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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1974
Page
4
Morton Paulson argues that Virginia legislators may push gambling bills in the 1975 General Assembly session. The piece defends Virginia governance as honest and urges continued leadership to reject legalized gambling.
Nov 21 26 roll call summary shows HR 15580 with 352 yeas 25 nays, mass transit 288 109, Senate sugar subsidy veto override 65 27, tobacco aid 24 65, FOIA override 65 27. Key figures: Rep Flood Abzug Bauman Downing Whitehurst Parris Broyhill Satterfield Daniel Butler Robinson Wampler. Sen Weicker Moss Thurmond Byrd Scott Kennedy Taft. Ford signed mass transit bill into law.
Opinion piece warns that state run lotteries horse betting parlors and casinos undermine tax reform and fuel crime with legalization. It notes Washington and New Jersey votes against gambling and cites high costs of administration and potential Mafia infiltration.
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report energy policymakers propose a high gasoline tax paired with a 100 percent rebate to individuals through universal income tax cuts. The plan aims to cut consumption while boosting consumer spending, offering Ford a choice between the tax or rationing.
Interior Secretary Rogers C Morton pushes to lease up to 10 million offshore acres for oil drilling and to raise fuel prices to spur production. He faces strong opposition from environmentalists and oil political foes while Congress debates a windfall profits tax and potential gasoline tax with rebates.
Readers vent on Gerald Ford’s prayers and Pilgrim ideals citing Supreme Court rulings and unemployment. Others praise a Winchester charity drive while lampooning Sunday laws and urging beer closures. A longEconomy discussion weighs gas tax versus rebates with views from Greenspan and Zarb and Capitol Hill as policy debates intensify.
The Winchester Evening Star lists staff positions including Thomas T. Byrd as General Manager and Douglas B. OConnell as Managing Editor along with advertising and news staff. It provides daily publication notes and subscription rates by carrier and by mail with various year and six month options.
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