Supreme Court ruling on school taxes tests funding reform movement
The high court upheld local property taxes for school financing, likely shifting reform efforts to state courts and legislatures. Governors and commissions in several states push to ease reliance on local taxes, while advocate groups warn of intrastate disparities and rising per pupil spending.
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Court OKs Property Tax Financing for Texas Schools
The Supreme Court upholds Texas school funding by local property tax, ruling no constitutional right to education or equal protection violation in financing, reversing a federal panel. Chief Justice Burger leads the majority with Powell stating reform must come from lawmakers. The 1968 Edgewood case began this challenge by Mexican American families in San Antonio.
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Somerset County 1973 Budget Proposal Released
Somerset County Commissioners open a proposed 1973 budget totaling 2.7 million dollars up from 2.46 million. It lists real estate taxes at 1.122 million and a 17 mill levy on 61.03 million valuation yielding 1.068 million, with 223k per capita taxes and 68.7k personal property taxes. Grants total 940,674 including 440k Federal Revenue Sharing. Governmental expenditures center on General Government, Corrections, Welfare, and Miscellaneous with a 1.254 million General Government total.
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Inmates End Uprising at West Virginia Penitentiary
An 24 hour prison riot at West Virginia Penitentiary ended with five guards freed unharmed. One inmate died and two others were wounded. Gov Arch Moore announced a settlement as violence erupted again between Black and white prisoners.
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Prices rise sharply as U.S. consumer costs jump in February
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a seasonally adjusted 0.8 percent rise in consumer prices in February, the largest since 1969, with grocery costs up 2.4 percent led by meat fish and poultry. Nixon Phase 3 controls in effect amid expected worsening conditions.
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Recitation of Ten Commandments Proposed for Schools
Harrisburg AP report says Rep. Stanford Lehr proposes a bill requiring daily recitation of the Ten Commandments by all public school pupils. Lehr, a 60 year old York merchant, argues moral values are unclear in today’s classrooms.
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Stanford Lehr
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Budget Figures Not Clear In Fragmentary Report
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered numbers including 61 029 764 and 1 122 469 plus 149 830 with notes not completed. Mentions Seana The Two Reported Highest Budgets and a judicial budget figure 22 925 393. context unclear due to garbled text.
Peacemaker moves last Vietnam War prisoners home
The United States begins final troop redeployment as 138 American POWs are set for release in Hanoi over the weekend. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong spokesmen confirm releases on Saturday and Sunday and urge U.S. withdrawal of about 5,300 troops by weekend, three days before the March 28 deadline.
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Farmland Use Assessment Referendum Meeting Discussed
Area residents may attend an educational meeting on land use assessment Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Route 56 between Johnstown and Windber. The May 15 ballot will include a land use assessment amendment to allow use value taxed farmland and public officials will attend and discuss.
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James A. Bockley
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William Cochrane
Bochy Fedl
Donald J. Epp
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