The Tax Foundation Says Government Spending Rises Yet Tax Mix Shifts
The Tax Foundation argues government expenditures per U S household rose from 1950 to 1977 and that the tax burden has shifted from local to state and federal levels. It notes federal receipts peaked early, while state and local shares rose, signaling growing reliance on government at higher levels. The piece questions whether the rising spend defines national goals or erodes private enterprise.
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The
Tax Foundation
U. S
Willard Bickwell
Rockwell
Foundation
Air pollution gripes fuel Buchwald satire on Washington
Art Buchwald mocks air quality warnings and political impotence in Washington as he riffs on government inaction, lobbyist influence, and the clash between doom headlines and real health risks. He pokes at Congress, auto lobbyists, and presidential indifference while quipping about taxes and death.
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Washington
Everthing
United Auto Workers’ Union
Rosalynn
Amy
Plains
Rose Garden
Anita Bryant
Fake art rings up to thirty billion lire a year
The article reports a booming fake art trade centered on Giorgio de Chirico with estimates of over 30 billion lire annually. Italian police, galleries, and critics describe an organized ring producing near perfect fakes and counterfeit documents, challenging authentication and prompting calls for catalogs and international cooperation.
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Hilmi Toros
Rome
Giorgio de Chirico
National Carabinieri
de Chirico
Florence
Giornale
Italy
Milan
Philippe Faverio
Picasso
Europe
United States
Investigators explore Letelier murder link and Chilean role
FBI and State Department sources consider a Chilean secret police mastermind behind the Letelier Moffitt car bombing. The developing tale ties Washington Miami and Santiago with pressure on Gen Pinochet to aid U.S. relations amid internal DINA concerns.
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Washington
Orlando Letelier
Ronni Moffitt
Miami
Santiago
Letelier
Eviing
FBI
Ilean
State Department
DINA
U.S
Congress
Augusto Pinochet
Jimmy) Carter
Roger Stavins
Institute
White House keeps 80 plus autograph policy and more
President Carter reverts to sending printed greeting cards to citizens eighty and older after earlier plans to require age one hundred. The White House also mails graduation cards with a gold seal and a faux Carter signature, while Secret Service staff join Mrs. Carter on trips. Grits the dog returns to White House life after obedience training.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Carter
White House
Valerio Giannini
Jimmy Carter
Latin America
Secret Service
Richard Keiser
Mrs. Carter
Grits
Amy Carter
Verona Meeder
Stevens Elementary School
Dream of building log cabin comes true
William and Opal Phillips of Pataskala Ohio built a 16 by 24 foot log cabin beside their farm home with used utility poles and a stone fireplace costing under 4000 dollars. The couple did most work themselves including lifting poles with a tractor and using a chain saw.
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Carolyn Focht
Columbus Dispatch
Pataskala
Ohio
William Phillips
Opal
Phillips
History items and notable events on this June 20
On this date in history: 1789 start of the French Revolution. 1632 Maryland granted to Lord Baltimore. 1837 Victoria becomes queen. 1863 West Virginia statehood. 1867 Alaska purchase treaty. 1898 Guam seized. 1963 hot line pact. 1977 ten years back Cassius Clay guilty. 1963– UN hijacking condemnation. Birthday notes include Don Juan and Lillian Hellman. Thought by Saul Bellow.
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Lord Baltimore
Victoria
England
William the Fourth
West Virginia
Andrew Johnson
Alaska
Russia
United States
Guam
Soviet Union
Washington
Moscow
Cassius Clay
Mohammed Ali
United Nations Security Council
United States Navy
Beirut
Lebanon
Don Juan
Lillian Hellman
Saul Bellow
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Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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Jimmy
Roasalynn
Virginia
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