Taxes Can Be Frightening Says Porter Column
A syndicated column by Sylvia Porter's Your Money's Worth argues U S tax rates hinder business recovery. It notes the 91 percent top income tax bracket and compares with West Germany 22 percent, Italy 26 percent, and Russia 15 percent in various tax sources, urging readers to clip and study the piece.
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Sylvia Porter
Porter
U.S
West Germany
Italy
Russia
Miss Porter
America Wrecks Own Market editorial prompts tax reform
Valley Evening Monitor editor Bob Castleberry argues the United States misuses its core market by delegated tariff limits and heavy regulation. He cites Caloric Corp. of Topton, Pa., facing 999 tax demands from cities states and federal authorities, costing about 70 dollars per return.
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Bob Castleberry
Valley Evening Monitor
McAllen
America
Caloric Corp
Topton
House
Subcommittee On
Traffic cup and bumper sticker anecdote challenge
This item recalls a Dallas Times Herald note about a bumper sticker reading Billie Solter President Help Keep the Money in Motion seen in Amarillo. It contrasts a stirrup cup given to traveling guests with modern drivers offered coffee to slow them, framing a quirky urban legend.
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Dick Hitt
Dallas Times Herald
Amarillo
Billie Solter
Amarillo Weather Summary and Nearby Cities Forecast
Amaring weather report notes sunny days count and low visibility across Amarillo with comparative readings at 1 am on Thursday. Wind conditions show partly cloudy skies in Amarillo and Dallas with light wind speeds and variable visibility. Nearby cities Houston Oklahoma City report similar partly cloudy conditions and mild temperatures.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Wheat controls pass in a tight farm referendum
Farmers voted narrowly to continue wheat controls for next year with 161,242 in favor and 74,454 against. Illinois produced a heavy no vote at 5,189 to 3,432, while West Virginia also failed to reach two thirds. The Agriculture Department conducted the vote in 39 states to set 55 million acres under quotas and penalties for excess sales. If approved, 1963 wheat support would run no lower than $1.82 a bushel. if rejected, about $1.21. Other quota crops include cotton tobacco rice and peanuts.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Illinois
West Virginia
Delaware
Georgia
Maryland
Mississippi
New Jersey
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Wisconsin
Monkey cage fence at Thompson Park Zoo after bites
A six foot fence was built around the Thompson Park Zoo monkey cage after three children were bitten by a monkey on Wednesday afternoon. L O Grumke of 3809 NE 20th, a city park department employee, feeds the monkey before closing the outside gate to the public.
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Thompson Park Zoo
L. O. Grumke
Grumke
City Park Department
Tax Bill Hindered by Senate Amendments and Gore Speech
Washington August 30 The tax revision bill stalled as the Senate wrestled with numerous amendments and heard a three hour speech by Senator Albert Gore Jr D Tenn In four days of work the measure favored by President Kennedy remained largely intact with 174 finance committee changes accepted except for one minor alteration The first general amendment was slated for discussion on Page 2.
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Washington
Senate
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Kennedy
Senate Finance Committee
Glad He’s Home Last Escapee Back in Jail
John Edward Bostrom, the last of three New Mexico penitentiary escapees, surrendered at a ranch in the Estancia Valley near Moriarty after wandering by night and resting by day. He is returned to the state penitentiary, admitting his identity and expressing readiness to resume confinement.
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New Mexico Penitentiary
John Edward Bostrom
Bostrom
I. B. Ballenger
Albuquerque
Estancia
Moriarty
State Penitentiary
Harold Cox
Ballenger
Vernon Pender
Marvin Vaughn
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Roy E. Ledoux
Duluth
Minn
Charles Wayne Willmer
Big Rapids
Mich
Minneapolis, Minn
U.S. 66
Edgewood
College moves abolish presidency sparks editor letter
A reader named Scott Wellington criticizes a large college for abolishing the presidential office. He warns it undermines leadership chances and urges restraint on reducing presidents, arguing editors risk being out of touch with ordinary people as such moves spread.
Texhoma City Split Identity Sets Cooperation Record
Daily News reports Texhoma shows a city split personality while cooperation sets a record. The text notes ionosphere exploration near Roswell as part of space studies and mentions Postmaster General J Edward Day on a million mail robbery at Plymouth, Massachusetts presented to the House committee.
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Texhoma
Jerry Sinise
Roswell
Earl Golz
J. Edward Day
Plymouth
Mass
House Government Activities Committee
Wheat quota referendum fails in Panhandle counties
Golden Spread wheat farmers show strong opposition to the 1963 wheat quota referendum. Of 15 reporting counties, 2756 vote for and 1475 against, failing to reach the 66.7 percent approval needed. North Plains counties mostly reject, while Hale and Palmer tilt in favor. Major producers Dallam Sherman Gray and Hansford also vote against.
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Panhandle
North Plains
Hale
Palmer
Dallam, Sherman, Gray and
Hansford
Dallam
Sherman County
Gray County
House Probers Push For Texas Special Session
In Austin APS reports bribery and multi million theft allegations tied to the East Texas Oil Field. Two members of the Texas House General Investigating Committee urged a special session to tighten oil well laws. Other officials questioned the timing as four months remain before the regular session.
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Austin
APS
East Texas
Texas
Texas House General Investigating Committee
James Cotten
Weatherford
Railroad Commission
Bill Murray
Commission
Price Daniel
Charles Ballman
Borger
The
Houston Chronicle
Dan
Thant says Khrushchev may not attend UN opening
UN acting Secretary General U Thant told reporters in Moscow that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev does not plan to attend the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in New York, but may meet President Kennedy later if the occasion demands. Thant spoke during a two day visit to Warsaw and planned lectures and talks with Gomulka.
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Warsanw
Poland
United Nations
U Thant
Nikita Khrushchev
U.N. General Assembly
Sian
U.N
New York
Thant
Adam Rapacki
John Cabot
Avterkiy Aristov
Warsaw University
Weather summary for Amarillo and Northwest Texas
Partly cloudy today and Saturday with widely scattered thundershowers. Cooler today and Saturday, highs near 92 in Amarillo area and upper 90s in northwest Texas. Northern New Mexico shows considerable cloudiness east of Rio Grande, with a few showers and cooler temperatures, windy today, highs 70 to 85.
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Amarillo
Texas
Satuday
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Amarillo Educators Debate High Court Prayer Ruling
Amarillo educators spoke at a Rotary Club luncheon about the U S Supreme Court June ruling on nondenominational school prayer. Superintendent Bob Ashworth urged patience and nonsectarian schools while Amarillo College president A B Martin warned that removing God from education would erode moral foundations and American society.
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Amarillo
Bob Ashworth
Ashworth
A. B. Martin
Amarillo College
God
Americas
United States
Martin
U.S. Supreme Court
New York Board of Regents
U.S
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