New Sales Tax Debate Faces Thomas County Voters
A proposed one percent sales tax could add revenue for Thomas County and cities, enabling property tax relief. The measure would roll back ad valorem taxes permanently in unincorporated areas if revenue targets are met, while creating concerns about equal application and future tax changes by elected officials.
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Thomas
General Assembly
Thomasville
Thomas County
Thomas County Commission
Market lacks clear direction amid mixed economic signals
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff notes the stock market drifts on conflicting currents with no sustained move. Forecasters see a gradual upturn but doubt an immediate recovery, citing evidence of preconditions rather than demand, while oil price delays and Middle East tensions add uncertainty to the tape.
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John Cunniff
New York
First National City Bank
Blyth Eastman Dillon
Alan J. Miller
Mideast
Letter to the Editor questions photographer's bias in photo choices
A reader from Thomasville appeals to Mr. Kelly about photographer Deborah Ansley. She notes repeated pictures of her friends and relatives' children and asks for fairer, candid coverage from the paper. The editor confirms Ansley has used small relatives as subjects on three occasions.
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D. Ansley
R. F. Garren Thomasville
T-E
Deborah Ansley
The History of Humor in One Farce of a Column
A Miami column argues humor has no history and presents a satirical timeline. It claims the first joke appeared in the 19th century via a rail splitter named Wolfgang Hogan and Abe Lincoln, then mocks court jesters and rulers for lacking real humor and jokes about Genghis Khan and others.
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Miami
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Busis
Plato
Hannibal
Attila the Hun
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Illinois
Wolfgang Hogan
Lincoln
Hogan
Rhode Island
Wolfgang
Abe
Adlai Stevenson
Tupelo
Daley
Chicago
Sam
Senate
On This Date Historic Highlights From 1975
AP notes the day’s history with events such as Britain handing the Suez Canal to Egypt in 1956 after 74 years of operation and Columbus sighting Martinique in 1502. Other milestones include 1841 Ottawa’s first Canadian parliament and 1967 Thurgood Marshall’s Supreme Court appointment.
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Associated Press
Britain
Suez Canal
Egypt
Christopher Columbus
Martinique
Ottawa
John Pershing
Paris
U.S. Office of War Information
Elmer Davis
Thurgood Marshal
U.S. Supreme Court
South Vietnam
Phanh Huy Quat
Ford Still Lacks Support Of GOP In Viewpoint
Marianne Means analyzes President Ford as he contemplates official candidacy while balancing duties as Chief of State. The piece contrasts the tree view of recent gains with the forest of fragile support within his own party and the political risk of campaigning while governing.
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Ford
Marianne
Washington
Gerald Ford
White House
Europe
Congress
Senate
Mayaguez
Harris
Sen
Edward
Kennedy in a trial heat frames in party fault lines
The piece notes Kennedy leading Ford in a trial heat 48 to 46 percent while GOP professionals and leaders clash over 1976 nomination prospects. Hugh Scott's Senate resolution attracts only 16 of 38 Republicans, Reagan pressure grows, Connally criticizes Ford, and the RNC airing a costly anti Ford program omits past GOP presidents.
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Kennedy
Senate
Hugh Scott
Christopher Bond
Missouri
Privileged Lodges Brush with White House World
National Park Service runs Brinkerhoff House in Wyoming and Camp Hoover in Shenandoah for VIP guests. Registers reveal Cronkite Rampton Roncalio Hamilton and Haldeman era figures staying there amid Watergate era secrecy and VIP access rules.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
National Park Service
Brinkerhoff
Jackson Lake
Wyo
Grand Teton Mountains
Hoover
Shenandoah National Park
CBS
Walter Cronkite
Utah
Cal Rampton
Brinkerhoff House
Teno Roncalio
D.wyo
Lee Hamilton
D.ind
George W. Allen, Jr
Cronkite
B.F. Sisk
D.calif
John Jarman
R.okla
Federal Communications
Rex Lee
Camp Hoover
Shenandoah Woodlands
White House
Curtis Herge
Nixon
Clay Whitehead
H.R. Haldeman
Larry Higby
Fred Malek
Elliott Richardson
William Ruckelshaus
Congress
CIA
John McCone
Sam Giancana
John Roselli
Fidel Castro
William Harvey
James “Big Jim” O’connell
Howard Hughes
Nevada
Robert Maheu
Senate Intelligence Committee
McCone
Castro
Kennedy
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
New Orleans
Mexico City
Warren Commission
U.S
Oswald
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McNaught Syndicate, Inc
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