Tax revolt debate targets big spenders and minorities
Vernon Jordan of the National Urban League frames California’s Proposition 13 vote as driven by hostility to minority groups. He warns minorities and the poor face job and service losses, while others argue tax cuts can be achieved without slashing essential programs. The piece contends motives vary and urges voter vigilance against wasteful spending.
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Vernon Jordan
National Urban League
California
National Conference
Federal Treasury
Jordan
First Lorain County deed files hit million mark
The Lorain County recorder marked filing of transaction No 1 000 000 in Dorothy Essex office on Tuesday. The first filing was on Jan 2 1897 when Martha Hughes sold her Oberlin property for 200. Essex noted 81 years 7 months 22 days to reach one million and estimates about 31 years to reach the second million given rising filings. Filing property transfers tracks economic activity and Lorain County shows strong growth.
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Martha Hughes
Oberlin
Lorain County
Hughes
Dorothy Essex
Welfare theft by federal workers sparks taxpayer revolt
A Health, Education and Welfare crackdown finds 32,655 federal employees drawing pay while collecting welfare. Of 3,768 reviewed, 806 were ineligible and 942 overpaid, with potential savings around 12 million dollars. Also discusses American Samoa's aid dependence and Micronesia under U.S. guardianship.
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Washington
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph Califano
Califano
BEW
Tuition credit debate split along race lines in Washington
A Black neighbor calling himself a working bureaucrat argues tuition tax credits would aid lower income families like his four Catholic school children. James Coleman, University of Chicago sociologist, backs the credit citing parental choice and existing low-tuition Catholic schools, while noting desegregation’s limited impact on achievement. He says well disciplined, well led schools show success and that parental judgment matters more than professional policy.
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Washington
George Gallup
Phillip
Tye
Philip
James Coleman
University of Chicago
Coleman
House
New York
Chicago
Dr. Coleman
Big Brother
Carter argues for strong anti inflation push in White House talks
Washington focus reports President Carter pressed economists to back a decisive three year plan to cut 10 percent inflation. Advisors say joint action by the President Congress and the Fed is needed to reverse inflation and avert grave economic consequences.
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Jimmy Carter
White House
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Carter
Carter anti inflation road show prompts mixed reaction
The piece weighs Carter plan to tour the nation to offer consumer tips on cutting costs against charges of hypocrisy and political theater. It speculates which officials and figures might participate, from Rosalynn Carter to Bert Lance, and ponders how such road shows could address inflation while critiquing government spending and policy.
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Jimmy Carter
Marie Antoinette
Carter
Noblesse
New Energy Department
White House
Billy Carter
Bert Lance
Peter Bourne
Postal Service
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Robert Louis Stevenson
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Lyndon Johnson
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