Senate moves to expand minimum tax on rich under revision
The Senate Finance Committee advances a bill to tighten the minimum tax, aiming to ensure wealthier Americans pay at least some federal income tax. In 1974, 244 top earners paid nothing, highlighting how deductions and capital-gains rates erode tax liability. The plan, tied to a broad tax-revision with House support, would raise revenue and broaden the tax base.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Treasury
Finance Committee
Taxpayer anger erupts as Montana reappraisal debate roils Helena
In Helena Governor Judge and Revenue chief face about 150 critics over the statewide property reappraisal plan. Shouting erupts from crowd and officials, with critics demanding a halt to county by county implementation and an executive order delaying reappraisals until all property is revalued.
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Clancy
Mahoney
Montana Legislative Council
Widow recounts 11 hours buried alive in quake
Geona widow Ines de Maio, 60, tells how she survived 11 hours trapped under concrete after a four story building collapsed in the quake. Eight others died, including two children and a pregnant woman. four survived. She recalls fear, prayers, and a vow to live in a nunnery.
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Ines de Maio
Gemona
Inesde Maio
Brownies Draw Ardent Bear to West Glacier Home
Mrs. Robert Salandi’s late night brownies prompted a bear to smash a door in her mobile home causing $300 in damage. The bear fled after the family, including her husband and eldest son, shouted. She vows no more late baking.
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West Glacier
Robert Salandi
Johns Hopkins Tests Live Bone Transplant for Cancer Boy
An 11 year old Frederick boy undergoes a pioneering limb sparing operation at Johns Hopkins replacing six inches of thighbone with the fibula and linking blood vessels with microsurgery. Surgeons say the procedure may allow normal walking and avoids tissue rejection.
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Timothy Jones
Larry
Sara Jones
Frederick
Andrew Weiland
Lee Riley
Johns Hopkins
Rollin Daniel
University of Louisville Hospital
Kentucky
Weiland
Oswald Bypassed in FBI Danger List Despite Group Ties
A Senate report says the FBI ran intensive coverage on the Fair Play for Cuba Committee but did not list Lee Harvey Oswald as a potentially dangerous member. The 1961 memo labeled the group as a chief amplifier of pro Castro propaganda, yet Oswald led its New Orleans chapter in 1963 and was overlooked.
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FBI
Fair Play For
Cuba
Lee Harvey Oswald
Senate
United States
Senate Intelligence Committee
Oswald
New Orleans
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Intelligence Committee
Bureau
U.S
Montana crime control board notes gains despite rising crime
State officials say Montana's war on crime improved the system even as crime rose 57 percent from 1969 to 1974. Federal aid funded police training and tech systems, with local governments absorbing about $2 million in costs.
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H Arthur Hutchinson
Helena
Montana
Montana Crime Control Board
Mike Lavin
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Justice Department
Lavin
LEAR
Crime Board
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