Mississippi Patrolmen Expense Accounts Tax Case
IRS and Mississippi Highway Patrol wait for a Fifth Circuit ruling on taxing patrolmen expense accounts from 1972 to 1975. Tony M. Smith, a veteran from South Haven, challenged the tax. U.S. District Judge William Keady ruled for Smith, with the case likely to reach the Supreme Court and affect nationwide practice.
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Capitol Bureau
Jackson
Miss
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Mississippi
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Volved
U.S. Supreme Court
Circuit Courts of Appeals
District of Columbia
Fifth Circuit
Tony M. Smith
Smith
Clarksdale
Ben Stone
Gulfport
Bob Perry
Horn Lake
Perry
Cliff Finch
Stone
U.S
William Keady
Coleman Allows Optional Air Bags in Select 1979 80 Models
Transportation Secretary Coleman announced a plan to have at least two automakers sell air bags or passive restraints on 250000 cars in the 1979 model year and another 250000 in 1980. He will not require all new cars to have the devices, citing public opposition and aiming to show effectiveness through a demonstration program. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader called the move irresponsible and plans to appeal to the next secretary.
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Washington
William T. Coleman Jr
Coleman
Ralph Nader
Nader
Jackson County approves hospital bond sale amid questions
Jackson County Board of Supervisors OKs more than 11 million dollars in bonds for Singing River and Ocean Springs hospital expansion after objections from labor leader Ed Lowe and later State Rep. Ted Millette. The plan faces scrutiny over need and job impact amid possible shipyard layoffs.
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Pascagoula
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Ed Lowe
The
Metal Trades Council
Ted Millette
Lowe
Robert Lingle
Mississippi Press Register
Singing River Hospital
SRH
Ocean Springs Hospital
Ingalls Shipyard
Jackson County
Edward Khayat
Khayat
District Four
Bill Roberts
Harrison supervisors back MAS seven point package
Harrison County Board of Supervisors endorsed a seven point MAS package including potential eight mill tax authority and a $2400 yearly pay raise for supervisors. Jackson County supervisors gave tacit approval but no formal action. Debate centers on salaries and funding, with current pay at 15000 and proposals to raise to around 28000 or higher.
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Mississippi Association of Supervisors
MAS
Harrison County Board of Supervisors
Pascagoula
Jackson County
Harrison
Ernest Melvin
Gulfport
Board of Supervisors
Ted Millette
Melvin
Harrison County
Turner offers Crippled Children's Foundation to county board
David Turner president of the Crippled Children's Foundation at Kiln proposes turning the foundation and its land building and equipment over to the Hancock County Board of Supervisors with the stipulation that the center continues to operate. Supervisors would consider the offer while noting legal and operational hurdles.
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ST. Louis
David Turner
Crippled Children’s Foundation
Kiln
Hancock County Board of Supervisors
Turner
Harrison County
Hancock County
Sam Favre
Mental Health Department
Favre
Union supporters push AFGE military membership
The American Federation of Government Employees voted to admit uniformed service members, triggering Congress and press debate. The Washington Star denounced a unionized military as preposterous, questioning feasibility of grievance channels within chain of command.
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Washington
American Federation of Government Employees
Congress
The
Washington Star
Military unions spark debate on command and morale
Steve Kozcak of AFGE argues military unionization could preserve hierarchy while letting uniformed members bargain. supporters say a union form could fit the military, not an industrial model. AFGE already covers military contracts and aims to extend bargaining to servicemen without aggressive organizing.
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Steve Kozcak
American Federation of Government Employees
Robert Laurents
National Association For Uniformed Services
Primariy
Ply
Kozcak
AFGE
Union
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Plains
Thomas ‘Tip’ O'Neill
Massachusetts
Jackie Sherrill
Biloxi
University of Pittsburgh
By Hank Klibanoff
Southhaven
Supervisors
Larry Arcell
J.F. Turner
By Robert Ellzey
Ford
White House
Giulio Andreotti
Star
Afl-Cio
Secretary of Defense
Sim
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