Republican senators seek six cent cigarette tax hike
Three Republican state senators plan a six cent per pack cigarette tax increase to restore seventy five million dollars in state aid to local governments cut from the budget. The plan was to be announced at a New York City news conference with a bill filed in Albany. Senators Roy M. Goodman William T. Conklin and John E. Flynn target forty eight million for New York City.
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Roy M. Goodman
Manhattan
William T. Conklin
Brooklyn
John E. Flynn
Yonkers
Troy Sees $450000 Title I Funds For Education
The federal Title I program, part of the ESEA, provides about $1.3 billion nationally with New York State receiving over $175 million in 1969 70. Troy School District gains roughly $450 000 to support targeted schools and services including reading and math instruction and counselor staff.
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Jean Mercier
Thomas F. Ryan
Marty Lombard
Army to hire soldiers' wives for KP duties at bases
The Army is canceling KP duty for soldiers and hiring civilians, including many military wives, to scrub pots and mop mess halls at Fort Benning and other bases. A request to extend the plan to Europe is before the Civil Service Commission as bases shift to civilian staffing and two shifts.
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Calif
Earliest Tomb Mastaba Popular in Egypt’s Early Dynasties
The earliest significant tomb type, the mastaba, gained prominence as a burial chamber in Egypt's first dynasty, preceding the pyramid era.
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Egypt
Hooping Drug Problem Sweeps Ft. Lewis GIs Says Report
U S Customs agents report heroin prosecutions rose since October with 90 soldiers charged for narcotics possession. Ft Lewis processes 500000 troops a year with 27000 stationed there while officials say precise drug use among GIs is unknown. Senate subcommittee cites data gaps and rising abuse in the armed forces. Local authorities say GI drug use worsens narcotics control efforts.
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Julian Bond falls ill in Albany cancels appearance
Georgia state legislator and civil rights activist Julian Bond was taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital with abdominal pains after an illness at his motel. He canceled a speaking engagement at Albany State University while a hospital spokesman said he was being examined and not yet admitted. Colombia covers a total of 439,620 square miles of land.
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Georgia
Albany Medical Center
Bond
Albany State University
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