Nixon Economic Policy Provisions Expand Retroactive Pay and Powers
The measure extends retroactive wage increases from the August 15 price freeze to workers including teachers, with broad retroactive pay unless opposed by Pay Board guidelines. It sets a 5.5 percent raise for Federal civilian and military employees from January 1, 1972, while exempting the working poor from wage-price controls. The President gains unprecedented executive authority through April 30, 1973 to control prices rents wages interest rates and dividends, with standards to balance growth productivity and living costs.
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Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Looking Ahead to Moral Standards in Media Influence
The author decries pornography in film and literature as a decay of moral fiber and national character, citing reader letters about raw sex movies in theaters and explicit films shown at a theology seminary. He links porn to undermining families and endorses stricter post office and societal controls.
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United States
America
Hollywood
This Theological Seminary
Ohio General Assembly passes tax and budget bill
The Ohio General Assembly approved a tax and budget bill on December 10 after eleven months of work. The author did not vote for the conference report and plans future columns explaining the reasons. The legislature will recess until January with major tasks ahead including redistricting and capital improvements.
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Ohio General Assembly
General Assembly
Farmers rally against proposed real estate tax shift in Columbus hearing
Clermont County figures attended the December hearing where the Board of Tax Appeals proposed a 40 percent appraisal roll back affecting homeowners and farmers. Raymond Oetzel warned the plan would relieve big business taxes while burdening modest homeowners and farmers, and called for cautious measures and local decision making.
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Clermont
Park Investment Co
Supreme Court
Simmeral
Farm Bureau
Joe Ficter
NFU
Ass’n of
United Auto Workers
State Supreme Court
Board of Tax Appeals
Capitol Reports on Budget and Tax Bill in 1972 Series
Early notes for a budget and tax bill series in 1972. The piece surveys Christmas hymns and carols by composers like Warlock Holst Tate and Handel. It discusses greens symbolism in pagan lore and a poetry column inviting reader submissions.
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Peter Warlock
Bethlehem
Gustav Holst
Nahum Tate
Handel
Storrs Willis
Voter approval needed for local tax levies in Ohio elections
The article explains Ohio voters can participate in the May primary, November general, and local tax levy special elections. Tax increases above ten mills require public approval, with various local agencies able to request levies. Special elections occur at other times, often in December, as local government costs rise.
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Ted W. Brown
Ohio
Decking Halls Has History
The article traces Christmas greens from bay tree and laurel in ancient Greece to their use in England and at home, noting bay leaves now flavor holiday cooking more than decoration while holly remains a Yuletide staple.
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Bacchus
Christ
England
Greece
Grolier Universal Encyclopedia
Intangible Gifts Bring Rich Blessings This Christmas
The article extols intangible gifts as the brightest Christmas blessings. It highlights smiles, aiding the less fortunate, strengthening ties, renewed spirituality, and the foundations of health, happiness, love, faith and hope as the season’s true gifts.
Space Awe and Bible Truth Link Eternal Fate
The article contrasts mankind's space exploration with the Bible as the source of knowledge about God and eternity. It emphasizes divine revelation through scripture, cites Bible verses, and urges belief in Jesus Christ now to avoid judgment in eternity. It frames science as limited and faith as essential for salvation.
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Space
Hell
God
Christ
Creation
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Father
Parson Jones Mirrors a Wino with a Diamond Message
Parson Jones recounts helping a down on his luck drinker by using a mirror to reveal self worth. He tells the man he is a precious diamond made in God’s image, cleansed by Jesus, and later sees the man in church sober with employment. The parson invites the publisher to look in a mirror.
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God
Jesus
Parson Jones
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