Lobbying skew in tax code favors corporations over environment
Congress contemplates tax reform and faces uneven lobbying power. Industry groups employ over 100 lobbyists in Washington to push environmental issues, while environmental groups number around two dozen. With a top corporate tax rate of 48 percent, large firms can bill the public for nearly half their lobbying leverage, at a bargain price of 52 cents.
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Congress
America
Washington
Equal Time Debate on Tax Exempt Status and Lobbying
The piece reports John R. Quarles Jr of the EPA urging Congress to ensure equal time for all sides in environmental lobbying under 501 c tax rules. He warns that biased exposure favors resource-rich groups and distorts public policy.
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John R. Quarles, Jr
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
National Council On Philanthropy
Congress
Quarles
Grand jury urged to probe New York City bond fraud
Column urges federal grand jury scrutiny of New York City officials who allegedly misrepresented city finances to sell bonds. It argues the fraud worsened the city's crisis, harmed taxpayers, and exceeds Watergate in scale, calling for investigations into elected leaders and bankers linked to the bailout era.
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Ford
New York City
Justice Department
U.S
James Quillen
Tennessee
Robin Beard
New York
Harry F. Bryd
Virginia
Congress
Sens
James Allen
Alabama
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
Humphrey Reigns As Top Democratic Nomination Contender
George Gallup reports Humphrey leading Democrats with 30 percent for 1976 nomination, Wallace at 20 percent, McGovern and Jackson at 10 percent, Muskie 7 percent, Bayh 5 percent. Kennedy boosts top choice when included. independents favor Wallace 27 percent and Humphrey 19 percent.
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Princeton
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Gov
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Wallace
George McGovern
South Dakota
Henry Jackson
Washington
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Birch Bayh
Indiana
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Kennedy
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Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
Voeters
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Ee McGovern
Wallace Eeee
McGovern
Jackson Ee Muskie
Coo Bayh Cooh
Ero
OS Carter Ener
Shriver
Letters to the Editor Pay Ticket Hassle at Police Desk
The Plains resident recounts a December parking ticket incident alleging harassment and a demeaning police response while trying to pay. He describes being questioned for personal data and a stressful process, contrasting with praise for Athens Police Department officers and Chief Ted Jones after a local business incident.
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Clerk of Courts
Athens Police Department
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Ted Jones
Brown expands consumer rights role in Ohio agencies
Ohio Attorney General William J. Brown shifts to appoint outside counsel to represent consumer interests before state and federal boards. Michael J. Szolosi leads the effort amid PUCO hearings on electric fuel adjustment and a broader push to curb rates by monitoring gas electric and telephone services. Also notes copied later: Brown joins 11 other AGs in delay bid on 3 cent postal hike awaiting Rate Commission review.
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Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio
William J. Brown
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Michael J. Szolosi
Attorney General
State of
Ohio
Szolosi
PUCO
David Sweet
Brown
U.S. Postal Rate Commission
James A Rhodes
Dogs at Home for Holidays Stir Up Campus Worries
A college family story describes Felicia bringing her 200 pound Labrador Shakespeare home for break. Fernwood notes dogs challenge parents as dorm rules clash with housebreaking, creating tension over holiday visits.
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Washington
Fernwood
Felicia
Shakespeare
Hobo
Carlton
Neptune
Dogs on Campus and Family Dilemmas During Holidays
A dialogue about dogs in college dorms and family holidays reveals tensions over housebreaking pets, welcomed guests, and interfamily conflicts. The speakers lament how institutions ignore pet behavior while personal disputes grow over dogs named Hobo Shakespeare Neptune.
O Dog or Beatings and a Rug Cleaning Bill
Fernwood and I discuss dating and dogs as a social barometer. We recall college days and early relationships then joke about replacing pets with goldfish for Christmas. The chat ends with a quip on paying a rug cleaning bill during school vacations.
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Fernwood
Toaster of the Delights of Detante Not a proper headline likely, but provides main memo
This excerpt critiques American policy and public sentiment toward Cuba and Angola during the detente era. It contrasts calls for normalizing relations with Cuba with Soviet Cuban intervention in Angola supported by MPLA, and questions the U.S. response and willingness to sanction the USSR and Cuba to halt colonization efforts.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Organization of American States
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Venezuela
Angola
MPLA
Fnla Unita
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Zaire
John Quincy Adams
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Leonid Brezhnev
Fidel Castro
Kissinger
Moynihan
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Brezhnev
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Russia
James Burnham
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