Editorial on Georgia tax hike debates and public reaction
December 19 1968 editorial critiques a proposed 211 million tax increase by Governor Lester Maddox. It argues residents resist higher taxes despite rising services and notes sales tax as fairest. It urges public input before approving bond issues and stresses leadership and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Treasury
Roperty
Helf
Lo. Femsome
Timm
Dex Roy
Joint study aims at automatic freight car coupling safety
A government industry study group plans to develop a self acting fully automatic coupling system for railroad freight cars. The effort seeks to boost safety and efficiency, reduce terminal make up time, and lower costs for consumers by minimizing man handling and hazardous steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y Croy
A& 2
Torward
Today in History highlights for December 19, 1968
Key dates include Washington and the Continental Army’s 1777 winter encampment at Valley Forge Pennsylvania Napoleon Bonaparte recapturing Toulon in 1793 and 1939 German liner Columbus scuttling to avoid capture. Also Adolf Hitler’s leadership change in 1941 and Ho Chi Minh’s attacks in Indochina in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Valley Forge
Atlantic
Adolf Hitler
Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
U.S. Air Force
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Saigon
Johnson
Australia
Harold Holt
Wisconsin DDT hearing opens over environmental risk
Conservation groups petition to ban DDT in Wisconsin as hearings begin in Madison. Scientists from UW and others testify on ecological damage across the life cycle while industry lawyers challenge the ban and stress polluters like dust and pollen. The case, led by the Environmental Defense Fund, could set a national precedent with wide implications for agriculture and public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice van Susteren
Ribicoff Committee
Senate
Wisconsin
Gaylord Nelson
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc
Brookhaven
N. Y
Madison
Michigan
National Chemical Association
Louis A. McLean
Chicago
Versicol Chemical Corporation
Nature
Boyles Notebook Fun Hour Of Sunday Slumber
A nostalgic collection of memory snippets from midcentury life. It recalls cigarettes at 10 cents a pack beef for a dollar feeds a family of five and chores like corncob pipes grandparents and Sundays with naps after dinner. It contrasts small town work and family joys with simple pleasures like ice cream soda a nickel and the iceman delivering cooling treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Iceman
Lee
Father
Eddie Polo
Pearl White
Ruth Roland
NATO aging but enduring as Europe weighs its future
In Brussels NATO nears its twentieth anniversary as Europe debates its role and cohesion. France longs for greater autonomy while benefiting from Washington's nuclear shield, and France faces a $1 billion bill for NATO installations as De Gaulle weighs a separate European force.
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Brussels
NATO
Greece
de Gaulle
Washington
France
Mediterranean
Algiers
Europe
Kremlin
Mike Mansfield
United States
Soviet Union
A Thing About Islands That Excites Visitors
AP News feature by Hugh A. Mulligan previews a travelogue of exotic islands. It visits Kulusuk Greenland Tristan da Cunha Falkland Islands and others with wry observations on isolation culture and peculiarities of local life and language.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Kulusuk Island
Tristan da Cunha
Falkland Islands
Juan Fernandez Islands
Easter Island
Paulo Condore
Sao Tome Island
Majorca
Acapulco
Costa Brava
Scorpios
Kulus
APN
Aathor
Argentina
Antarctica
Great Britain
Falklands
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COCRC
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Toulon
DOT
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James J. Kilpatrick
Nelson
Alaska
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University of Wisconsin
Charles F. Wurster, Jr
University of New York
Stoney Brook
Joseph J. Hickey
Department of Wildlife Ecology
Robert W. Riseborough
Institute of Marine Resources At
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Atlantic Unity
Arthur Vandenburg
Paris
Daley
Dallas
Bobby Seale
Uncle Tom
Hoot
Seventh Street
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Pig International Party
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Vatican
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Robert V. Allen
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Connecticut
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Claude McKay
McVay
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