Patman renews battle against big foundations
Rep. Wright Patman charges large tax exempt foundations dodge taxes and waste funds. He cites 575 foundations studied through 1964 showing only 48 percent of 4.6 billion in receipts went to education or charity, with cases at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co and others illustrating complex tax avoidances and questionable grants.
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Patman
Washington
UPI
Wright Patman
Congressional Subcommittee
Texas Democrat
Congress
House Banking Committee
House
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. Foundation
Playboy Foundation of
Chicago
Julian S. Eaton Educational Foundation
University of Miami
Fla
Baby Sitter To Be Provided So Mrs Powell Testify
UPI reports congressional investigators press a Powell inquiry as Adam Clayton Powell, Corrinne Powell, and others remain abroad while aides are slated to testify. The House Education and Labor Committee probes spending on staff and office funds.
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Washington
UPI
Adam
Corrinne
Bahamas
Yvette
Puerto Rico
Adam Clayton Powell
New York
House Administration
Powell
Skirts Rise Above Knees in Moscow Fashion Show
Soviet fashion displays shorter hemlines at Moscow House of Fashions with dresses about two inches above the knee, a marked shift yet not reaching Western mini-skirt status. The 600 designs will be shown at Expo 67 in Montreal. The piece also notes political subcommittee actions involving Congressman Powell, his staff, and subpoenas, highlighting travel scrutiny and disputes over legitimacy of employment duties.
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Moscow
UPI
Montreal
Sunny Rimini
Powell
Bimini
Corrine Huff
Ohio
Miss Huff
Subcommittee
Wayne L. Hays
U.S
U.S. Territory
Hays
British Commonwealth
Empire
Yvette Flores Powell
Puerto Rico
San Juan
New York
Miami
Expo 67 Bonus Books on Sale in Vermont Banks
Special Expo 67 bonus books offer vouchers for admissions food map and guide with two adult versions and child variants. First adult book sells for 8 dollars value 12, second 4.65, children versions 3.80 and 2.90. On sale until February 1. BECKENHAM England UPI twins birth at Beckenham Maternity Hospital reported.
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Montpelier
Montreal
Vermont
First National Bank of North
Beckenham
England
UPI
Shirley Russell
Beckenham Maternity Hospital
American tourists jailed in Leningrad for black market theft
In Leningrad a 25-year-old American tourist was sentenced to three years in a Siberian labor camp for theft and black market activities. Craddock M. Gilmour, 24, of Utah, was fined 1111 and labeled as having a minor role. Buel Ray Wortham, 25, of Arkansas, received the same camp term as his co-defendant and faced possible extra time for stealing an antique bear statue. Both men admitted selling dollars for rubles and pleaded for mercy amid a three-day trial.
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Leningrad
U.S.S.R
UPI
Russia
Siberian
Buel Ray Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Craddock M. Gilmour
Salt Lake City
Utah
Gilmour
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Craddock
Wortham
U.S
Harlan Moen
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Noveck - Shultz, Inc
Guitars
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Bennington, VT
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Burlington
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Newport
St. Albans
Winooski
THE
Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
Cift Idea
Country Casuals
Dritz
Nichols
Berkshire
Divine Agilon
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