Timber Tax Change Provokes Forest Conservation Debate
The American Forestry Association denounces Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon's proposal to end long term capital gains treatment for timber gains, limiting it to 5000 dollars. The group warns such a move would harm privately owned forests, timber industries, and forest reform efforts, threatening conservation and jobs.
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Southeast
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Dillon
American Forestry Association
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington’s Funding Crisis for a Beautiful Showplace City
This editorial argues Congress underfunds Washington DC, noting the federal government’s tax exemptions and nonresident status inflate city costs. It details how 50 percent of land is federal or tax exempt, federal employment raises service costs, and federal aesthetic and building height rules curb tax yields, risking deterioration of the nation’s capital.
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Washington
Congress
Lesson in Cuban policy from exile politics and US role
Washington argues the United States cannot install a Cuba government of exiles. Exile leaders warn against direct invasion or heavy US meddling, citing past failures in the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Internal revolt, aided by outside Cubans, is seen as the viable path, not external guidance or pressure.
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Cuba
United States
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Miro Cardona
State Department
The
Revolutionary Council
Bay of Pigs
Miami
Fidel Castro
Central Intelligence Agency
Havana
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Nicaragua
Castro
White House
Khrushchev
Aaa
United Feature
Look Again Look Again by Arlie B Davidson
A reflective essay urges readers to reconsider dangerous choices look beyond first impressions. It cautions with examples on firearms streets medicines and relationships and emphasizes careful consideration before major life decisions.
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Lok Wo
ItalianVote Could Shape U S Policy and Europe
Drew Pearson analyzes Italy's weekend national elections, noting the Communist rise, Christian Democrats' weakness, and Fanfani's leftward shift with Papal backing. He links Italian outcomes to wider shifts in Europe and U S policy, plus implications for Latin America and Kennedy’s reform agenda.
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Washington
United States
Italy
Russia
Communist Party
Christian Democrats
Fanfani
Social Democrats
John
Love of My Life in School and Grain World
A student song expresses joy in friends and teachers in a classroom setting. The piece notes gratitude for voices of teachers and classmates. The text also mentions Dwain Cole West Morgan and a 1950 shift where Turkey becomes the world’s largest grain exporter.
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Lee Dee Oy
Dwain Cole West Morgan
Turkey
S Grain
Within You There Is A Deeper Self Unafraid
An exhortation on defeating fear through faith and love. The piece cites a letter from Edmonton and a London housewife, stressing that fear stems from others and can be displaced by God given power, faith, love, and a sound mind. It compares fear to a mathematical minus canceled by plus, urging readers to bring their deeper self to the fore.
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Edmonton
London
Peale
the Hall Syndicate, Inc
Letters on murder, segregation, and cemetery theft in Alabama
Public Forum letters express shock at the murder of William Moore near Atalla and condemn segregation. A reader urges respect for graves and pleads against stealing cemetery decorations, sharing personal loss from Herring cemetery.
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William Moore
Atalla
Alabama
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