Tax Collector Role Shifts to Federal IRS By 1980
IRS Commissioner Johnnie Walters argues for federal collection of state taxes under the Revenue Sharing Act, calling it efficient and advantageous for politicians. The plan promises a single return for taxpayers but could raise total tax take while altering filing duties. Separately the Liberty Bell controversy in Philadelphia centers on a 105 foot tower to house the bell for bicentennial visitors, drawing public outcry from Mayor Frank Rizzo and others over modernist design amid federal funding.
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IRS
Washington
Johnnie M. Walters
Walters
National Park Service
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Frank Rizzo
Tulsa
Okla
U.S. Postal Service
Congress
Civil Service
Postal Corporation
National election officials meet to fix polling problems
Secretaries of State and aides held a national conference in New Orleans to tackle absentee ballots illegible ballots malfunctioning machines disappearing ballot boxes and crowded polling places. They aim to boost efficiency and reassure voters that the process is not as hard as it seems.
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National Association of Secretaries of State
New Orleans
Joseph Denny
White Post
Blackie
Blackie Moore
Snow and Ice Melt as Fire Damages Rise in Berryville
Snow and ice thawed from three to 47 degrees as a fire swept six houses on S Loudoun St causing over $25,000 in damages. Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival leader H Delmer Robinson calls this year elaborate. Acting Berryville postmaster nominee H B Harris and Battletown district Democrat William B Claggett join the local party committee.
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S. Loudoun St
H. Delmer Robinson
H. B. Harris
Berryville
William B. Claggett
Democratic Committee
Battletown
Daily Meditation on God’s Favor and Life’s Mystery
The meditation reflects on why trouble and success vary among people and whether God favors some over others. It concludes that God does not play favorites and treats all as his children, though humans may not understand the reasons behind fortunes or misfortunes.
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God
Davis Named General Manager and Executive Editor
The telephone listing for 667 3200 shows Jack F. Davis as General Manager and Executive Editor. The entry highlights Davis’s leadership role in overseeing operations and editorial direction.
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Jack F. Davis
Blackie Moore to be honored at Richmond portrait ceremony
Sly Winchester figure Blackburn Moore returns to Virginia's Capitol to receive a rare honor. Miriam Lawrence will unveil a portrait for Moore’s successor John Warren Cooke, with state leaders invited to a 12 30 p.m. ceremony in the House chamber.
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Grey Fox
Winchester
Richmond
Virginia
E. Blackburn Moore
Hallowed Hall
House of Delegates
House
Miriam Lawrence
Boscawen St
Moore
John Warren Cooke
James M. Thomson
State Senate
Blackie
Blackburn Moore
Richard Evelyn Byrd
War Costs and Moral Reflections on Vietnam Homecoming
Henry J. Taylor argues the Vietnam war drains the nation financially and morally, citing a $585 billion cost including World War II payments. He warns of ongoing veterans' pensions and postwar obligations while urging national resilience and a peaceful, principled stance led by President Nixon.
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United States
Nixon's plan to Republicanize Washington through Colson and Walker
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak outline Nixon's strategy to shift influence in Washington. Charles Colson will join a D.C. law firm while Charles Walker opens an economic consultancy, both intended to create a Republican power conduit in a Democratic capital.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Charles W. Colson
Morin, Dickstein, Shapiro and Galligan
Charles E. Walker
Richard Nixon
Colson
Walker
Chuck Colson
Ramsey Clark
Clark Clifford
Dr. Walker
Sans Souci
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Winchester Evening Star
Thomas T. Byrd
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell
By Jack Davis
Postal Service
New York Times
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Sen. Byrd, Sr
Commonwealth
Washington D.C
Davidson College
Cornell University
Dorothy Parker
Charlotte
N.C
Tar Heel
Clarke County
Moores
Ralph Dorsey
Clarke
Frederick Counties
West Virginia
Byrd
Henry J. Taylor
Vietnam
Cnossus
Flanders’ Fields
Bataan
Korea
Bureau of Economic Research
University of Illinois
Post Office Department
Defense Department
Veterans Administration
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Redskins
Edward Bennett Williams
Spiro T. Agnew
Paul Porter
Abe Fortas
Tom Finney
Myer Feldman
Joseph Califano
Teamsters Union
Mr. Nixon
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