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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1971
Page
6
Pennsylvania's new state income tax takes effect this Saturday affecting payroll withholdings. The 3.5 percent levy is retroactive to January 1, so this year workers will pay eight months of tax upfront, effectively 5.25 percent for the rest of the year before dropping to 3.5 percent next January.
Revenue Secretary Robert P. Kane outlines new Pennsylvania withholding aimed to match year end tax. Workers earning 7000 to 20000 dollars will see weekly losses from 95 cents to 13.80, depending on exemptions and deductions. The system mimics the federal model with a filing deadline next April and possible refunds or additional payment. A 30-person Bureau of Personal Income Tax prepared the withholding details.
At Radnor Pennsylvania a high end car auction failed to attract buyers for Al Capone's 1940 Cadillac and Queen Isabel's sedan despite 87 luxury autos on display. Dealers blamed weak economy, with bids mostly failing to meet expectations. one owner refused to part with Capone's maroon and tan limousine at 12 500, asking 15 000.
About 4,000 Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone workers in West Virginia started a strike over a new three year wage pact as talks continued in Washington. The company offered raises of 19.50 to 22 for top crafts and 11.50 to 14 for operators and clerical staff plus cost of living adjustments and improved pensions. The workers are CW members and the deal could set a pattern for 33,000 Bell System employees in WV, MD, VA, and DC.
Bridgeport Mayor Charles Loar asks Gov Arch Moore to conduct a personal investigation into morale at the West Virginia Department of Public Safety. He cites transfers and promotions in mid March as a cause of deteriorating conditions and urges corrective action. Lawmakers plan closed door talks with troopers and Superintendent Bonar, with a formal probe if needed.
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