Senate tax reform bill and tax credit debate examined
The piece compares the Senate amendment raising personal exemptions from 600 to 800 with a proposed $150 credit. It notes the $200 rise yields a $30 benefit for lower brackets at 15 percent and a $140 benefit for higher brackets at 70 percent. It argues Miller's flat credit is fairer and cites the defeat of the credit in Senate debate, urging thorough scrutiny of any tax bill.
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Washington
Iowa
Jack Miller
Senate
Alphabetical Headway ITA in education sparks cautious interest
Officials watch the Initial Teaching Alphabet ITA as a potential tool for teaching reading with 44 symbols. Proponents say it may ease early literacy and later outcomes, while officials urge careful study before broader adoption, noting transition concerns and possible long term reforms.
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Edar Rapids
U.S
ITA
James Pitman
England
Tax Reform Realism Is Up to the House
William S. White argues the Senate tax plan for an $11 billion cut is a political ploy. He notes House resistance, Gore political needs, and President Nixon’s likely veto, leaving real reform unlikely despite calls for broader tax exemption increases.
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Ashington
Congress
Senate
House
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Gore
Vietnam
Andy Jackson
Nixon
Finance
What did you say it is senator about tax cuts
A United Feature Syndicate essay critiques proposed tax cuts as inflationary for middle and low income groups. It argues the plan benefits the rich, overrates the house, and signals the Senate's decline as an institution yielding to political winds.
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Gore and Company
Senate
House
Environmental doom fears rise in expert circles
The piece notes doomsday views among scientists about famine, war, pollution, and resource conflict. It cites Dr Frank Fraser Darling and critics like Barry Commoner and Paul Ehrlich, warning that fertilizer runoff, oxygen loss, DDT, and CO2 could devastate ecosystems. Moynihan warns CO2 may rise 25 percent by 2000, prompting calls for policy action and youth involvement.
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British Broadcasting Corporation
Frank Fraser Darling
The
Conservation Foundation
Washington, D.C
Darling
Dr. Darling
Commoner
U.S
Paul Ehrlich
Stanford University
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Nixon
Ehrlich
Sea Explorer seeks skipper for 14 to 17 group
Community notice invites a man aged 25 to 45 with good character to lead Sea Explorer Ship No. 80, with a sponsor and committee, plus a former skipper willing to assist. contact committee chair Jack H. Marrion at 365-8971. Also lists crew members.
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Sea Explorer
Boy Scouts of America
Jack H. Marrion
Kingston
Fortieth Street
Steven A. Bray
Northwood Drive
Gale L. Dorman
Jacelyn Drive
Brian B. Bales
Cedar Drive
A Call for Honest Deeds To Curb Inflation And Greed
A speaker urges all citizens to pursue honesty justice and decency as the surest Christmas gift to themselves and the nation. They argue that curbing greed and enacting fair laws will end unrest hunger and inequality, condemning theft tax loopholes and unjust practices that favor the rich over the poor.
Two Cedar Rapids choral groups on local TV 1959
This Day recalls Cedar Rapids TV programs featuring the Jefferson high school choir and the 30 voice Men of Song from Coe. Four Cedar Rapids high school students earned superior ratings at the University of Iowa eighth annual High School Forensic conference. Names include Judy Lamparek David Bode Tom Dougherty and Jim Kehoe. Also Scoop Shovel Scottie the hoboes king appeared, praising Cedar Rapids as a pretty town.
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Cedar Rapids
Jefferson High School
Men of Song
Coe
Cedar Rapids High School
University of Iowa
Judy Lamparek
David Bode
Tom Dougherty
Jim Kehoe
Hayakawa Considers Senate Run in California
President S I Hayakawa of San Francisco State University leans toward seeking the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate. He has discussed the race with friends and even Mayor Joseph Alioto and has courted professional campaign help. If nominated he would likely defeat Sen George Murphy, who praises Hayakawa's San Francisco State crisis handling.
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Hayakawa
San Francisco
Hayanaka
Sen. Murphy
Murphy
Publishers-Hall Syndicate
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United Feature Syndicate
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Washington University
St. Louis
Moynihan
NATO
New York Times Service
the People's Forum
Andrew Carnegie
Joseph and
Rosemarie Khalid
Highwood Drive
Scoop
Scottie
King of the
Hoboes
State Highway Commission
First Avenue
McGregor Hills
Parkers
Robert Gullick
Robert Elgas
Gullick
Cecil B. DeMille
George Clark
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