Tax reform aims at closing loopholes and broadening taxes
Editorial urges a comprehensive reform of the income tax system with a full congressional review led by Wilbur Mills and John Byrnes. It targets capital gains, estate and gift taxes, oil depletion allowances, and a higher income tax burden on the poor, noting the $600 personal exemption as outdated.
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Johnson
Congress
Wilbur Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
John W. Byrnes
Taxpayers Knife-Edge as Politicians Break Spending Promise
Paul Harvey critiques the U S administration and Congress for backing a tax increase while failing to cut federal spending by six billion dollars. He warns of inflation, rising budgets, and voter anger as campaigns hinge on promises made and promises broken, likening it to colonial grievances and potential unrest. He notes the despite increased taxes, actual spending cuts were not delivered and may rise, with broad budget pressures across defense, welfare, Medicare, and other programs.
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Paul Harvey
Pennsylvania Ave
Johnson
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
White House
Post Office
George III
Memory fades with linked pain says Princeton study
Two Princeton researchers report experiments showing people forget items linked to unpleasant experiences. In one test 16 students learned a word list then faced a second list with words subtly tied to the first and some shown with electric shocks. Later, those shock associated words were harder to recall. The piece then shifts to a moral reflection about bearing good news and dying to self, citing 1 John 1:3 and urging sharing benefits with others.
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Princeton
Biddeford Saco Journal Masthead Details and Rates
Biddeford Saco Journal at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine lists Paul Casavant publisher P Ingalls managing editor and contact numbers for editorial business and subscription departments. Advertising and subscription rates payable in advance. one month 2.60 six months 15.50 one year 31.00. Associated Press member with republication rights. Entry noted as second class postage paid at Biddeford Maine.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Post Office
Campaign funds studied in Buchanan case probe
Washington Merry-Go- Round by Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson examines Rep. John Buchanan of Alabama over campaign finances. It highlights personal loans paid back with campaign money, omissions in 1966 reports, and a slush fund used for travel and mailing expenses, suggesting ethics concerns but noting Buchanan’s intent to comply with a vague law.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Tom Dodd
Senator Dodd
John Buchanan
R-Ala
Buchanan
Birmingham
Central Bank and Trust
Citizens’ Committee
American Exress
House
Tomoka Investment Company
James Sizemore
Alabama
Kyle Wess
Vess
Congressional
Wess
Wron
Nixon
Congress
Mac's World Success plagues experts
Washington columnist Don MacLean critiques Agriculture Department views on crop policy amid 1960s bumper harvest expectations. He fuses satire on labors to boost yields with fear of overproduction, discussing soil banks, acreage limits, and potential market instability. He muses on locust blight as a drastic fix and adds brief political asides on crime policy and education.
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Agriculture Department
USDA
Humphrey
Humphrey’s fate hinges on eight big states in 1968 race
Washington observers note Humphrey must gain most of the eight large northern and western states to stand any chance, with Massachusetts typically secure but Illinois and Ohio seen as uphill battles. Experts point to past patterns where Eisenhower, Johnson or Kennedy carried all or most of the group,Suggesting Humphrey faces a broad, difficult path to victory absent broad support across the big eight.
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Bruce Siossat
NEA
Washington
Humphrey
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
California
Massachusetts
South
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Richard Nixon
George Wallace
Texas
Florida
Dwight Eisenhower
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
Harry Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Johnennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Change in tree cutting spurs nationwide protest
Coast to coast protest against the Bureau of Public Roads policy to cut trees within 30 feet of highways prompts a clarifying memorandum by F. C. Turner. Maine plans to cut only hazardous trees on new and existing highways, with guardrails to protect motorists. Local engineers will decide removals, aiming to balance safety and beauty while preserving lives.
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Polly Bradley
Bureau of Public Roads
F. C. Turner
Public Roads
Bureau
Turner
David H. Stevens
Maine State Highway Commission
Maine
Ment
No guaranteed minimum income says citizen quip
A reader mocks a government plan for universal minimum income claiming it would shift more costs to individuals. He jokes that true prosperity would be higher personal outgo, noting hard times as moving in with relatives and prosperity as relatives moving in with you, reflecting skepticism about state guarantees.
Voters thank Biddeford voters for York County HQ opening
The Journal prints a note of thanks from Arthur Webster and George Garnache after the York County Republican Headquarters opening in Biddeford. The writers praise Cumberland County visitors and the Biddeford Police for managing traffic near 13 Alfred Street. A witticism about temptation follows the note.
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Journal
Iddeford
York County
Republican
Cumberland County
Y County
Biddeford
Alfred St
Arthur Webster
State Senate
George Garnache
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