Tax reform as political panacea and real costs debated
The editorial argues tax reform is overused as a fix for economic ills while noting public support for narrowing loopholes and higher taxes on the wealthy. It critiques quick bills, oil depletion deductions, and municipal bonds exemptions, urging focus on reducing government costs instead.
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Congress
Chaplin Returns to United States for New York Festival
Charlie Chaplin arrives in New York for a festival of his films and will receive the Handel Medallion, the citys top cultural award. He is 82 and plans to attend the Academy Awards in Hollywood as a special honoree. The return comes after more than two decades abroad amid McCarthy era criticism and a prior ban on reentry.
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United States
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Little Tramp
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
James P. McGranery
Switzerland
Hhis
Oona
Eugene O'Neill
New York
Hollywood
Barbour
State Department
Lester Wolff
DN. Y
House
Mideast
Israel
Walworth Barbour
Wolff
UNCTAD Opening Highlights Rich-Poor Gap in Global Trade
UNCTAD opens in Santiago with nearly 2000 delegates from 135 countries facing rising bitterness among the have nots. Less-developed nations saw exports share fall from 30 percent in 1950 to 18 percent by 1970, worsening debt and currency issues amid stalled aid and new East West tensions.
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London
United Nations Conference On Trade and Development
Unctad
Santiago
Chile
Ghana
Group of Ten
New Delhi
U. S
Andre Fontaine
le Monde
Paris
Unctad III
Manuel Perez-Guerrero
Venezuela
Nukes At Ready in Vietnam Crisis
Nixon prepares to use nuclear weapons if North Vietnamese forces threaten South Vietnam. Contingency plans updated. targets and blast types discussed. Former sergeant James Walkley confirms rooms with Special Intelligence clearance and target details, while other plan contributors are unnamed. Reports also touch on FBI checks of China visitors, State Department efforts to edit remarks, and Humphrey's drive to include more women in campaign operations.
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Washington
South Vietnam
Nixon
Indochina
U. S
Congress
James Walkley
Air Force
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Laos
Walkley
Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey
Appalled shopper decries theater nudity near churches
Louise Hayworth writes to the editor from 206 Dorothy Dr criticizing a movie house display of explicit images visible from a plaza between stores. She cites Orlando statewide anti nudity laws and urges churches and parents to protest to protect youth from moral harm. She highlights the proximity to two churches and questions community responsibility.
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Zayres
Winston-Salem
Orlando
Fla
Louise Hayworth
Dorothy
Productivity gap and union costs strain U S rail and economy
The piece argues that productivity decline drives higher living costs and weaker wage growth. It cites Penn Central and rail unions, wage scales, and fringe benefits, plus construction and mining labor disputes, as examples of how inflated pay without proportional output harms the national economy.
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Union Pacific
Penn Central
William L. Moore
Indiana
Dayton
Ohio
Toledo
Michigan
New Jersey
New York City
United Mine Workers’ Welfare Fund
Earth
America
Drug Puzzler Explores Youth Drug Use Across Generations
Editor notes AP feature writer John Wheeler maps a rising drug scene among American youths through interviews with his own children and other adolescents. He cites heroin and LSD exposure, cocaine and marijuana prices, and warns parents that youths can mask drug use with innocence and careful behavior.
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Associated Press
John T. Wheeler
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