Editorial: Compare tax bills and corporate responsibility
The piece argues tax burden differences among local state and federal levels, urging cuts in federal taxes and keeping funds at home to preserve services. It discusses GM's environmental spending and governance pressures, noting past challenges from Ralph Nader's project and potential calls to break up GM to lower prices. It mentions Sen Harris's proposal and stockholders' reactions to reform and accountability efforts.
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William HH. Vanderbilt
Newsman
General Motors
Richard C. Gerstenberg
Detroit
Peter Vanderwicken
Fortune
Ralph
Washington
Nader
Episcopal Church
South Africa
Fred.r. Harris
D- Okla
Harris
At Wit's End in a World of Self Talk
A collage of humorous examples shows people talking to themselves or answering their own thoughts. Moments include a kitchen key hunt, a TV viewer pinching a bedmate, a golfer reacting to a near miss, a Christmas bike build, and a mother who overhears a meddling mother in law. The piece ends with a self question and reply about attention.
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Talph
Salonika
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Communist Party
Greece
West Berlin
East Berlin
Balkan
le Finna
Ion Sensiva i
Hellenic Stewl Company
Tarone
Mare T
Sen Salonitat
U.S.A
Reagan backs flat tax plan to reform income taxes
The piece argues Gov Ronald Reagan supports a single flat tax on all earnings with no deductions or exceptions, claiming it simplifies taxes and cuts private bookkeeping and government paperwork. It cautions Congress may block the plan but urges presidential candidates to embrace tax simplification.
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Regan
California
Ronald Reagan
IRS
Reagan
Congress
Gen. Fea. Corp
Alice Widener
Where To Write Your Legislators in Washington
A fragmented address list shows senators and representatives with office locations in Washington, detailing room numbers and building names in the Senate and House complexes. It includes Sen Birch Bayh and Rep David Dennis, plus other district officials and contact points.
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Pene Sea
Vance Radkeoom
Senate
Washington, D.C
Sen
Birch E. Bayh Jr
Washington, TC
Liberalism and its critics in a Paul Douglas profile
Holmes Alexander recalls a 1970s interview with Paul Douglas and Hubert Humphrey, analyzing Liberalism’s rise and fall. The piece contrasts Douglas’s reception with Oliver Cromwell’s warning, noting the liberal era’s strains, internationalism, and party fault lines, as the author reflects on the 1948 convention and postwar politics.
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Emily
Douglas
Alexander
Tee
Paul Douglas
Senator Douglas
Oliver Cromwell
Bartlett
Library of Congres
Cromwell
Pariament
Paul Dougas
Hubert Humphrey
Sénedor Russell
Georgia
Oixiecrats
Stromp Thuttond
Tevin Hele
Liberalism
Lar
Ats
Mr. Douglas
Nixon psychology of Vietnam and domestic clash
Richard Nixon's foreign policy is framed by Quaker peace hopes and belligerent instincts as mining Haiphong looms. Connally backs a tough stance amid Democratic race dynamics while Agnew portrays antiwar Democrats as betraying the country, shaping a potential rightward backlash.
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Nixon
Vietnam
Washington
Richard Nixon
Hiss
Haiphong
Russia
North Vietnam
GOP
Capitol Hill
John Connally
Texas
Treasury
Ing. Connally
White House
George McGovern
George Wallace
U.S
America
Agnew
Govenor Wallace
Maine
Democra
Stephon Decatur
Ammen
Augusta
Apnew
King Features Syndicate
Readers Comment Disagrees with Editorial on Patriotism
A reader challenges the May 1 1972 editorial on patriotism arguing allegiance to country does not require blind obedience to leaders. She cautions against equating support for Nixon with support for the fighting men of Southeast Asia and invokes Adolf Hitler as a cautionary parallel. Rhonda Mow Anderson signs the letter referencing the U.S. Constitution preamble and urges broader civic discussion.
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Nixon
Southeast Asia
Willer
Ixon
Rhonda
Mow Anderson
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Hellenic Steel Company
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Homer Lackey
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Social Welfare
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United Baton of America
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