Tax Machine Tune-Up Tax bill shifts burden and boosts elder relief
The Congress bill is not true tax reform but improves fairness by narrowing loopholes, extending recent tax cuts, and raising the estate gift tax exemption to aid small farmers and middle class taxpayers. It broadens the base, increases revenues, and simplifies some rules while risking greater complexity. President Ford’s signature remains awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Russell Long
Louisiana
Ford
Wisdom vs Censorship in School Library Selections
A federal appellate ruling in Ohio upends local censorship by school boards. The 6th Circuit holds that public school libraries are a state created privilege for students and cannot be withdrawn by boards merely to satisfy displeasure. The decision distinguishes removal from outright censorship and endorses access to library materials under constitutional safeguards.
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North
Carolina
Ohio
Cleveland
Strongsville
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Seven Christian sacraments vary by tradition
The text notes Baptism and the Eucharist as universal to bodies recognizing sacraments or ordinances. It lists Orthodox sacraments as Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, Penance, Unction, Priesthood, Matrimony, and Roman Catholic seven as Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, Matrimony.
Ordination and Jewish arrivals in early America
The texts state that St Francis of Assisi was never ordained a priest, only a deacon, and that he did not deem himself worthy of priesthood. It notes Jews in the American colonies before 1650, with the first congregation Shearith Israel established in 1654 on Manhattan Island. It references a Shan edition Kuoyu Bible sold via the American Bible Society, 1865 Broadway, New York.
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St. Francis of Assisi
Manhattan Island
Shearith Israel
Bible Societies
Hong Kong
American Bible Society
Broadway
New York
N. YY
Platform values and United Way drive outlined in a 1960s era summary
The piece reviews a longstanding platform stressing local government and individual responsibility, highlights United Way's wide reach with 22 hundred organizations supporting 37,000 agencies, and notes community efforts from High Point Lions Club to fund local charity projects. It also covers church ordinations, YWCA renovations, Shrine Bowl fundraising, and a planned Triad United Methodist Home for the Aged with a prospective five million dollar opening in 1978.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Way
Cleveland
Winston-Salem
Triad United Methodist Home
Methodist
Saudis See An Iranian Under Every Bed
Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani warned the United States falsified aims in the Persian Gulf and accused Washington of bolstering Iran to gain control of the Arabian littoral. Secret memos recount his claim of an implied U.S. deal with Iran to seize Gulf coast areas and threaten Arab states, with Israel possibly occupying Tabuk if conflict erupts.
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Washington
United States
Iran
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Yamani
James Elkins
U.S
Arabian
Persian Gulf
Iraq
Akins
Lower
Gulf
Tran
Emirates
Qatar
Bahrain
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Tabuk
Arabian Littoral
Soviet Union
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Wisdom
Canada
House of Bishops of
Episcopal Church
Ireland
Anglican Church
Church of Ireland
General Synod
American
Western Hemisphere
Adams
J.E. Jones
US Press Assn
America
Oool
George W. Underwood
High Point Lions Club
George
Mr. Underwood
Lion's Club
Jack Hunt
Ronald Wayne Lovelace
Elkins
W. Va
Lovelace
Hunt
Danville
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Huttonsville
Allen Jett
R. W. Thompson
S. F. McMillan
W. §. McKinney
Gilbert Koontz
YWCA
Charlotte
Shrine Bow
The
Carolinas, Inc
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Greenville
S. C
Thomasville High
Howard Hayes
Carolinas
Jimmy Carter
Milwaukee
Journal
Senator Soaper
Russell Train
Sen
Edward Kennedy
D.mass
Train
Kennedy
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Agriculture Department
Annapolis Hilton
National Endowment For the Arts
National Endowment
Florence Lowe
Los Angeles
HEA
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