IRS Advice Doubted as Head Defends Public Tax Counsel
An opinion column questions Commissioner Donald Alexander's justification that IRS agents cannot be held accountable for their tax advice. It argues that agents should not give answers based on unclear questions and would serve the public better by saying I don’t know when guidance is unclear rather than risking invalid rulings and taxpayer penalties.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Donald Alexander
Foreign Affairs Critique on U S Global Role and Decline
C L Sulzberger warns America cannot claim superpower status with faltering Southeast Asia policy, weak economy, high unemployment, and a distracted leadership. He cites De Tocqueville, lobby influence, and criticisms of Congress, while noting privatized military hiring, diminished civic duty, and bureaucratic indecision.
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C. L. Sulzberger
Paris
United States
Southwest Asia
de Tocqueville
U.S
Israel
Europe
Congress
Washington
Ireland
Saco Citizens Split Over Council Move Against Conservation Chief
Carol A Patterson writes from New County Road Saco criticizing City Council, objecting to abolishing the Conservation Commission and removal of Chairman Sam Zaitlin. She asserts Zaitlin’s work and accuses officials of hiding problems and overstepping bounds.
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Saco City
Ward
Sam Zaitlin
Saco
Carol A. Patterson
New County Road
Biddeford Saco Journal Publisher and staff years
The Biddeford Saco Journal notes Wm E Foster 1881 1963 Alta W Foster 1891 1971 B F C Whitehouse 1891 1972 W Paul Casavant publisher Charles C Sutton managing editor Gladys M Whitehouse president and treasurer.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Sturgis and Hunt deny Dallas link in Kennedy case
In secret testimony before the Rockefeller Commission Frank Sturgis and FE Howard Hunt denied involvement in the Dallas shooting. Sturgis claimed CIA plots targeted foreign leaders and Cuba hubbed assassination schemes while Hunt also denied Kennedy links. They offered lie detector tests but none were given.
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Les Whitten
Washington
Rockefeller Commission
Watergate
Frank Sturgis
CIA
Dallas
Kennedy
Sturgis
Anatees
Howard Hunt
Robert Olsen
Cuba
Dominicanepublic
Guatemala
Haiti
Panama
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Fidel Castro
Castro
Havana
Sturg
Nelson Rockefeller
Hunt
Evertheless
Olsen
Miami
Robert Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
Thieu
Porn Hanoi
Observer Fighting to Avoid Blame in Vietnam Fiasco
The essay assigns blame across leaders and nations for Vietnam policy, naming Truman Eisenhower Kennedy Johnson Nixon and others, plus institutions and media, as responsible for the war and its outcomes while debating the motive of avoiding blame. It later references Sturgis testimony and a Pentagon joint chiefs forecast on Thieu and South Vietnam, noting anticipated collapse and need for U.S. support.
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Russell Baker
N.Y
Times
New York
Vietnam
America
Truman
N.A.T.O
Josef Stalin
Europe
Stalin
France
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Saigon
Ho Ki Minh
Ho Chi Minh
Kennedy
Ngo Dinh Diem
South
Johnson
Nixon
Cambodia
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Russia
China
Kissinger
de Hawks
Kissinger remarks on war raise fear of U S intervention
Henry Kissinger suggested possible American force in the Middle East if oil supplies are blocked, sparking fear among veterans and wary observers. He warned fighting abroad could resemble Vietnam, while some say his remarks aimed to pressure Arab policymakers.
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U.S
Dublin
I.R.A
Bird Air
Vinnell Corporation
John Hawkwood
White Co
Dutch East India Co
United States
Francois de Callieres
KGB
America
Kissinger
France
Vietnam
de Gaulle
Watergate
Gerald Ford
Paul Harvey
Henry Kissinger
Middle East
Veterans’ Hospital
Sam
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