IRS ruling needs review of travel expense interpretation
The five inch tax reform law, plus IRS interpretation amid tax court rulings, creates complexity. A recent ruling redefining business travel deductions draws Wall Street Journal caution to drive extra miles. Accountants call it impractical. no public hearings, only protest letters from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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Internal Law Service
Today’s Journal
Wall Street Journal
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Extended protection for Kissinger risks setting precedent
The proposal to extend Secret Service protection to Henry Kissinger and a few other Ford administration officials after they leave office raises concerns about cost and precedent. The piece argues caution, noting rising global terrorism threats, past assassination attempts on Ford, and the need to balance taxpayer burden with safeguarding high profile figures.
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Henry Kissinger
Ford
Abortion Debate Highlights Privacy and Life Standards
The column questions when a fetus becomes a legal person, citing a Virginia case of a teen mother whose baby was found in an incinerator. It notes Supreme Court privacy rulings that protect a woman’s choice, discusses teenage pregnancy risks, and compares pregnancies at Miss Porter’s School to broader legal definitions of life and death. The author argues the line between natural and artificial death is blurred in modern abortion debates.
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George F. Will
The
Washington Post
Washington
Virginia
Supreme Court
Connecticut
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Defense-Ike echoed by Ford on military balance
James Reston notes the 1977 Farewell Address echoes Eisenhower’s warning about the military industrial complex and Ford’s call to strengthen conventional forces. Both stress sustained defense effort, balancing costs, and wary of antimilitary sentiment while pursuing advanced weapons like Trident and B-1 amid debates on arms limits.
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James Reston
New York Times
Washington
Ford
United States
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Moscow
Global germ warfare plots tie CIA and Cuba over livestock
JACK ANDERSON and LES WHITTEN report that the United States and Cuba plotted to wage germ warfare against each other’s livestock. Cuba allegedly planned to contaminate U.S. cattle with hoof and mouth disease, while the CIA faced scrutiny over withheld pre assassination files and potential bias in the Warren Commission.
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Les Whitten
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Cuba
Senate Intelligence Committee
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Antonio Nunez Jimenez
Nunez Jimenez
Mexico
Nunez
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