Reagan Seeks 40 Percent Cut in Property Taxes
Reagan proposes a long range plan cutting residential property taxes by about 1 percent and shifting costs to state income tax, plus a 2 percent voluntary tax credit for optional withholding. Assembly plans probe alternative reforms including ending property tax and raising other levies, with varied impacts and local approval requirements.
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Mexican fugitive insists innocence in dentist family killings
A Mexican fugitive, Simmons, convicted of fatally shooting three members of a dentist’s family, maintains innocence and seeks U S help. He describes dramatic escape attempts, prison abuse, and a later escape plan thwarted by guards. The case follows conflicting eyewitness deathbed identifications and appeals through official channels.
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Nixon Hosts Jordan King at White House for Peace Talks
President Nixon welcomed King Hussein of Jordan to the White House for a full state visit with military honors and a 21 gun salute. The leaders pledged an earnest search for peace in the volatile Middle East as Jordanian forces clashed with Israeli forces hours earlier.
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Burglars Take Rembrandt as Paris Art Heist Strikes
In Paris, burglars seized a small Rembrandt from Fritz Larsen’s apartment and fled with jewels worth $20,000. It marks the second Easter weekend art theft in the city as Henri Callan’s Riviera holiday home saw eight paintings stolen, including Utrillo, Vlaminck, Dufy and Modigliani works, valued around $200,000.
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Israel Strikes Aqaba as Arab Attacks Escalate
Israel jets hit the Jordanian port of Aqaba with rockets, killing eight civilians and wounding nine, in retaliation for a Jordanian rocket attack on Elath. Egyptian and Israeli forces clashed along the Suez Canal for five hours as tensions spiked ahead of resumed talks in New York. Jordan’s King Hussein warned of broader war as Amman blamed Israel for the Elath strike while Israel’s army chief held Jordan responsible for the Elath attack.
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California Court Rules Reapportionment Falls Short
California failed to meet the latest standard for congressional reapportionment as variances among districts were deemed too large. The state’s Supreme Court had ordered redrawing in 1967, but accepted the plan’s variance. experts doubt lawmakers will voluntarily redraw, pushing action toward a voter suit in state courts, then potentially federal court, before the 1970 election.
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Munitions Blast Rocks Swiss Plant Killing and Injuring Workers
An explosion at the plant in Dottikon Dietikon near Zurich tears through the complex. flames spread to adjacent buildings while firefighters from nearby communities battle to control the blaze. A worker was found severely injured, and windows in nearby villages shattered by the blast.
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Top Indian School aides fired in pupil abuse case
Washington reports an Interior Department probe into conditions at the Oklahoma Chilocco Indian School after the principal and superintendent were dismissed amid abuse allegations. An FBI review was requested to determine potential criminal violations as a team found students subjected to long handcuffing and punishments while supporters disputed the charges in a Monday rally.
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Unfinished Eisenhower book left by the late president
Former President Eisenhower was drafting a book of reflections before his death at Walter Reed General Hospital on March 28. Doubleday & Co. said the work, a sequel to At Ease, had over 20 000 words and covered the Atlantic Alliance and global cooperation before doctors halted further work after congestive heart failure on February 23.
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