Tax revolts shape Campaign 80 with new ballot bids
Editorial notes inflation and energy dominate the 1980 political agenda as California and Washington approve key tax limits while Oklahoma rejects a personal income tax cut. Howard Jarvis promotes a tax rate slash amid dozens of next year ballot items, with CAPE citing over 40 tax related measures in 14 states.
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Yesteryear
California
Washington
Oklahoma
Coalition of American Public Employees
Howard Jarvis
Florida
Nevada
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Ohio
Utah
Operation Big Vote aims to lift black voter registration drive
A coalition of black organizations launches Operation Big Vote to boost black registration by at least 20 percent and aim for 75 percent turnout in targeted areas across 14 states including Alabama California Connecticut Florida Illinois Indiana Louisiana Michigan Mississippi New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Texas and Virginia. The effort notes that when registered black voters participate turnout is similar to whites, but registration lags by 10 to 15 points. The Census projects 16 million blacks will be of voting age by November 1980, about 10 percent of the nationwide electorate.
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Operation Big Vote
Alabama
California
Connecticut
Florida
Illinois
Indiana
Louisiana
Michigan
Mississippi
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Texas
Virginia
U.S. Census Bureau
CPI bears flaws in measuring living costs
The article notes the CPI rose 1 percent in October, suggesting higher living costs, while Commerce Department data and the implicit price deflator for PCE imply true increases may be under 10 percent annually. It explains fixed weight bias, housing cost distortions, and shifts in consumption, then compares CPI with the PCE, arguing shelter costs and mortgage rates inflate CPI.
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John Cunniff
New York
CPI
Commerce Department
Citibank
This Day In History November 29 1979 Highlights
On this date in history key events include Byrd reporting the first South Pole airplane flight in 1929, the UN Palestine plan in 1947, Britain and France eyeing Concorde in 1962, Johnson appointing the Warren Commission in 1963, and Hunt’s death in 1975. Birthdays include skier Susan Chaffe and Jacques Chirac.
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Associated Press
Tutankhamen
Egypt
Navy
Richard Byrd
South Pole
United Nations
Palestine
Jerusalem
U.N
Britain
France
Lyndon Johnson
Warren Commission
Earl Warren
Soviet Union
Cairo
Geneva
Middle East
Vietnam
H.L. Hunt
Carter
Susan Chaffe
Jacques Chirag
Judge Preusser Arraigned Desperadoes Then Became Mayor
In San Angelo a rowdy arraignment shown by Judge Preusser featured a defiant defense, an aggressive attorney named Burke, and a dramatic window incident. Preusser later became San Angelo’s first mayor, living until 1912. The article recounts family history of Joe Preusser and descendants, detailing migrations to Fredericksburg and Toyah, and the Preusser Canyon in the Davis Mountains later renamed Preusser Draw.
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Preusser
Oakes Street
Twohig Avenue
San Angelo
Buffalo Range
Burke
Attorney Burke
Judge Preusser
Emma Burnham
Deming
New Mexico
John Joseph Preusser
Joe
United States
Fredericksburg
George
Germany
Joe Preusser
Katherine Louise Thielman
Louise
Eda
John, Jr
Henry
Katherine
Rosa Schmidt
Jeff Davis County
Davis Mountains
Rosa
Robert Lee
Frank
Fred
Philip
Hulda
Dora
Toyah
Joe Preussers
Preusser Canyon
W.D. Casey
Casey
Ft. Davis
Oil price crisis and U S policy under threat of force
Column warns oil shieks and OPEC push prices to 40 a barrel with Arab nations backing rise to 30 or more. It flags Pentagon plans to seize oil fields if needed, CIA predicts continued turmoil, and Soviet expansion in Persian Gulf as US faces an energy crisis and weakened policy. It also notes Carter White House briefing flaws with Jewish leaders and fallout over Andrew Young.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Venezuela
OPEC
Pentagon
Saudi Arabia
United States
U.S
Mideast
Central Intelligence Agency
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Persian Gulf
Arabian
Yemen
Congress
White House
Middle East
Jimmy Carter
Robert Strauss
U.N
Andrew Young
Young
Soviet Union
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