Gas tax increase fails to muster two-thirds vote
In Phoenix the one cent gas tax failed to pass the Arizona House as it needed a two-thirds majority. The bill, approved 36 to 22, would have raised about 7.5 million for northern road repairs but lacked emergency status to become law before session end. Local leaders blamed fiscal strain on counties and political opposition from Democrats.
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Phoenix Bureau
Phoenix
Jack Williams
Cilie
Jesser
Stan Akers
Senate
Barr
Arizona
Nep
Thomas WN. Goodwin
Tucson
Batt
Pima County
Jim Dewberry
State Highway Department
Jobless rate unchanged at five percent nationwide
The Labor Department reported the unemployment rate held at 5 percent for last month with about 4.4 million people jobless and 50 million workers seeing average weekly earnings rise by 12 dollars to 141.72, while the average work week lengthened by 12 minutes.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Desert Museum plans margay breeding colony in desert habitat
The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum will establish a margay breeding colony within two weeks to aid endangered species. Curator Chuck Hanson said the program will collect marginally bred cats from across the country, breed them in a secure nonpublic area, and later distribute offspring to zoos.
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Arizona- Sonora Desert Museum
Chuck Hanson
Sanson
Port U
U.S
Hanson
Desert Museum
South America
Arizona-Sonora Desert
Head tax at airports voted out
Washington action ends local airport head taxes in a 296 to 16 House vote. A Senate offset will be negotiated, as a companion bill moves through Congress. Taxes ranged from 30 cents to 3 dollars per passenger affecting 44 airports. An attempted Rooney amendment to extend phaseouts failed. New Hampshire started the trend in August 1969.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Fred B. Rooney
D-Pa
Dee. Dt
New Hampshire
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