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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1976
Page
1
Gov James A Rhodes and Democratic leaders reach a pact to begin committee hearings Wednesday on a four bill jobs plan amid partisan clash. Rhodes claims the package could create 200000 jobs in four years while Democrats cite unresolved costs to local tax funds and demand proof.
President Ford faces pressure as Earl Butz weighs resignation after vulgar racial slurs. Carter denounces remarks as disgraceful while Ford aides say decision rests with Butz. Scranton calls the remarks revolting amid campaign fallout and international concerns.
President Ford signs a landmark tax bill preserving individual and business cuts through 1977 and detailing hundreds of changes. The 1000 plus page measure raises taxes on wealthy individuals while reducing taxes for airlines railroads shipping and some polluting industries. The act liberalizes child care deductions expands pension options and restructures estate and gift taxes.
Tax tips show timing of deductions can affect tax bills. If income rises or falls, spreading or delaying deductible expenses changes value. An example from Citibank notes paying $500 bills in December versus January alters which year’s deductions maximize savings.
The article explains shifting income and deductions to lower taxes for 1976 and 1977. It notes deferring or prepaying expenses like medical bills and charity pledges, and choosing when to buy major items to affect year end tax deductions. It also highlights the impact of moving sales tax deductions between years.
The Labor Department finds the average private sector worker with a four-member family now pays 23.4 percent more to federal taxes than a year ago. Despite a 6.6 percent wage rise, take-home pay declines three-tenths of one percent as progressive withholding raises the tax share.
In La Paz Mexico rescue workers dig through mud as Hurricane Liza leaves 15 000 homeless in Baja California while authorities rush medical care campaigns for tetanus and typhoid. President Echaverria reports hundreds of bodies recovered with thousands missing as aid arrives from the United States and local relief plans begin. Luis Izguerra Leon finds his missing family shaken by grief and hopeful as his daughter Blanca Estela is found alive.
President Ford and Jimmy Carter arrive in San Francisco for a foreign policy debate. Carter vows to press moral critique of U S policy and Ford’s conduct with Kissinger as tensions over detente and the Mideast loom. Butz faces ouster amid racial slur controversy as polls show shifting presidential race dynamics.
A Hollister man was killed and his brother injured in a two car collision on Route 78 at the eastern edge of Murray City late Sunday. The report notes the fatal crash occurred as both vehicles collided near Murray City. The article covers the immediate accident details and injuries.
Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the low 50s. Tuesday brings more clouds and highs in the mid to upper 70s. Rain chances are 10 percent tonight and 20 percent Tuesday. Details: Page 7.
Detroit AP reports on Sunday that after 20 days of a nationwide strike, UAW and Ford Motor Co resumed negotiations and noted progress with several issues essentially resolved as talks continue.
Brant Calkin, head of the Sierra Club, calls the spread of power plants in the Ohio River Valley a terrible mistake. Speaking in Louisville at a Sierra Club energy seminar he urged halting plans for at least 70 new nuclear and coal plants across Kentucky to West Virginia.
A 16-year-old Detroit girl entered a West Side bar with a handwritten robbery note full of misspellings. The bar owner ignored a weapon fear and alerted police as she waited for loot. officers found an 82 inch butcher knife in her clothing and charged her with attempted armed robbery.
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