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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1967
Page
3
Washington AP reports the Johnson administration nears completion of a tax reform package focusing on estate and gift taxes. The plan likely avoids major changes to the oil depletion allowance and would shift tax burdens while excluding many elderly from new tax cuts.
Former Gov. George Wallace angrily rejected a federal marshal attempting to serve a restraining order blocking Alabama's new teacher choice law. The paper notes Wallace and his wife Gov. Lurleen Wallace refused the notice, while a federal judge said the order took effect despite their actions.
Dr. Lewis W. Webb Jr. announced at the 1967-68 faculty meeting he will retire in two to three years after the board finds a successor. Webb, 57, has led Old Dominion College from a two year branch of William and Mary to near university status. He plans a one year leave to return to teaching, hoping to refresh his methods. Rector Frank Batten confirmed an exhaustive search for a qualified successor.
The Associated Press reports that all major Northwest fires were controlled or near containment. In British Columbia four new 10 000 acre fires broke out near Lumby while Shuswap Lake fire slowed with cooler temperatures. North Idaho crews near Can ada border claimed progress on the Trapper Peak blaze as Sundance Mountain remained uncontrolled south of it. Containment for Sundance was hoped by Thursday with 900 men building 40 miles of line. Glacier Wall near Glacier National Park in Montana neared control.
Bonham Texas endures nearly seven inches of rain causing evacuations as floodwaters rise. Power outages persist while creek banks burst and muddy water fills streets. Some southern parts see lighter showers as deluge wanes through the night.
Mrs. Albert Ward Jr. located her lost diamond wedding ring in a neighbor’s yard in Carrollton Missouri. Using a metal detector, she found the ring about three inches underground after 16 years, in excellent condition.
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