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World this week items cover cuts in GMC prices and tax action
GMC announces price reductions across passenger cars and trucks, the second cut in three months. Missouri House passes a bill doubling the gasoline tax from 2 to 4 cents per gallon, but an emergency clause defeat blocks immediate enactment for about a year and a half. Rail unions sign May 22 agreements with railroads to speed settlements under the Railroad Labor Act. Missouri House approves repeal of Madisoniz bar act requiring 78 ages for pesca, enabling injunctive enforcement of contracts. Earl Shelton gangster shooting spree leaves him shot and wounded after bullets fire through a second-floor gambling den window.
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