NEWS
August 21, 1988
An appellate court overturned an income tax surcharge but upheld a property tax increase levied to pay for the integration of public schools in Kansas City. The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held that U.S. District Judge Russell G. Clark had the authority to raise property taxes but not to enact the surcharge. State officials and others were happy the income tax surcharge was thrown out, but Missouri Gov.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 27, 2001
Father Edward P. Manhard, 103, believed to be the oldest Jesuit in the world and the oldest Roman Catholic priest in the United States. Born in 1898, the grandson of Swiss immigrants, Manhard joined the Society of Jesus, or Jesuit Order, in 1919. He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Saint Louis University in 1925 and a master's degree a year later. He taught on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota before becoming a Navy chaplain during World War II.
NEWS
July 1, 1990 | From Associated Press
People in at least 12 states do not have to wait for President Bush and Congress to get together on raising taxes. They will begin paying higher state taxes or fees today. Other new laws taking effect today include a "scarlet letter" measure in Iowa requiring repeat drunk-driving offenders to get special license plates and laws in three states allowing the suspension of driver's licenses for drug-use offenses unrelated to driving.
SPORTS
December 7, 1988 | MIKE HISERMAN, Times Staff Writer
The inquiry hit just as Cal State Northridge men's basketball Coach Pete Cassidy was gaining momentum in an attempt to tactfully explain how not to embarrass an obviously overmatched opponent. "I didn't know what to do," he said. "We played zone, we substituted freely and played everyone that we could play." Then the stumper: "Well, then, why do you play Bethany Bible . . . twice?" The coach paused. "That's a good question," Cassidy said.
SPORTS
October 21, 2012 | By Chris Dufresne
The more Oregon wins the more it keeps dropping in the BCS standings. The Ducks, who debuted at No. 3 last week despite being No. 2 in both college football polls, dropped to No. 4 on Sunday behind Alabama, Florida, and Kansas State. How bad a week did Oregon have? Actually, the Ducks blitzed Arizona State, 43-21, last Thursday night in a game that was much more lopsided than the final score. Oregon led 43-7 in the second quarter before easing off the gas. Oregon is still No. 2 in the two polls used in the BCS formula: the USA Today coaches' poll and the Harris Interactive index.