Editorial Page Economic Highlights and Tax Policy Debate
The Legislative Information Service summarizes pending tax rate changes while Congress is in session. It notes administration proposals to cut rates over three years and introduces three controversial structural changes. Critics warn rate cuts may slow growth and increase deficits, while the Chamber of Commerce urges separating rate cuts from structural reforms and recommends major spending cuts to offset lost revenue. One analyst notes predictions are speculative at best.
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Legislative Information Service
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Congress
Information Service
Escalating Expenditures in Government Budgets
A commentary argues that automatic escalation hides growing government spending at federal and state levels. It notes escalating pupil loads, pilot programs with planned increases, and the need to quantify built in rises before judging budget increases. The piece calls for more reporting.
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Washington
Thresher Probe Hinges on Trieste Ocean Search
Hearings by the naval board of inquiry into the Thresher disaster remain inconclusive until the Trieste bathyscaphe completes its ocean search. Debris at the approximate site boosts hopes of recovering crew remains, with the Trieste capable of reaching the 8,400 foot grave.
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Naval Board of Inquiry
Trieste
Thresher
Drive to curb disarmament gains grows in U S
Washington news reports mounting conservative pushback against disarmament efforts and a nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union. Republicans and right wing groups attack the Disarmament Agency, with posters and newsletters claiming treason and world government.
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Peter Edson
Alan Ot Crise Assa
Washington
Russia
Women's Strike For Peace
Congress
White House
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
State Department
William C. Foster
Cp. Craig Hosmer
R-Calif
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
James B. Utt
Charles E. Winegarner
World Court
United States Supreme Court
Republican Committee of 100, Inc
New York
Kennedy
Memphis
Committee For the Prevention of
Department of Defense
Free Enterprise
Chicago
Ezra Taft Benson
High cost of school vandalism shocks city board
New York City Board of Education reports 1962 school property damage exceeds 1.1 million dollars. Vandalism is indefensible and hurts taxpayers funding education. The piece notes the senseless acts by students and comments on political and civic fatigue amid winter impacts on chambers of commerce.
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New York City
Economy gains spur optimism in 1963 outlook
The pace of 1963 growth surprised economists as GNP reached a $572 billion annual rate in the first quarter, up from late 1962. New orders for durable goods rose 7 percent from a year earlier, boosting jobs, payrolls, and profits while surveys weigh tax cut chances amid improving incomes and spending.
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Ly Sam Dawson
Business News
NEW York (Ap
Facts and quirks from a columnist’s mailbox
New York based column surveys odd facts and statistics from daily life. It notes mothers working up to 98 hours a week while babies cry 113 minutes daily, 70 million traffic tickets issued yearly, car thefts rising 10 percent this year, and a sign at a pool banning money belts. It cites price shifts since 1952, food share of income near record lows, and quotes Shaw. It covers tourist flows to Soviet Russia, Woodrow Wilson’s rapid rise, and laws from New Jersey to Washington. China may reach one billion people by 1980.
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New York
U.S
Lido Cabana Club
George Bernard Shaw
Soviet
Russia
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
United States
St. Louis
Washington, D.C
China
How Often Should a Young Wife Visit Her Widowed Mother
Ruth Millett offers a compassionate guide for a young wife torn between supporting her lonely mother and being present for her husband. With 200 miles between homes the piece argues that a woman divides her time to meet others needs and that the happy years come from balancing duties rather than satisfying every demand.
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Ruth Millett
Assa
Paul Harvey on taxes and government propaganda
Opinion column criticizing the IRS Caplin and the tax law as a snow job by bureaucrats. Calls for public action and urges readers to contact their congressman. References to industry, Cuba invasion, and political manipulation in 1963 context.
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Paul Harvey
News
Congress
Caplin
Florida
Mr. Caplin
White House
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
John W. Byrnes
House — Building
Washington, D
TV Status Symbol Puts On Pressure in Hollywood
Hollywood articles describe television as a new status symbol driven by high profile tours led by famous women from Jacqueline Kennedy to Elizabeth Taylor. Lon Chaney Jr discusses returning to horror with The Haunted Palace, criticizing modern monster films for lacking motivation and stressing 62 hour makeup sessions and dual roles in Frankenstein features. He recalls balancing roles on set and notes CBS lead in TV tours while NBC’s Khrushchev invite is declined. The piece hints at future London tours and Queen Frederika’s Greece as potential TV tour subjects.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
White House
Princess Grace
Monaco
Queen Frederika
Greece
Elizabeth Taylor
London
CBS
NBC
Nina Khrushchev
Kremlin
Miss Taylor
Hollywood
Lon Chaney
Vincent Price
Edgar Allen Poe
American International
Lanac
Wolf Man
Len
Carloff
Max
Lon
Bela Lugosi
Frankenstein
Glenn Strange
Biddeford Saco Journal Publication Details
Biddeford Saco Journal lists address at 11 Adams Street with Maiie Paul Casavant as publisher and E. P. Ingalls as managing editor. Easter notices rates: subscription prepaid one month 1.85 six months 10.50 one year 21.00. Associated Press member. local news rights reserved. Postal info included.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maiie Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Maine
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clue List
A dense, fragmented crossword clue grid itemizing numerous Across clues such as Mr. Shriver's group two words 11 letters and other entries including names, places, titles, and general crossword terms across a long list with mispunctuated phrases and partial hints.
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