Vermont's example curbs land speculators with tax plan
Vermont's Legislature taxes land profits by size and ownership duration to deter quick flips, with 60 percent on one-year gains dropping to zero after six years. The plan aims to curb inflating land values and shield farmers, contrasting federal rules that favor investors and depreciation. It argues the federal tax code subsidizes speculation, making Vermont's approach attractive to curb development and inflation.
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Vermont
Oregon
Henry George
Internal Revenue
United States
Bottle Cap Math Challenge Reaches One Million Cans
A Landsdale Pennsylvania second grade class set to collect bottle caps to learn math. After two years 72 students have gathered 400000 caps and hope to reach a million by sixth grade. The task now turns to how to dispose of so many cans.
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Landsdale
Troubles With Nudity and Smut Bedevils Public Decency
In Marin County California a nude beach ban is largely useless as most beaches are private and enforcement only occurs if sunbathers enter the water beyond the tide line. In Winchester Indiana a court struck down a porn law for vagueness, while the city council’s spelling out of every pornographic possibility remains blocked by a newspaper that refuses to publish the revised ordinance, highlighting First Amendment tensions.
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Marin County
Calif
Winchester
Winchester News Gazette
Letdown Kohoutek promises fade from Roanoke Times
The Roanoke Times notes astronomers hyped Kohoutek as a spectacular celestial show but now temper expectations. Even at best the comet would be only slightly brighter than Venus and its dust tail limited. The piece quips the era’s energy concerns color the reception.
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Kohoutek
Venus
Army notice spurs generals to cut home costs
The Washington Star-News notes a Pentagon message urging base generals to trim household expenses, especially repairs. It rails at improvised fixes by generals and mocks a DIY faucet washer replacement with a humorous, mock instruction list. The piece contrasts Spartan restraint with battlefield readiness and ends by acknowledging a plumber’s help is generally wiser.
Bob Hope Leads $15 Million KRLA License Grab
FCC awarded the KRLA Pasadena license to Western Broadcasting, led by Bob Hope and partners, after a decade of hearings and amid controversy over engineering grounds. The decision, signed by Dean Burch, faced criticism from experts who questioned the technical basis of the award. Hope’s stockholdings and Nixon ties are noted, with other investors including Ed Pauley and Art Linkletter.
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Bob Hope
KRLA
Hope Consortium
FCC
Commission
Nixon
Hope
Dean Burch
Burch
Hope Syndicate
Western Broadcasting Corporation
Western Broadcasting
White House
Richard A. Moore
Washington
John Mitchell
Moore
Ed Pauley
Pauley Petroleum, Inc
Pauley
Art Linkletter
Pomona
G. Sydney Barton
Pasadena
Western
Visitor’s silent church visit prompts call for real welcome
An unnamed visitor in a middle class city church finds no real greeting or warmth, despite polite behavior and orderly sermon. The experience prompts reflection on hospitality toward visitors and broader concerns about genuine Christian friendliness. The piece also notes Kennedy family sympathy in a British paper and comments on harsh winter and energy shortages, plus a quip about a misprinted definition of maturity.
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Paul
Macedonia
Jesus
Short Sentence Theory Debated in Crime Reform
The National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals, chaired by ex‑Gov Russell Peterson, issues findings on crime control. Critics like Sheriff Peter Pitchess and Attorney General Evelle Younger oppose longer sentences and death penalties. The proposal favors least drastic sentencing, with capped terms for dangerous offenders and alternatives for others.
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New York
National Advisory Commission On Criminal Justice Standards and Goals
Russell Peterson
Richard W. Velde
Justice Department
Commission
Velde
Los Angeles
Peter J. Pitchess
Sheriff Pitchess
California
Evelle Younger
Younger
Pitchess
Warren Burger
U. S. Supreme Court
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Charlotte Observer
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United States Army
Army Adjutant General
Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
Federal Communications Commission
Donald Johnson
Civil Service Commission
Herbert Ley
Food and Drug Commissioner
Shorty
Holt McPherson Enterprise
Sunday Telegraph
Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Free World
OF Crime & Punishment
National Council On Crime and Delinquency
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