Rubbing salt in the tax wound
The piece blasts 11 top corporations for paying no federal income tax in 1975, including Ford, Bethlehem Steel, and Lockheed. It argues the tax code allows loopholes like foreign tax credits and investment credits, urging action by the Carter administration to push permanent tax cuts and broad reform.
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Giscard eyes 1977 as year of Middle East peace
French President Giscard d Estaing argues 1977 could be decisive for Middle East peace and notes Lebanon’s stability, shifting Arab world opinions, and Saudi Arabia playing a positive role. He believes OPEC’s price impact will weigh on Western Europe and comments on communism in Yugoslavia and Italy.
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E.E.C
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Anti-Maoists seek revenge after decade of upheaval
Hong Kong dispatch reports rival factions within China claim Mao Tse-tung's death sparked a Chinese style military coup led by pragmatists. Army arrests four ideologues, with Chen Hsi-lien as key commander. Yeh Chin ying cited but frail. Revenge by those harassed during the Cultural Revolution is blamed for ensuing power shifts.
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Hua Kuo-feng
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Hua
Yeh Chinying
Chen Hsi-lien
Peking
Suan Chang
Less shouting and more listening By James Reston
Washington notes a shift away from dogmatism as 1977 approaches. The Carter team hedges promises, faces untested Cabinet members, and seeks steady progress amid global economic strains. International politics show Europe, Japan, and Communist states rethinking past paths, while domestic calm grows under a more measured administration.
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