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Politicians with elections soon ahead of them were especially quick to pick up the antitax cry. Seeking to unseat Massachusetts' Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis, who has been tightfisted himself. Republican Candidate Edward F. King is pushing an amendment that would put a cap of 9% of total personal income on all taxes levied in the state...
...York, the rhetoric was no less fervid. Republican Perry Duryea, minority leader in the state assembly, is proposing a freeze on local tax rates as he opposes Democratic Governor Hugh Carey's bid for reelection. Duryea also proposes cutting state taxes by $2.2 billion (20%) over four years. Carey, meanwhile, is trying to portray himself as a tightwad and his G.O.P. foes as big spenders. Accepting his nomination last week, Carey denounced "the wretched record of Republican recklessness" and asked: "Who raised taxes eight times in 16 years? They did. And who cut taxes by a billion dollars...
Voters in the normally progressive Chicago suburb of Evanston rolled up a 2-to-1 margin against a property-tax increase aimed at providing an extra $2.5 million for elementary schools, which are already running a $700,000 deficit. In Ohio, Republican Governor Jim Rhodes vowed that no school in the state would be closed "even for a day." But officials of Cleveland's public schools, which are $23 million in debt, predicted that voter rejection of emergency taxes would mean that the schools could not operate for more than two weeks next September. Dallas voters had not turned...
...Rights Amendment have been bareknuckle contests, with anti-ERA legislators complaining about "braless, brainless broads." In contrast, last week's debate in the state's house of representatives was a civilized affair. The battle seemed to be over; proponents thought they had the votes to win. Republican Governor James Thompson had been lobbying for support. So too had the powerful Cook County Democratic machine. Thus some 400 spectators, including the Governor's wife, who wore a pro-ERA button, were in an optimistic mood as they crowded into the gallery...
...classrooms. Some students leaped 18 ft. to the rocky ground below. Ten were hospitalized with fractures. Military authorities at first denied the incident, but Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman pressed his own investigation and found it to be true. He removed Brigadier General David Hagoel, 49, as military governor of the West Bank...