Cities seek tax shifts as suburbs drain revenue
Editor note describes how U.S. cities struggle to raise funds amid suburban flight. Authorities explore nonresident taxes, wage taxes, and regional or annexation plans to offset losses while balancing state law limits. Specific cases include Little Rock, Philadelphia, New York, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, and Birmingham among others.
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Jonathan Wolman
Central Cities
Little Rock
Jack Murphy
Birmingham
Ala
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
New York City
Nashville
Kansas City
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Buffalo
N.Y
Phoenix
Boise
Idaho
Portland
Maine
Milwaukee
Bill Carey
Carey
Wisconsin
Georgia
Atlanta
Boston
Massachusetts
Raymond Percich
Utah
Salt Lake City
State editorial roundup highlights WV license retest and UMWA vote
Huntington Herald-Dispatch urges periodic retesting for drivers to curb unsafe driving as Virginia Roberts backs legislative action. Charleston Daily Mail praises police survivors with grants, while Beckley Post-Herald and Charleston Gazette discuss Arnold Miller’s reelection, union democracy, and ongoing union factional tensions.
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Huntington Herald-Dispatch
West Virginia
Virginia Roberts
Beckley Post-Herald
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
UMWA
Miller
A Moment of Prayer Quote from Roger Babson
A quotation attributed to Roger Babson about inner goodness and actions toward others. It presents a concise moral idea: the good in you is the good you do for others. The line appears as a public inspirational note without further context or attribution details.
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Congress
Legislature
Roger Babson
Thornton home fire harms Morgan family in early morning blaze
An early morning fire destroyed the two story rented home of John Morgan and his mother Mabel Morgan in Thornton. Mrs. Morgan was admitted to Grafton City Hospital. Thornton Volunteer Fire Department and Grafton VFD responded to the blaze.
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Thornton
John Morgan
Mabel Morgan
Morgans
On This Day in History June 27 Highlights
June 27 marks notable events: Truman ordered Air Force and Navy aid to Korea in 1950, Smith brothers killed in 1844, telegraph linked NYC and Boston in 1847, 1893 stock market drop, FBI nabbed Nazi saboteurs in 1942, Athens bombing in 1943, Nixon in Moscow in 1974, Kosygin in Cuba in 1964, Northern Ireland ceasefire in 1975, Ramalho Eanes elected in Portugal in 1976. Births include Bob Keeshan and Juan Trippe. Thought for today by Norman Douglas.
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Harry Truman
U.S. Air Force
Navy
South Korea
Joseph and
Hyrum Smith
Carthage
Brigham Young
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
New York
Boston
New York Stock Exchange
FBI
Long Island
Athens
Greece
Richard Nixon
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Cuba
Fidel Castro
United States
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
Communist Party
Nightstick origin and musical facts across era
L M Boyd explores why nightsticks are named from colonial patrols in New Amsterdam and notes the shift hours. The piece lists the top 11 instruments students most often learn, estimates air costs for skin divers, and includes light Q&A snippets on harpists and pregnancy-related inquiries.
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New York City
New Amsterdam
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Pocatello
Charleston Daily Mail
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Preston County
Terra Alta
Hopemont
Hutton
Maryland
Grafton
Camp Towles
Main Street
Paul Buckwalter
Grafton Area
Flemington
Rosemont
Chesapeake and Potomac
John Hulley
Grafton— City Hospital
Economic Development Agency
EDA
Grafton Banking and Trust
Bill Workman
Amtrak
Shenandoah
Pruntytown
West Virginia Industrial School For Boys
Taylor County
Hinkle Construction and Sales
Bridgeport
Flemington Community Center
Toothman Ford
Sheriff's Office
U.S. Rt. 50
Kalo-Fnb
Dellalos
Greensburg
Bud Hunter
Dave Pitcher
Harman Construction
Tygart Lake Country Club
Nellie Rae Rutherford
Rt. 1
Tunnelton
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Morgantown
Milton George Stevens
Rt. 5
Virgil Power Handley Jr
Sunset Drive
Bob Keesham
Juan Trippe
Norman Douglas
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Mountain Statesman
Ralph J. Cooper
Phil Angelo
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Semper
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