A Sensible Tax On Travel
Washington opinion on a new travel tax proposes fair exemptions for those over 40 visiting Europe for the first time and for students and teachers. It outlines a progressive rate, from 10 percent on first trips to 200 percent on the 20th, plus surcharges for sun glasses and skis and specific caps for officials and presidents.
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Russell Baker
New York Times
Washington — Congres
Europe
Congress
United States
Paris
Innsbruck
Fort Knox
Atlantic
Atlantic City
Western Hemisphere
Trousseau
U.S
White House
Massachusetts
America
Mixed results after a year for transportation department
Washington report on the first year of the Department of Transportation reveals mixed progress toward its goals. Despite some safety standards, a high speed train test, new air regulators, and staff additions, critics say tangible benefits remain few and the department struggles to win state and local buy in.
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B. Drummond Ayres JR
New York Times News Service
Washington
Department of Transportation
Sec
Alan S. Boyd
Boyd
Congress
U S
U.S
Maritime Administration
Department of Commerce
Department
Maritime Agency
Alan Boyd
White House
H.U.D
America
Transportation Department
Romney Could Go Only Up in New Hampshire Contest
In Concord New Hampshire George Romney shows calm with slower speech and cautious answers as Nixon leads by about 63 percent in early polls. Romney’s backers trumpet a rise in undecided voters while the Romney campaign seeks momentum, but the latest data place Nixon as the key voter magnet in the state and Romney still struggles to gain ground.
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New York Times
Concord
N.H
George Romney
Romney
New Hampshire
Richard Nixon
Michigan
Nixon
Suez Canal changes and Romney campaign gains noted
A letter from Chester Bryant discusses Egypt's blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba and the Suez Canal, predicting longterm shifts as supertankers face off the obstacle and political campaigns adjust. A second letter pleads with parents to stop mistreating animals, sharing a German Shepherd experience and urging kindness to pets.
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Suez
Cape of Good Hope
Nasser
Israel
Chester Bryant
Draft Stirs Big Youth Interest
New Haven report analyzes student attitudes toward draft resistance at Yale with chaplain Coffin charged for encouraging resistance. It compares World War II unity to Vietnam dissent and discusses policy wars, professional armies, and the evolving U.S. transportation department’s role and challenges in coordinating national mobility and safety.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times News
New Haven
Conn
Yale
William Sloane Coffin
Abraham Lincoln
Pearl Harbor
Nazi Germany
South Korea
Trenton
Washington
Delaware
Saigon
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
South Vietnam
Johnson
Vietnam
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Alexander St
Knoxville
Tenn
Barrett Shelton
Decatur Daily Decatur
Ala
Mr. Shelton
Egypt
Gulf of
Aquaba
Suez Canal
Suez Canal Authority
Hartselle
Decatur
Alabama
Childern
P.S
Contry
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