Sditorials- Surtax And Tax Reform
Congress faces extension of the 10 percent surtax and federal tax reform amid rising taxpayer resentment. The piece advocates meaningful tax reform and budget cuts, warns against further burdening middle class taxpayers, and cites surrogate examples from California and Wisconsin.
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Congress
Mssachusetts General Court
Projet
de Cook
Coeur d'Alene
Daho
Massachusetts
Boston
California
Gerald Reagan
Henry
Reagan
Madison County
Wisconsin
Golden State
Los Angeles Times
U.S
Visible government as federal pay raises lift civilian payrolls
Alexis de Tocqueville noted the U S government’s visibility, and the 1967 68 pay raise plan boosted civilian payrolls to about 1 4 billion above the 25 billion budget for salaries in fiscal 1970. A July 1 raise adds 1 9 billion for servicemen, underscoring the era’s evident state.
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Alexis de Tocqueville
United States
de Tocqueville
Congress
Famous words and blunt style mark famed figures
Sumner Welles helped craft the Good Neighbor Policy for FDR in 1933 and inspired witty phrases while central to Latin American relations. Winston Churchill’s historic Atlantic flight prompted grand prose about the crossing, contrasted with Alcock’s stark one sentence verdict. An old American adage notes we lament long days as if endless.
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Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Welles
Winston Churchill
John Alcock
Arthur Brown
Atlantic
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Churchill
Minneapolis
Grand Rapids
North Central Airlines
Milwaukee
Lansing
Chicago
O'Hare
Civil Aeronautics Board
North Central
Alexander on a Prince and a Pauper Bargain in Arms Talks
Holmes Alexander argues in a Washington column that Nixon and Kosygin share a wish to divert military funds to civilian uses, but vast systemic differences will prevent a true bargaining parley. A Nixon Kosygin log sitting would not be equal. The US could reduce poverty and weapons, but Russia lacks such options. Different political economies doom a common language for negotiation.
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Washington, D. C
Nixon
USA
Ussr
Kosygin
Joint Economic Committee
Proxmire
Abram Bergson
Harvard U
Joseph Berliner
Brandéis U
William Kintner
U. of Penna
State Department
David Mark
U. S
White House
Kremlin
United States
Congress
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Sweep the Post Office Clean Says Editorial Bid
A Columbus Dispatch commentary argues postal reform is overdue. It criticizes patronage in postmaster appointments, Civil Service rigidity, and rising rates while urging creation of a government corporation to modernize mail service without forcing layoffs.
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Anderson
Indiana
Madison
Columbus
Ohio
Dispatch Building
S. 3Rd St
Post Office
Chicago
Nixon
Winton Blount
Congress
Arizona
Morris Udall
Gen. Fea. Corp
Oversold Airlines Must Offer Stronger Fixes and Penalties
Letter to readers argues overselling flights breaches contracts and calls for higher penalties than the current $200. Criticizes use of denied boarding compensation, urges CAB action, and frames airlines as public-service entities deserving punitive damages for bumping confirmed passengers.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Gen
Fea. Corp
Stand Up to War Spending Says New York Rally
Coalition leaders rallied in Hollywood and New York to oppose the ABM proposal. Mayor John Lindsay drew sharp critique, arguing against military funding priorities and asserting New York’s taxpayers bear a nine percent share of the gross national product for war. He urged shifting resources to cities and civil rights while warning of g overnment motives and the dangers of ultranational security measures.
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Coalition
Hollywood
New York
Madison Square Garden
John Lindsay
Eleanor Roosevelt
Vietnam
Berlin
Hiroshima
Hanoi
New York City
United States
Central Park
Lindsay
Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Nelson Rockefeller
America
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Dow Chemical Outlook and Investor Questions Explored
Dow Chemical shows promise with strong raw material position and robust R D effort. Earnings may rise beyond 4.51 in 1968 as price shifts, diverse product lines, health care ventures, and foreign expansion boost sales beyond 1.65 billion, offset by prior price competition.
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DOW Chemical
Dow
Spear Company
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Folklore
Wade
Alcock
THE
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Sci
Associated Press
Holmes Alexander
Alexander
Paul Harvey News
Kirk
William F. Buckley
Buckley
Roger E. Spear
Spear
United States of America
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