05 Dec 1977
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1977
Page
1
Augusta voters decide whether to repeal Maine's uniform property tax for education once seen as a landmark funding method. The tax, set by the legislature, accounted for about 48 percent of the $282.3 million statewide education budget, with critics arguing it erodes local control and benefits some communities that subsidize others.
Los Angeles police scan mental hospital files and crime records while checking license plates for the Hillside Strangler case. Patrols rise in areas where victims 12 to 28 were last seen alive. A 26 year old man, Bennett Merrett, is jailed on unrelated charges after a witness linked him to a victim, with investigators noting striking similarities to a composite. The 42 man task force continues round the clock work on hundreds of tips amid ongoing fear and scrutiny.
A chain of local events lists: Stanley Town Council at Town Hall 7 pm, Order of Rainbow Assembly 19 at Masonic Temple 7:30 pm, Belmont City Council 7:30 pm, Gaston Todge 228 Dallas 6:39 dinner and 7:30 pm session, Sweet Adelines at St Andrews ANP Church 7:40 pm, Dallas Rescue Squad at Dallas Grew Hall, Order of DeMolay at Masonic Temple, Helimat Al-Anon at Catawba Lutheran Scout Hut 8 pm, Alcoholics Anonymous at All Saints Episcopal Church, Sertoma Club at Shoney’s at 7 am, Children’s Story Hour at Public Library Dallas 1 am, Lowell at 1 pm.
Knoxv ille Tenn obituary for Mrs Elsie Staten formerly of Belmont died Sunday She is survived by her husband Rev Ralph Staten former Goshen Freewill Baptist Church pastor One son and two daughters Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday in Pocahontas Ark Memorials may go to the National Ladies Auxiliary of the Freewill Baptist Church Nashville Tenn McNabbs Funeral Home Pocahontas Ark in charge of arrangements
Fragmented notice from a 17th century style printer discusses postal regulation and advance subscription collections. It mentions Miracece pasate muse and various terms like Ranma Pulishing Company and Second Dissonage Pula in a garbled plea for carrier service.
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