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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1975
Page
1
IRS says first 10 percent rebate checks with a $100 to $200 floor and cap will mail starting May 12 and continue for six weeks. Rebates go to those due refunds or included with refunds. those owing taxes must pay first. Rebates follow filing order and depend on 1974 tax payments with averages by income and dependents.
President Ford reluctantly signs a $24.8 billion tax cut bill amid concerns over inflation and spending. He warns Congress he will not support further federal overspending and notes rebates begin to arrive May 12. The measure raises the FY 1976 deficit to about $60 billion.
Spring tornadoes churned through Alabama Mississippi and Good Friday twister devastated eight blocks of Warren Arkansas with six dead and more than seventy injured. National Guard blocked looting and secured water supply as rescue teams searched wreckage.
President Ford signed a $24.8 billion tax cut drawing praise from Sen. Russell Long and Rep. Henry Reuss who defend the measure as needed to spur the economy. Critics like Sen. Robert Taft Jr. warn of last minute changes and deficit explanations. Ford commits to a broader tax review after Easter while stressing jobs as the core issue.
President Ford ordered American naval transports to evacuate refugees from Vietnamese coast areas under North Vietnamese attack. He urged international help and noted ships would ferry civilians to Da Nang and safety in the south. Daniel Parker of AID was named disaster relief coordinator.
UPI report from Saigon notes Communist troops advancing into Da Nang, South Vietnam’s second city, amid chaos. Refugees flood the streets. Black Panther soldiers flee a refugee plane, some 268 arrested aboard. Hue already under Communist control. curfew ordered as troops retreat to units.
Easter messages from Rome to New York urged sympathy for war victims and a lasting peace. In Jerusalem Catholics and Protestants joined eye services at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre while Moscow police cleared a synagogue after Passover. Tourism rose in Florida as Princeton students staged a giant 30 pound chocolate rabbit party.
UPI reports Cambodian troops retreat within five miles of Phnom Penh as Lon Nol plans to leave the capital in a few days for visits to Indonesia, Japan, and Hawaii. Abandoned military materiel falls to rebels while U.S. airlift resumes amid rebel shelling.
The peace candy bar cost 45 dollars, with Polly K Lyons, owner of the shop, calling it the most beautiful piece of candy she has seen. Easter weekend was busy for vendors as storms blocked livestock care across Colorado, Wyoming, and western Nebraska, raising fears of heavy losses.
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