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Dressed in a baggy brown tweed suit, Jarvis was barnstorming through Michigan on his first foray in support of a measure to lower taxes since the success in California of Proposition 13, which he cosponsored. His appearance was part of a drive to obtain the 266,000 signatures needed by this week to get a tax-cut referendum on Michigan's November ballot. The proposition, sponsored by Robert Tisch, the drainage commissioner of rural Shiawassee County in central Michigan, would cut property assessments in half, hold future increases to 2.5% a year, and permit the state income...
...Jersey have restored Medicaid funding for poor women based on the unconstitutionality of their state actions. Weinburg says she is confident that MORAL will be able to win its case, which they took to court yesterday afternoon. Her biggest concern yesterday, however, was that they would be able to obtain a temporary restraining order as soon as possible, so that their first plaintiff would be able to have her abortion today, as she had planned...
During a 15-minute court hearing, Piper and Whitney were given two days to prepare written answers and a list of defense witnesses. Back in court at week's end, they protested to Judge Lev Almazov that they had not had time to obtain lawyers or analyze the charges. Almazov, who appeared irritated because prolonging the case would delay his vacation, set the trial for July 7. Complained Whitney after the hearing: "The way we were treated raises serious doubts about whether participating in this trial is advisable. If we are not able to defend ourselves, then...
...took the field against Peru, a team of elderly stylists. The peculiar system of the rankings dictated that Argentina needed to win by four goals to advance to the final. Otherwise a disappointing Brazilian team would have faced the Dutch. The Argentines won 6-0, a result hard to obtain in soccer even if both teams are kicking in the same direction...
...compared with other large livestock. A good animal can be bought for $40. In summer they help keep mowing costs down. Regularly bred ewes add one or two lambs a year, which can be either sold for meat or used to increase the flock. The shepherd can expect to obtain about 10 Ibs. of fleece per sheep a year, which can either be spun or sold for an average price...