Three Town Topics Piggyback Tax Education Bus Loop
West Virginia advances Morasco piggyback income tax to simplify filings and cut costs. Taylor County explores community education using schools for recreation and adult learning with minimal funding. Grafton Bus Loop expands TRIP program, offering a 25 cent ride around the city with a two daily routes and a hopeful ridership boost.
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Grafton
West Virginia
Samuel Morasca
Taylor County
House of Delegates
Morasco
Heck's
Harman Plaza
Country Club Road
Deserters unimpressed with Carter offer
Mike Powers and fellow American deserters living in Sweden reject President-elect Carter’s proposed pardon as discriminatory and irrelevant. They view the war as a dirty conflict and say the leadership won’t admit the war’s loss. About 250 to 300 Americans are thought to reside in Sweden, with a few obtaining Swedish citizenship.
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U.S
John Toler
Chico
Calif
Steve Kinnamon
Indianapolis
Powers
Sweden
Carter
Thomas Birath
Immigration Office
Col
William Prout
Privacy laws may extend to business sector in 1977
AP reporting that privacy legislation could extend the Privacy Act of 1974 to private firms, forcing firms to maintain retrievable records and face challenges by individuals. The Privacy Protection Study Commission plans a report due next June and seeks industry comments by January, with firms like Coopers & Lybrand warning of a wide impact on information systems and mailing list, credit, insurance, and health care sectors.
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John Cunniff
Business Analysh
New York
Privacy Protection Study Commission
Congress
Coopers & Lybrand
A Moment of Prayer TUESDAY
A brief religious note quotes Proverbs and Dwight D Eisenhower stressing inner spirit over wealth. It frames a solemn moment of prayer and reflection for readers.
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Dwight D Eisenhower
U.S
State Senator's column on utility rates and PSC study
State Senator J D Hinkle and C N Harman discuss soaring utility rates and a Legislature formed interim committee to study the Public Service Commission. They note hearings delays, PSC restructuring, and a three phase study into rate changes, income relations, and impacts on households and businesses, aiming to balance energy access with cost and environmental protection.
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J.D. Hinkle
C.N. Harman Gharleston
Public Service Commission
Utilities
Senator Hinkle
PSC
Brooks Smith
Milford Gibson
United States
Commission
Smith
Utd Committee
Legislat
On This Date in History December 28 1976 Milestones
On December 28 1836 Spain recognized Mexico independence. Iowa joined the Union in 1846 as the 29th state. Woodrow Wilson born 1856 in Stanton Virginia. Chewing gum patent awarded 1869 to William Semple of Mount Vernon Ohio. Calcutta bombed by Japan in 1942. JFK greeted Bay of Pigs prisoners in 1962 at Miami. Managua attack 1974 during U.S. ambassador party. China tested fifth atomic weapon ten years ago. Nixon Brandle talks began at Key Biscayne five years ago. Coal mine rescue in India failed after 372 men trapped. Earl Hines turns 71. Thought for today cites Samuel Gompers on strikes and liberty.
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Spain
Mexico
Iowa
Woodrow Wilson
Stanton
William Semple
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Calcutta
John Kennedy
Miami
Managua
Nicaragua
India
Earl Hines
Samuel Gompers
Pay not competitive with Industry Commission raise federal salaries
Carter aides warn executive pay lags private sector growth as new recruits may quit after years. The 1969–76 pay squeeze saw 60 percent CPI rise vs 52 percent private pay, prompting the 1967 act and a 1976 commission report urging limited increases and a public conduct code to bolster trust and attract top officials.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Matthew Coffey
Executive Branch
Congress
Nixon
Commission On
Peter Peterson
Ford
Commission
National Institutes of Health
Cancer Institute
Mountain Statesman Gratton Ad Rates and Contacts
Berry's World notes The Mountain Statesman Gratton WV at 914 W Main Street. Publication daily except holidays with 15 cent single copies and 15 cent weekly carrier delivery. Subscriptions: Taylor and adjacent counties 75 cents weekly. all other areas 3.50 monthly. Communications and address changes to 914 W Main Gratton WV 76354.
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THE
Mountain Statesman
Gratton
Main Street
Devin Davi
Robert San
Glenna M. Carpenter
Taylor
Adj
Main
Emperor's Cup Clues Point to Sumo Wrestlers in Japan
A playful quiz prompts that the Emperor's Cup is contested by sumo wrestlers in Japan. The piece riffs on language quirks and trivia, mentioning golf Walker Cup and tennis Davis Cup, sea lions, phrase origins, and literary quotes as tangential humor.
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Japan
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London Economist News Service
China
Richard Nixon
Willy Brandle
Key Biscayne, Fla
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Ben Jonson
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