IRS Improves Tax Return Design With One-Sided Form
In a bid to reduce eyestrain and confusion, the IRS mails this year's tax returns on pastel pink paper. Commissioner Jerome Kurtz cites a linear line-by-line layout that places income and deduction data on a single side, eliminating back-and-forth page flipping though skeptics call it another form of torture.
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The Tough Job of Pennsylvania Governor in 1978
Harrisburg readers see a portrait of the governor’s role as a sprawling state machine. The piece notes the office’s tax blame, vast payroll, and broad duties while warning of the constant demands, threats, and public scrutiny that accompany the job and hint at a crowded field of 1978 gubernatorial hopefuls.
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Pepper pushes end to compulsory retirement age 70
Florida Democrat Claude Pepper urges lifting age limits in both private and federal sectors to end forced retirement. He frames compulsory retirement as age discrimination and cites 60,000 annual job losses at 65 as waste of talent. The piece notes potential social security benefit implications and calls for retirement counseling and policy reform.
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Diplomatic Immunity and Letelier Case Spur U S Reform
A Newsweek column details how diplomatic immunity shields officials while embassy staff face fewer protections, prompting Congress to modify the 1790 act. It cites Panamanian and Senegalese incidents, a Gate-way at Letelier’s murder, and FBI efforts to indict the Chilean DINA-linked plot.
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Letelier Case Details Pinochet Link to Letelier Killing
The report traces a Chilean DINA operative in the United States who connected with Brigade 2506 leaders and a Cuban explosives expert in New Jersey. A bombing device was allegedly arranged in the Dominican Republic and delivered to the Miami area for the assassination of Letelier. Chile denies involvement and notes DINA dissolution, while U.S. prosecutors seek testimony and possible Chilean extraditions. This Washington roundup also covers Graciela Olivarez and job-creation efforts under Carter and Invest In USA.
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