Word: repeals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stimulate sales even more, the auto companies are lobbying hard for the repeal of the 10% excise tax on autos, which adds an average of $225 to the cost...
Mississippi Bishop Coadjutor John Maury Allin did not oppose the repeal of the December ruling, but he did complain that Episcopal civil rights activists who came to Mississippi paid no attention to his views. "We are an Episcopal Church. The December resolution was an expression of trust in the bishops," said Allin. Chicago Bishop Gerald F. Burrill agreed. "The bishop of any diocese should be consulted prior to any action that concerns his diocese," he said...
Speaking for repeal, Bishop Robert L. DeWitt of Pennsylvania said: "Our church, like every other church, has said over and over again that discrimination, condescension and segregation are evil and of the devil. The Delta Ministry is located in one diocese. But those school bells, those courthouse bells, those church bells toll for us all." Chairman of the Delta Ministry, Paul Moore, suffragan bishop of Washington, was even more impassioned: "God is working through this movement. I've never sensed the Holy Spirit as I did in Mississippi...
...hearing in the State House McCann was one of two men to testify against three bills that would either repeal the legislation authorizing the underpasses or subject their construction to new controls. The other opponent of the legislation was Rep. John J. Toomey (D-Cambridge) who echoed McCann's sentiments...
...House Bill 788: this would repeal the original authorizing legislation and--if passed--would give the anti-underpass forces a total victory...