Poll results spark debate on North Carolina tax reform
The North Carolinians for Tax Reform poll suggests broad support for repealing the food sales tax and shifting revenue to higher income tax. Senator McNeill Smith cites findings while The Enterprise declines to participate, noting questions would yield the expected answers and criticizing anti consumer tone in the Assembly.
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North Carolinians
North Carolina
General Assembly
Guilford
McNeill Smith
Sen. Smith
Buzzards and Birds Return Mark Spring Mischief in Ohio NC
Citizens and birds misread signs as spring returns with warm days. The piece notes robins and bluebirds blocking streets in confusion, swallows at Capistrano timing, and buzzards arriving in Hinckley Ohio mid March. It quotes Van Dyck and humorously ponders sudden seasonal changes and lingering snow anxieties.
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North Carolina
Capistrano
Hinckley
Ohio
Henry van Dyck
Mission of
San Juan Capistrano
Great Smoky Mountains
Oil taxes in turmoil as April deadline nears
As April 15 approaches amid a gasoline shortage, oil taxation faces potential shifts after nearly five decades. Congress and Ways and Means weigh options from reform to repealing loopholes, with the depletion allowance under sharp scrutiny.
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Washington
Business Week
Standard Oil
Congress
Nixon
Tax Writing House
Ways and Means Committee
Oil industry tax perks and proposed changes in Congress
The piece explains intangible drilling costs vs intangible expenses and notes foreign tax credits let oil firms cut U.S. taxes. It cites Treasury figures showing American-controlled oil companies used foreign tax credits to cut taxes by over 75 percent in 1971, with critics urging higher taxes and price rollback amid rising gas costs.
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U.S
Treasury Department
Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Gas station confrontation prompts unrest and calls for leadership
Quotes from Bob Esterman in Chicago describe a man with a .45 demanding gas after a long wait. Another voice, Leon Schutt of Americans for Democratic Action, argues for a three month trial of leadership over a three year period of uncertainty and impeachment as a potential option.
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Bob Esterman
Chicago
Leon Schutt
Americans For Democratic Action
Secret world of spies and guerrilla training abroad
Washington reports reveal covert arms shipments and guerrilla schools run by China Russia and Arab states as the United States vies for influence in Africa and the Middle East. Burma Burma China North Korea and Oman figures emerge while clandestine operatives fearfully veil violent intrigue and diplomacy.
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U.S
Robert Yost
Burundi
Guinea
Tanzania
South Africa
Mozambique
Angola
State Department
Rhodesia
Zambia
Asia
Americas
Mao Tse-tung
North Korea
China
United States
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
FBI
Middle East
Henry Kissinger
Russia
Oman
Persian Gulf
Iraq
Iran
Southeast Asia
Burma
Koomintang
Taiwan
Rangoon
Peking
Selling Embassies Hypocrisy Prompted By Nixon Critique
A reader denounces Nixon era patronage as hypocritical and argues embassies are traded for money and influence. The piece cynically compares Roosevelt Truman and others, suggests rewarding donors with embassies, and cites Strauss Connally and Bunker as examples while urging reform ahead of 1976.
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White House
Robert Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Nixon
John Connally
Paris
Connally
Wall Street
Conservation Un American? City Council Letter
Bill Gorman objects to calling Bob Wells un American for advocating energy conservation. He urges citizens to judge Wells by the issues and dismiss derogatory labels, invoking Admiral Farragut to echo a stance of steadfast focus on policy.
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Bob Wells
Council
Admiral Farragut
Bill Gorman E. Farriss
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