texas
Texas
Lubbock
Close vote on price rent and interest rollback bill
The House begins debate on a price, rent and interest rollback or continuation of Nixon era controls. Democrats back a full rollback to March 16 levels with rents at lan 10, while Republicans push a simple extension. Cattle, banking, farming and consumer groups mobilize against rollback citing chaos and shortages. consumer groups push for rollback, threatening a May buyer strike.
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House
Nixon
House Ranking Committee
Committee
National Consumer Congress
Capitol Hill
Banking Committee
Congress
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