Holton Tax Credit Plan Attacked by Demo Leader
The Virginia gubernatorial campaign centers on state taxation as Linwood Holton proposes a $9 tax credit to cover the food sales tax. Democratic leaders denounce the plan as irresponsible while rival Battle accepts limits on repealing the tax. Labor figures weigh endorsements and party dissidents spark controversy ahead of the Williamsburg Municipal League convention.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Linwood Holton
Holton
Williamsburg
Virginia Municipal League
William C. Battle
Beverly B. McDowell
William A. Pennington
William B. Hopkins
Democratic National
Battle
Municipal League
Richmond
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Afl-Cio
North Carolina
Holston
T.J. Smith
Virginia Beach
Smith
Vivian Stringfellow
Norfolk
Stringfellow
Virginia teachers show high unqualified rate in 1967 68
Nearly 26 percent of Virginia elementary teachers lacked state qualification in 1967 68 per cent of teachers were unqualified. Only 7.4 per cent of all public school teachers lacked a college degree. Radford led in qualified certificates while Scott County trailed with 67 percent.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Department of Education
Department
North Carolina
Tennessee
West Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Radford
Scott County
24 Hours to Live Reflects on Dignity and Love
The piece urges using a full day to uplift others and confront hate with compassion. It questions how one spends the remaining hours and stresses the value of acts toward human dignity and positive change.
Meat Boycotts Spread Nationally After Local Success
Housewives who led August meat boycotts in Levittown New York report only partial price relief with broader activity forming across nine Long Island groups and nationwide. Beef prices eased modestly with July to August retail shifts while wholesale Chicago prices fell to six month lows. A separate space exploration seminar for Southern states editors will be held September 28 to October 3 at the University of Virginia.
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NEW York
Mickey DiLorenzo
Levittown
Long Island
DiLorenzo
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chicago
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association of Atlanta
Episcopalians urged to fund National Black program
Diocesan bishops of Southern Virginia urge churches not to withhold pledges as the national Episcopal convention approves a 200000 dollar grant to the National Committee of Black Churchmen. Tenus of extra budget funds, including 100000 already raised, would back the project despite opposition over its links to the Black Manifesto. The bishops say funds are not guaranteed for spending and withholding would hurt local work.
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Richmond
Episcopal
Virginia
James River
Danville
National Committee of Black Churchmen
National Episcopal Convention
Episcopal Church
Black Economic Development Conference
George Gunn
David Rose
National Episcopal Executive Council
Navy Flyers From Tidewater Killed in Atlantic Crash
A helicopter from the Yorktown crashed into the Atlantic south of Ireland killing two Tidewater sailors and a crewman from Iowa. The copilot Lt Fredrik A Tolention of Virginia Beach and Weaponsman 2.C. Edwin B Hennessee of Norfolk along with Technician Airman Frank M Trunnell of Bettendorf Iowa are named the dead. Pilot Lt Wayne G Reeve of Norfolk survived with minor injuries.
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Norfolk
Tidewater
Iowa
Yorktown
Atlantic Ocean
Ireland
Navy
Fredrik A. Tolention
Virginia Beach
C. Edwin B. Hennessee
Frank M. Trunnell
Record bean yield tall as a man’s arm in Spring City
Charles Boorse of Spring City Pennsylvania harvests string beans that reach up to nearly 30 inches. He notes most beans on the vines exceed two feet and attributes strong rainfall this summer to a good crop. AP Wirephoto shows him between two giant beans.
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Charles Boorse
Spring City
Union Leaders Back Study of Construction Inflation
Union leaders pledged cooperation with a White House commission studying inflation in construction. They blamed high interest rates and rising land and material costs, urging focus on policy, housing, and school construction while criticizing wage hike emphasis. The piece notes Labor Secretary Shultz chairs the panel and cites wage growth and Landrum Griffin limits.
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Atlantic City
N.J
White House
Nixon
Haggerty
Building Trades
Special Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission
George P. Shultz
Administration's school desegregation policy sparks uncertainty
Washington AP report details ongoing debate over federal aid suspensions to segregated southern districts. HEW aims to include deadlines in court orders and may cut funds if ignored, while awaiting Supreme Court review of Taylor County Florida case and potential government appeal.
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Washington
Robert HH
Nixon
Supreme Court
HEW
Justice Department
Finch
U.S. 5Th Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Appeals
IEW
Taylor County
Fla
Taylor
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Uva
Episcopalians
Building Trades Unions
Landrum-Griffin
Miller’s Hardware
N. Lqudoun
Winchester
Winchester Evening Star
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