Word: repeals
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Other provisions of the bill include the imposition of a maximum fine of $100 for possession of 150 grams or less of marijuana, as well as the repeal of the 1940 Smith Act, which prohibits advocating the overthrow of the government...
...individual taxpayers through rate cuts, $6 billion net for business in the form of more generous investment tax credits and a drop in the tax rate on most corporate profits from the present 48% to 45% late this year, 44% in 1980. Another $2 billion would be provided by repeal of the federal tax on telephone calls and a cut in unemployment-insurance taxes levied on companies. The overall aim: to offset the bite of higher Social Security and energy taxes, which the President conceded would otherwise drag the economy down by the end of 1978, and give businessmen more...
...task force reached an agreement that secular society should forbid job discrimination against homosexuals and repeal laws that regulate the private sexual behavior of consenting adults. It urges the church to work against "homophobia," the fear and loathing of homosexuals. But agreement only went so far. A conservative minority, consisting of Lovelace and two other theologians, an expert in ethics and a local pastor, filed a 19-page report. It urges the forthcoming General Assembly to interpret the church constitution as banning practicing homosexuals from the clergy and the lay offices of elder and deacon, though accepting homosexuals who remain...
...Miami, but some more momentous decisions were also made last week. The citizens of Pittsburgh voted 2 to 1 to relax pollution-control laws, hoping to open up new jobs in the beleaguered steel industry. And more than 3 million voters-a record number-came out in Ohio to repeal, 2 to 1, the state law allowing people to register to vote as late as Election Day itself. The main fear: last-minute registration would encourage fraud. Across the nation, Americans who went to the polls to choose local and state officials also voted on a wide variety of issues...
...feud began when Bryant led the crusade that last June caused the repeal of an ordinance in Miami's Dade County banning discrimination against homosexuals in housing, employment and public accommodations. Since her victory, gay rightists have used Bryant as the symbol of what they must overcome in order to gain the full rights that are still denied them. Since Bryant promotes orange juice for the Florida Citrus Commission, some gays have been trying to persuade consumers to stop buying the product. The boycott has had only limited success nationally. While sales of orange juice are off about...