Editorial Page In Our Opinion Hope for but don't get on tax change
The piece discusses tax reform prospects for the new Congress. It notes the 10 percent surtax, proposals to raise standard deductions, review charitable foundations tax exemption, and potential changes to estate and gift taxes. Lawmakers propose a higher $600 exemption and simplification aims to ease the tax burden.
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Arab mood shifts from US aid to Soviet naval protection
Paul Harvey analyses Arab attitudes and rhetoric amid Middle East tensions. He argues Arab leadership seeks face saving, while fatalism and martyrdom influence daily life. The piece notes Nasser’s bravado, Israeli retaliation patterns, and a Cairo publication predicting war this year that the author doubts.
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Lebanon
Russia
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Dean Rusk
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Israel
Cairo
E! Ahram
Balloons to Signal Auto Distress by New York DMV
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles promotes red, green, and blue balloons as auto distress signals. Red means emergency medical aid, green for police, and blue for mechanical or fuel help. Balloons or color bands can be used if balloons are unavailable.
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New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
Transplant humor about aging magazines and rent-a-heart service
The piece jokes that medicine advances leave patients with an old chassis and a redecorator transplant surgeon. It contrasts outdated waiting rooms and cashiers with a spare parts department and suggests a rent-a-heart program to cut transplants’ high costs.
Russell voice stands tall in Senate as diplomat and critic
Washington Merry-Go-Round notes Richard Russell of Georgia as a steadfast, compassionate elder statesman who opposed Vietnam and urged restraint with Red China. The piece revisits his earlier influence on Middle East and Southeast Asia policy, and criticizes post Pueblo security lapses and command decisions.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Senate
Richard Brevard Russell
Georgia
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Ives Russell
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Russell
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Son
Winder
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China
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
LBJ
Richard Nixon
John Foster Dulles
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dulles
Earle Clements
Kentucky
Radford
Joint Chiefs
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Eisenhower
South Vietnam
Kennedy
Johnson
Rose Bowl mix up leads to a call from a general
Washington reports a humorous scene as Lieut. Gen. Lew Walt tries to reach Ohio State coach Woody Hayes after a Rose Bowl win. A Rose Bowl motel and a confused operator frame the gag, with satire on politics and media predictions throughout.
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Lew Walt
Marine Corps
James
Ashington Corregent
Jim Lucas
Walt
Ohio State University
Woody Hayes
Ohio State
Michigan State
Pasadena
Calif
Hayes
Vietnam
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Ted Kennedy Seeks Reform Push as Senate Whip
Senator Edward M Kennedy plans to use the Senate whip post to shape Democratic reform and broaden his leadership role. He aims to stay in Washington, influence domestic policy with Mike Mansfield’s support, and keep presidential prospects open for 1972 or 1976.
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NEA
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Massachusetts
Sen
Russell Long
Kennedy
Hickory Hill
Virginia
Ted Kennedy
Senate
Robert
Poe
Ted
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Nixon signals hard line stay in Vietnam policy
Nixon's appointments in Saigon Paris and Washington reaffirm a containment stance. Lodge Bunker Johnsons keepers, Johnson aides Bundy and Resor stay influential, Johnson era figures move to Hanoi negotiations, signaling continuity beyond rhetoric.
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Richard Nixon
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Johnson
Flisworth Bunker
South Vietnam
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paris
Lodge
Bunker
Kennedy
Averell Harriman
Alexis Johnson
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