Winchester faces service charge plan for tax exempt properties
Winchester City Council debates taxing properties currently tax exempt to raise revenue without a general tax increase. Finance Chair James Fleming directs staff to study feasibility of a citywide service charge on churches fraternal groups and other exempt entities, with 14 percent of real estate ($40 million) currently tax exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
James H. Fleming
Fleming
Clarence M. Irvin
Julian K. Armel
Perspective on CIA report questions Times praise
James J. Kilpatrick critiques The New York Times for overblown self-congratulation after the Rockefeller Commission report on the CIA. He argues the commission found limited unlawful actions, mostly lawful domestic study, and that the Times exaggerated claims about massive illegal activity during the Nixon era.
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Washington
Rockefeller Commission
Central Intelligence Agency
New York Times
the Times
CIA
Seymour Hersh
United States
The
Times
Commission
Congress Votes on Energy and Security Bills June 5 11
The House veto on HR 25 to curb strip mining failed 278 to 143 while oil import quotas for HR 6860 were rejected 185 to 224. HR 4035 extending petroleum controls passed 230 to 151, Senate rejected Hathaway recommit 40 to 54, and staff amendment failed 47 to 49 with 1 extra aide approved.
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HOUSE
Ford
Alan Steelman
R-Tex
Joe Shubitz
Herbert Harris
Joseph Fisher
Thomas Downing
William Whitehurst
David Satterfield
Robert Daniel
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
America
William Green
D-Pa
U.S
Whitehurst
Robinson
Harris and Wampler
Downing
Satterfield
W.C. Daniel
Butler
Fisher
Congress
Senate
Senate Hathaway
Interior Committee
Stanley Hathaway
Hathaway
Roman Hruska
Neb
Harry Byrd
William Scott
Britain's Mediterranean role shifts as Suez base wanes
The article notes Britain plans to withdraw last Inland Sea vessels leaving Gibraltar and Cyprus assets while keeping Cypriote bases if NATO and a new Nicosia regime desire. It highlights focus on the Middle East and Portugal, shifts in US relations, and Diego Garcia as a potential US base.
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London
Britain
Suez
Red Sea-Indian Ocean
Hong Kong
Mediterranean
India
Suez Canal
Royal Navy
Gibraltar
Cyprus
Nicosia
NATO
Middle East
Portugal
United States
Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia
Mauritius
Australia
Campaign Finance Law Faces Court Challenge and Backlash
The 1974 federal campaign finance law, praised to curb money in politics, now faces attacks from incumbents and critics across liberal and conservative camps. Courts may rule by December. campaigns for 1976 stress budgeting, disclosure, and compliance while declaring the law reshapes political organizing and fundraising.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
U.S
Supreme Court
Eddie Mahe
Republican National Committee
Nixon
Federal Election Commission
House
Senate
Richard A. Viguerie
T.V
Public letters on zoning plans and wartime ethics stir readers
Frederick County zoning history and proposed land use plans spark debate on growth and rural character. Stephen T Willingham calls Hiroshima bombing unjustified and urges war crime trials. Mary McFarlane criticizes Winchester Speedway scheduling as unfair and mishandled.
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the Star
Frederick County
Planning Commission
Board of Supervisors
Sam Lehman
Mt. Falls
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Winchester Evening Star
By James J. Kilpatrick
Lyndon Johnson
Thomas T. Byrd
Lewis H. Ebert
David H. Smith
Douglas 8. O'Connell
Eugene P. Miller
Harris
Wampler
Sen
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Byrd
Scott
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
By C. L. Sulzberger
Ted Heath
Heath
France
Theommon Market
North Atlantic Alliance
Armed Forces Movement
N.Y. Times News Service
John T. Calkins
Ford Aide
George E. Agree
David Rosenbloom
Twentieth Century Fund
Fred Wertheimer
Common Cause
Citizens’ Research Foundation
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Stephen T. Willingham
Berryville
Winchester Speedway
Mary McFarlane
Middletown
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