Question and Answer column on federal tax matters
Answers cover the 6 percent surcharge, withholding adjustments via Schedule A and Form W-4, Social Security withholding rules for 65+, claiming dependents, amending 1965 deductions, recovering excess Social Security tax, dividend exclusions, obtaining tax packets, paying by check, standard deductions, spotting unreliable tax preparers, and reporting interest on U.S. savings bonds.
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State of the Union
Congress
IRS
Illinois Motor Fuel Tax debate asks 1¢ or 3¢ rise
The Wilbur Smith report to the Highway Study Commission sparks questions in Illinois about raising the motor fuel tax. The Taxpayers Federation urges a 1¢ increase with all revenue to the State for two years, while a 3¢ raise would provide similar totals under the current distribution.
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Wilbur Smith and Associates
Highway Study Commission
Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois
Taxpayers’ Federation
Cook County
Purple Martins and TV Antennas Spark Griggsville Change
A reminiscence traces purple martins from Uncle John R. Gholson’s porch to a modern Griggsville project. Jaycees establish 28 crafted houses along Main Street to curb mosquitos as martins nest and thrive, drawing visitors and press attention by 1965.
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Purple Martins
John R. Gholson
John R’s
Jaycees
Griggsville
Pike County
Illinois
J. L. Wade
Grig
Gsville
Sidelights From SPRINGFIELD on Illinois Patronage Reform
Illinois moves toward merit based hiring as patronage cuts may come under Senate Bill 15 and civil service pushes. Officials William Scott Adlai Stevenson III Michael Howlett back reforms while Griggsville touts Purple Martin leadership. Citizens debate capital moves mosquito counts and political principles.
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Illinois
William Scott
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Michael Howlett
Russell Arrington
Senato
Millinois
Ilinois
Indiana
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed
A reader supplied the full list of across and down clues for a crossword puzzle including entries such as Anguish Prison Beige Leather flask for oil Pale The Wars of the Shoshone Chop Burmese language Compass point Sacred by Egypt Befall Three legged sta Purchases Personnel of a ship Ship-shap clock Large snakes Ben Hoga for one Fortify Cereal dish Chinese measure Fish Mass Presidential nickname Pry Wide open Military assistant Specks Young girl Comfort Plague Dull pain Moslem Anger chief Kind of buoy Pierces as ventor a bull s of horns Below tele naut phone Goddess of At harvests It ship s present leeward time drift Dip out A relative Severe Weakens trial Strike Any deity Birds Slip away Enclosure Stir up Burst of Discloses anger Marries.
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Egypt
Pry
Comfort
Telenaut
Unclear Fragment Highlights List of Animals and Drinks
Fragmentary text lists Maltese and Persian alongside others with numbers 36 38 39 40. Mentions soft drink and Tibetan gazelle in an unfinished sequence.
Prevention as a step against burglaries urges community action
A group urges homeowners to prevent burglaries through police resource review and fair pay, public education, neighbor coordination, targeted lighting, alarm systems, and storing valuables in safe deposit boxes to deter theft.
By What Right? committee targets sex in auto ads
An AP release reports a Presidential advisory committee of 12, from a 200 million U S population, says advertising uses too much sex and urges new legislation, stricter laws, and public education to curb merchandising. The piece questions official bodies judging consumer tastes and warns of potential censorship.
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United States
Sidelights from a History Scrapbook
A compact history piece notes Jefferson Burr tie delaying 1800 election until February 17 1801 and electoral college rules. It chronicles Albert I king of Belgium’s 1934 death and sketches Octave Chanute pioneer of flight. Washington maxims close the clipping with timeless proverbs.
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Thomas Jefferson
United States
Jefferson
Aaron Burr
John Adams
C. C. Pickney
John Jay
New York
the Times
Burr
Albert 1
Belgium
Meuse River
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Gock
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Internal Revenue Service
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Sign of the Times
Jon W. Allen
Southern Illinois University
T.V. Antenna
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Springfield
Stonefort
Williamson County
America
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Far East
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Lems
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