IRS rulings on deductibility spark free speech debate
The IRS argues that private utility ad campaigns and physicians associations opposing socialism are not educational tax exemptions. The issue mirrors a California veteran property tax case where the Supreme Court sided with free speech, warning against suppressing ideas by taxation. The debate underscores the tension between tax policy and First Amendment rights, with the courts yet to decide.
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IRS
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Association
Supreme
California
Douglas
ABCs of social security changes voted by Congress
Congress approved five major changes to the Social Security program with increases in taxes, payments to retirees survivors and disabled workers, and a boost for needy individuals. Tax rises begin January 1. retiree and survivor benefits rise about seven percent, with specific amounts detailed for widows, children, and disabled workers.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Mass hysteria and the power of suggestion in medicine
Doctor Crane discusses psychosomatic medicine and the placebo effect in clinical trials. He cites fluoridation rumors and a cabin air anecdote to illustrate how minds misread sensations, urging double blind checks and careful testing to avoid mob influence and faulty conclusions.
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Ocean
Race and politics of Harlem in Powell contest
The piece critiques racial bloc voting and party maneuvers in Harlem where Adam Clayton Powell Jr faces a Democratic primary. It argues that politicians manipulate ethnic and religious groups, including Negro Irish Catholic Jewish and Italian voters, undermining American unity and the democratic process. The Harlem race is framed as a broader national danger from factionalism and alienation.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr
Harlem
Powell
Rube
United States Senate
New York State
Thomas K. Finletter
Air Force
A.D.A
Eleanor Roosevelt
Herbert Lehman
Finletter
Averell Harriman
New York
James A. Farey
Farley
Harriman
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Murray
Atomic Energy Commission
Frank S. Hogan
New York County
Thomas Murray
New York Times
Carmine DeSapio
Tammany
Frank Hogan
United States
Apalachin
Tight Money Market Pressures Business As Rates Rise
A tightening money market and rising interest rates shape business plans as the U S Treasury borrows more. Manufacturers, merchants, and food processors expect borrowing for autumn stock, the farm-to-shelf journey, and potential recovery, while banks show little change in loans. The Fed and Treasury must balance preventing inflation with nurturing recovery.
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U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Uncle Sam
Federal Reserve System
San Francisco Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
The
Tough Old Mountaineer Found After Five Days Missing
A rugged mountaineer, missing five days, is found by his wife in a thick brush. He appears peaky but alive and declines to return home, explaining he is standing in a bear trap. A Brooklyn minister later observes a boyish truth game with a puppy at stake.
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Dent
United Nations
John B. Crane
Economist
America
Becuz
Planetary hints for October and early 1959 romance travel
The forecast says tomorrow favors finishing tasks and catching up on correspondence with strong social and travel plans in the PM. For birthdays this year, expect a rewarding period in business and personal life with chances for job and finance in September and October, plus domestic and social strength in December and January.
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P.M
AMA Health Feature Weighs Beliefs Against Evidence
In this AMA feature Bauer debates common beliefs with science. It compares tradition and scientific progress on topics like night air illness, bowlegs from vitamin D, eye irritation, teeth grinding, warts, mind affecting disease, and life expectancy.
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Bauer
Prsons
Tradition
Science
Arrested Man Held for Ohio Embezzlement Probe
Honolulu jail lodges 23 year old Donald Harvey Mentzer after Maui arrest on federal embezzlement charges totaling 16180 dollars from a Cleveland Ohio savings and loan. U.S. Marshal Clark says Mentzer will be held for Ohio authorities.
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Honolulu
Donald Harvey Mentzer
Maui
Cleveland
Messenger Publishing Co. Postal Notice in Athens Ohio
A brief postal notice lists the Messenger Publishing Co. in Athens Ohio as entering the outlet as second class matter under Ad oss with one month six months and one year specials, addressed to The Messenger Publishing Co. 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio.
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Athens
Ohio
Postoffice
Adoss
THE
Associated Press
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union &T
Athens, Ohio
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Internal Revenue Service
Fred Robert Tiffany
Hal Boyle
Capt. Dent
U. S
World Organization
ABC of Social Security
James Marlow
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Lake Lumbago
Doctor Crane
Paul McChesney
John
George W. Crane
Spartanburg
S. C
General Assembly
Columbia
Joan
Crorge Sokolsky
Ethan Frome
Jurgis Rudkus
Madeline Bray
King Arthur
Capt. Rawdon Crawley
Dr. Primrose
David Copperfield
Christian de Nevuvillette
Auexoy
Sousy
Tyoin Setoudin
Bennett Cerf
Brooklyn
Gamin
King Features Syndicate
W. W. Bauer, M.D
American Medical Association
Skepticism
Athens Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Mall
Ohio & W.va
Ite
Ww. Va
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