Harvey tax reform or a rehash of the mishmash
Former Oklahoma Senator Fred Harris launches a citizens tax revolt aimed at simplifying the tax system and curbing deductions. He argues lawmakers hear from special interests while the IRS shows inconsistent answers and costly complexity. Harris proposes broad rate limits and a flat 25 percent personal income tax to end deductions and reduce bureaucratic overhead.
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Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Congress
Internal Revenue
Coleman Andrews
Treasury
John Connally
IRS
Johnnie Walters
Walters
Uncle Sam
Gen. Fea. Corp
Are We Too Stupid To Save Our Countryside
A statewide plea argues that farmland woodlands and wetlands vanish under suburban sprawl and high taxation. Vermont and Michigan examples show loss of arable land and unwise public policy threaten rural heritage. It calls for land use planning and tax reform to protect private conservation efforts and prevent further development.
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Union
America
Vermont
Michigan
Commission of Agriculture
Muskegon River
Gen. Fea. Corp
Editorial: Phase II of War on Crime Proposed by President
The President unveiled Phase II to expand the crime fight with increased federal manpower and tougher laws. Proposals include mandatory minimums for hard narcotics, weapons offenses, arson, organized crime leaders, death penalty for hijacking and related crimes, and life terms for heroin trafficking with no parole for repeat offenders.
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Congress
District of Columbia
U.S
Exiled humorist S J Perelman returns to New York
In fall 1972 S J Perelman sailed back to New York after an exile sparked by discontent with America. He suggested that leaving gives a clearer view of one’s city and warned that some see “hole in the doughnut” when judging the United States. He contrasted U S freedoms with state socialist systems.
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New York City
America
S. J. Perelman
Portland, Oregon
Oregonian
United States
Soviet Union
China
United States of America
Dime Power Deepens Mystique in Public Life
A humorous piece from 1978 uses the idea of a dime to lampoon modern costs and public behavior. It links scarce change to social scenes such as phones, parking, and the potty, framing everyday disruption around a single coin.
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U.S. Mint
St. Christopher
Field Enterprises, Inc
Eastland and Deep South shift put Nixon on Capitol Hill
The Mississippi Democrat James Eastland chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee and allies with the Nixon White House, signaling a possible realignment with Republicans. Arkansas Senator John McClellan and other Deep South Democrats cooperate with the White House, reshaping loyalties across Congress as the Cotton Belt tilts toward the GOP.
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Mississippi
Washington
KFS
ITT
FBI
Pat Gray
White House
Capitol Hill
James Oliver Eastland
Senate
Eastland
Breed
Arkansas
John McClellan
Justice Department
Gray
John Dean
Judiciary Committee
Cotton Belt
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
George Wallace
United States
National Democratic Party
George McGovern
Deep South
Wallace
U.S. Senate
House Representatives
Congress
Eisenhower
Texas
Tennessee
Florida
Virginia
Carolinas
Wallac States
Outer South
GOP
Harry Byrd
Nixon
John Mitchell
Richard Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Atlanta
Fletcher Thompson
McClellan
John Sparkman
Richard Nixon
Joe Waggonner
John Connally
King Features Syndicate
Cultivating the creators in Washington D C
Nancy Hanks head of the National Endowment for the Arts visits a Georgetown post office to select stamps for their aesthetic value. The piece notes her role in the First Federal Design Assembly, Nixon era design strategy, and the need to support artists, designers, and inventors amid federal prioritization and indust trial challenges.
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Washington, D.C
Nancy Hanks
National Endowment For the Arts
Georgetown
Miss Hanks
Federal
Nixon
Hanks
Federalia
Thomas Edison
Inventors Hall of Fame
Office of Science and Technology
White House
National Science Foundation
Research & Development
Intellectual Property Owners, Inc
U.S. Commissioner of Patents
William E. Schuyler, Jr
America
Commonwealth
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Federal diary notes recruitment of ghost writers for officials
Washington dispatch notes cabinet aides seek speech writers amid an air of secrecy. Labor and Commerce call for resumes and fact sheets to uncover word merchants as AFGE plans a May 30 to June 1 lobby in Washington over labor law and federal personnel concerns.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Walter Hickel
FAA
Majeeb Halaby
Labor and Commerce
Labor Department
Commerce Department
American Federation of Government Employees
Congress
AFGE
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Harriet W. Toner
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