Picket Struck by Car at Delavan Plant Gate
Steve Myers of Altoona was thrown onto a car windshield and dragged into the gate area at the Delavan Corp plant in West Des Moines Iowa as a non union driver struck the line and then braked inside the gates. Jim Friend Jr. was also injured during the incident. United Auto Workers have held a strike at the plant for over a year.
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Delavan
Steve Myers
Altoona
Delavan Corp
Myers
West Des Moines
Iowa
Jim Friend, Jr
United Auto Workers
Des Moines Register & Bune Co
Wallace weighing Senate run in Alabama
Montgomery AP Wallace considers seeking the U.S. Senate seat to fill the late Sen. James Allen’s unexpired term through 1980. Press Secretary Billy Joe Camp noted strong public urging and said Wallace is weighing the two-year term while noting he previously said he would not run to succeed Sen. Sparkman.
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Sen
John Sparkman
Camp
Wallace
Allen
Alabama
Ethics postpones Talmadge interview in ethics inquiry
The Senate Ethics Committee staff postponed an interview with Sen. Herman E. Talmadge amid a preliminary ethics inquiry. Chairman Adlai Stevenson said they will reconvene after Thursday panel meetings to review press reports about Talmadge's finances. Talmadge aides expressed disappointment at the delay.
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Washington Star
Washington
Senate Ethics Committee
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Adlai Stevenson
D-Inl
Ethics Committee
Talmadge
Rogers Wade
Stevenson
Californians favor service cuts over tax hikes on Prop 13
AP NBC poll of California voters at polling places shows 48 percent prefer cuts in government services once Prop 13 lowers property taxes by about 57 percent on average. High taxes and perceived government waste were cited as key reasons for supporting the measure.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
California
Cal Williams
Ada County Property Owners Association
Idaho
Williams
Alabama
Alaska
The
Tax Foundation Inc
NBC News
Delaware judge challenge tests power over desegregation tax
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighs whether U.S. District Judge Murray Schwartz can override Delaware lawmakers to set a $1.68 to $1.91 property tax rate for desegregation costs. Delaware argues federal equitable power overstepped. the judge defends the higher tax to fund school consolidation and busing.
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Del
Delaware
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
Murray Schwartz
New Castle County
County Planning Board
Delaware General Assembly
Schwartz
Planning Board
Tueday
David Swayze
Pierre du Pont IV
United States District Court
Judge Schwartz
Tax votes fail. Cleveland and Columbus schools face cuts
Tax proposals failed in Cleveland and Columbus as voters rejected school levies, leaving both cities facing desegregation orders and potential classroom shutdowns. Cleveland may have no funds to open, while Columbus plans to operate until November. Local officials blamed votes on anti busing sentiment and higher taxes amid desegregation pressures.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Cleveland Board of Education
Arnold Pinkney
Tom Moody
Canton
Cincinnati
Dayton
Measures considered in seven more states Tax cut expected to help others
California's Prop 13 victory is cited as momentum for anti tax efforts in Idaho Ohio Oregon Michigan Montana Pennsylvania and Nebraska. Advocates say the ballot drive gains to lower property taxes and shift to income based funding while opponents warn of shifted burdens and service cuts.
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Ohio
Montana
Michigan
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Idaho
Senate
al Shaw
Roseburg
California
Richard Munn
Legislative Revenue Office
Robert Watt
Missoula
Peole
Watt
Taxpayers United For
Richard Headlee
Taxpayers’ Group
William Marshall
Afl-Cio
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