Nixon plan to ease base property tax faces secrecy
The Nixon Administration outlines a secret plan to cut local property taxes for elderly homeowners on fixed incomes without raising federal taxes. Ehrlichman described possible circuit breaker refunds and shifting spending to fund relief while pursuing universal health insurance and pension reform in the next Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Ehrlich- Man
Nixon
Ehrlichman
Hering
Congress
Nixon seeks tough hand on food prices and health costs
Washington report outlines White House consideration of new wage and price controls through a tripartite structure led by labor, management, and the public. Key players include AFL-CIO leader George Meany, Treasury Secretary George Shultz, and policy minds debating how broad controls should be.
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Nixon
Victor Riesel
Washington
Ted Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Sen. Kennedy
Continental Congress
House Banking and Currency Committee
Joint Economic Committee
White House
Treasury
George Shultz
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Tripartite Control Board
Labor
Labor Dept
Construction Industry Stabilization Committee
Bang
Harvard
John Dunlop
Tripartite Board of Labor, Management
Pay
Price Commission
Meany
Kissinger
International Shultz
Surinam and World Stamp News Span Global Education Themes
Surinam issues multicolored semi postals promoting child welfare and education from nursery to technical levels. The piece also notes historic postal curiosities, Gibraltar Christmas stamps, Ireland’s Stampa 72 exhibit, a new Irish Map 1922 1972 stamp, and Tom Sawyer commemorations with Tricia Nixon Cox in Hannibal Missouri.
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Surinam
South America
Irish Post Office
Philately
Postal
U.S
Placerville
Calif
Carson
Nev
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Tricia Nixon Cox
Weinberger Appointed HEW Chief Aims for Zero Budgeting
Excerpted overheard remarks describe Weinberger as the man for the job to cut waste at HEW and insist on zero budgeting for programs including Social Security. The piece notes Nixon’s push to shift federal functions toward local control and cash distribution while reducing central agency failures.
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Washington
NEA
FTC
Federal Trade Commission
Nixon
HEW
Defense
Weinberger
White House
War ends, Vietnam peace talks linger in ragged stalemate
Ralph Novak argues that the Vietnam conflict has reduced to a weary impasse as peace talks drag on. He contends Americans confront a costly accounting and a war defined by deaths rather than clear victories, while prospects for postwar outcomes remain uncertain.
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Vietnam
United States
Hamlet
Henry Kissinger
Ralph Novak
Nuclear rush powers U S toward bigger power capacity
The Atomic Energy Commission in its year end report says six nuclear plants licensed to operate this year and 10 more permits issued. Thirty commercial plants now generate power, 51 under construction, 72 on order, and completion would push capacity by over 30 percent of the 370 million kilowatts. The AEC also approved starting the first fast breeder reactor to boost fuel supply and curb uranium costs.
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THE
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
U.S
Oil giants pay little federal income tax figures cited
An industry publication U.S. Oil Week says the 18 largest oil firms paid about 6.7 percent of net income as federal income tax. rates cited include Standard Oil of California 1.6 percent and daddy Standard of New Jersey 7.7 percent. The Progressive magazine comments on the figures.
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U.S. Oil Week
Standard Oil
California
Standard of Ohio
Conoco
Texaco
Gulf
Arco
Standard of New Jersey
Pogomacus
Progressive Magazine
Mason City Globe Gazette
Turn Back the Clock 30 Years Ago Highlights
David S. Owen elected president of Austin Coordinating Council succeeding Rev. D. A. Cunningham. W. E. Barton CPA Superintendent reports Civilian Pilot Training renamed to Civil Aeronautics Administration War Training Service. Fred Loucks family helps install Fairview Frankford and Valley Granges in Ostrander town hall. John Best elected president of Valley Blackhawks Motorcycle Club in Spring Valley. Edward H. Flitton II named manager of the Harvard University Band. Austin Lions Club proposes a Winter Ice Carnival city wide outdoor games contests and festivities.
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David S. Owen
Austin Coordinating Council
D. A. Cunningham
Austin Junior College
W. E. Barton
CPA
Civilian Pilot Training
Civil Aeronautics Administration War Training Service
Fred Loucks
Fairview
Frankford
Valley Granges
Town Hall
Ostrander
John Best
Austin
Valley Blackhawks Motorcycle Club
Spring Valley
Edward H. Flitton, II
Harvard University
Austin Lions Club
Crystal balling 1973 stock trends in the almanac
Carlton Smith reviews the Stock Trader's Almanac 1973 noting its pattern analyses and January barometer, predicting election year economic behavior. It highlights post election year trends, persistent market rituals, and caution about forecasting 1973 until January data settles.
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Carlton Smith
Stock Trader's Almanac
Yale Hirsch
Hirsch Organization
Old Tappan
N.J
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Austin Daily Herald
National Board
Auto Manufacturers
United Auto Workers
Trucking Employers, Inc
Teamsters
Steel Industry
United Steelworkers of America
Berry's
Don
London
Bisham
Her Majesty's General Post Office
West Germany
Heinrich Heine
Evangelical Church Synode Meeting
Wursburg
World Wide Philatelic Agency
Globe
Gibraltar
Europa Point
Europe
Our Lady of Europe
Ireland
Dublin
Ray Cromley
Calvin Coolidge
2Nd St. N.E
Minnesota
Edmund E. Smith
Thomas J. Koeck
United
A.P.O
FPO
Minn
Hirsch
Peter
Paul
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