Ski Industry Opposed To Cole. Tax Plan
Colorado legislator Rep Floyd Sack proposes a 25 cent ski ticket tax and a 0.5 dollar hotel motel surcharge to fund 1976 Winter Olympics costs. The ski and motel hotel industries oppose the plan though Sack says nonresidents would bear most of the burden and a referendum might still favor Olympics. The bill aims to reduce General Fund spending.
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Colorado
Floyd Sack
R.lakewood
Sack
Colo Commission
John Love
Denver
Tobacco Tax Eyed For Sewer Grants
Boise Senator War ren Brown outlines funding options for sewer construction grants. A tobacco tax other than cigarettes could raise about 500000, with a cigarette tax increase potentially directing one cent per pack to sewer construction and funding the general fund. The plan aims to cover the state share of projects with federal matching.
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Boise
UPD
Warren Brown
R-Mccall
Senate
Cecil D. Andrus
Brown
Oy Hing
al. Moagney
Irving couple pleads guilty in Hughes hoax conspiracy
Clifford and Edith Irving admitted guilt on federal conspiracy and local larceny and conspiracy charges connected to the fabricated Howard Hughes autobiography hoax. Author Richard Suskind was named as a coconspirator but not a defendant in the federal case arising from a 16 count indictment.
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John Pryor
New York
UPI
Clifford
Edith Irving
Richard Suskind
Howard Hughes
EU Grand
Ast Es Ek
NRO
McGraw- Hill
Irvings
Irving
U.S
Robert Morville
Manhattan
Hughes
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
Suskind
S Hughes
United States
Mexico
Caribbean
National Black Convention adopts antibus ing resolution
The Gary Indiana gathering of 3456 delegates denounces school busing as bankrupt and dangerous and calls for black self determination in education and policing. The 12 page Gary Declaration also seeks proportional black representation and a presidential commission on reparations.
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John L. Taylor
Gary
Ind
West Side
Michigan
Shirley Chisholm
D-N.y
Manhattan
Percy Sutton
Congress of Racial Equality
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Andrus Commends Park Service On Yellowstone Wilderness Proposal
Gov. Cecil D. Andrus wrote to the Yellowstone hearing officer in Idaho Falls praising the Park Service plan to add most Yellowstone lands to the National Wilderness System. He notes widespread conservationist praise for designating over 1.9 million acres as wilderness across 10 units. He supports closing unimproved roads encroaching on wilderness.
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Boise
UPS
Cecil D. Andrus
Yellowstone National Park
Idaho Falls
National Park Service
Yellowstone
Andrus
Defense Secrets Sold By Naval Officer
Lt. Davis James Bingham a 31 year old naval torpedo expert was sentenced in Winchester Crown Court to 21 years for selling defense secrets to the Soviet Union for 5980 dollars to cover debts and buy a car. He confessed after a pre trial discussion with his wife Maureen who proposed approaching the Russian Embassy to raise funds.
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Winchester
England
UPH
Soviet Union
Davis James Bingham
Maureen
Bingham
Winchester Crown Court
Peter Rawlinson
Skier Rescue After 16 Hour Wait In Mt Schilthorn Cable Car
70 skiers trapped 800 feet above ground on Mt Schilthorn near Verren Switzerland endured a cold night. Food blankets and tea circulated as crews used a rescue bulldozer and later three helicopters to evacuate all passengers uninjured at daylight.
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M Verren
Switzerland
Walter Ulmi
Ski Club
Almi
Mt. Schilthorn
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Larex
Superior
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