IRS Still Relies on Tipsters to Catch Tax Cheats
Tax officials say tipsters provide about 100 000 tips annually but rewards are rare. In the last complete year 124 rewards were paid, with 792 two years earlier. The IRS computer system now flags errors before informants act, and rewards max at 10 percent of additional tax collected, typically 4 to 6 percent.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Associated Press
Washington
Ice
America
IRS
Matt
Hay
TRS
Rea
Pny
Revival events and obituaries in the Negro community
Calendar items list revival services at Garrett Chapel Baptist Church led by Rev. Williams, a Church of God in Christ fundraiser at Mrs. Emma Reli tora, and Keystone Lodge No. 43 meeting. Obituaries note Isaac Clark of Hempstead, Mrs Ola Vickers, and Mildred Nash Ross, with funeral plans and survivor details. messages to Grady L. Ross.
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Garrett Chapel Baptist Church
F. R. Williams
Church of God In Christ
Emma L. Reli
Hayward Street
Iday
Keystone Lodge No. 43
Isaac
Cat Eye
Ola Vickers
Rising Star Baptist Church
Westmoreland Cemetery
Hicks Funeral Home, Inc
Mildred Nash Ross
Hope
South Bend
Indiana
Grady L. Ross
Charline Diggs
Compton
Calif
Ethel Smith
Mable Robinson
Cleonia McGhee
Memphis
Tenn
George
Earnest
Leroy
Luther Nash
Will Nash
Dallas
Tex
Edward Nash
Arkana
Orville Diggs
Stephen Diggs
Susanne Diggs
Grady Ross
York Road
Mable Rovinson
Shirley Marie Watkins
No Winner But Leads Moneywise in LPGA Tour
Cincinnati AP reports Sandra Haynie has not won a 1968 LPGA event yet but leads money winnings. In the first four tourneys she earned 3908 dollars, edging Kathy Whitworth by less than 100 after Whitworth's one victory and 3837 dollars.
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Cincinnati
Sandra Haynie
Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour
LPGA
Miss Haynie
Kathy Whitworth
Court Rules Favorable to Athletic Club
New York court rules NYAC not subject to City Commission on Hue mia Rights subpoena. Justice Hyman Korn of Manhattan Supreme Court rejects forcing NYAC to reveal membership records after February 16 Madison Square Garden meet boycotted and picketed over alleged Negro exclusion.
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NEW York
New York Athletic Club
City Commission
Hyman Korn
Manhattan Supreme Court
NYAC
Madison Square Garden
Showdown in Hockey Play Nearing
The Blues, Black Hawks and Kings can clinch spots in the Stanley Cup finals as wins would set up semifinals with St. Louis vs Los Angeles in the West and Chicago vs Montreal in the East. The Canadiens swept Boston 4 0 to open the round.
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Associated Press
St. Louis Blues
Chicago Black Hawks
Los Angeles Kings
Blues
Philadelphia Flyers
St. Louis
Chicago
Los Angeles
Flyers
New York Rangers
Minnesota North Stars
Black Hawks
Kings
North Stars
Montreal
Canadiens
Boston
Clarence Campbell
National Hockey League
Philadelphia
Keith Allen
Scotty Bowman
Not First But Best of Seven Times in Meet
In Nairobi Kenya AP report Zbigniew Nowicki and Patrick Chiff of Kenya did not finish first yet edged the seven teams that completed the grueling 6th East African Safari Motor Rally. Peter Huth and Jan Grant of Kenya finished first by 15 minutes Monday, but Nowicki and Clif won on points. The winners, both car sales.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Zbigniew Nowicki
Patrick Chiff
Peter Huth
Jan Grant
Nowick
Clif
Peugeot
Nowicki
Huth
Grant
Uganda
Tanzania
No Obstruction in Garden Art Preview
AP Sports Writer notes a quiet press preview at Madison Square Garden for an art gallery show titled The Artist and The Sportsman featuring 51 works about famous athletes and moments. The inaugural exhibit opens Friday with a 50 cent admission and rotating works every two months.
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Y Ben Olan
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Madison Square Garden
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Jack Dempsey
Luis Firpo
Bobby Jones
Big Daddy Lipscom
Bod Cousy
Jesse Owens
Casey Stengel
George Wastiteton
Fort Smith Awarded 380400 Grant for Water Plant
Washington AP reports a 380400 grant approved by the Economic Development Administration will aid Fort Smith to build a water treatment plant to spur industrial growth. The city says Owen-Illinois, Inc. will construct the plant and hire about 150 workers upon completion.
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Associated Press Washington
Fort Smith
Economic Development Administration
Owen-Dlinois, Ing
Soviet Linkup Reveals U.S. Space Lag
The Soviet Union reports a successful linkup of two unmanned Cosmos satellites, signaling a lag in the U S Air Force MOL space program which has slipped to mid 1971 from an original late 1960s launch. MOL costs rise from 1 5 to about 2 5 billion as the program plans a two spacecraft mission with a Titan 3 80 booster and Gemini derived crew cabin for a 30 day orbital test.
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Bob Horton
Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Air Force
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Astronauts Prepare Return Route From Orbital Mission
Readable fragments describe altitudes up to 350 miles and astronauts exiting via a trap door into the Gemini capsule for the ride back to Earth, leaving behind a lone satellite in orbit.
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Earth
Three Day Holidays Bill Advances in Congress
A House Judiciary Committee approved a measure to move Washingtons Birthday Memorial Day Veterans Day and Columbus Day to Mondays creating three day weekends for federal workers. The plan faces strong opposition from patriotic groups churches and some veterans organizations and may stall without robust lobbying to reach the floor.
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John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
House Judiciary Committee
Washington
Paetriotic
Congress
Robert McClory
R-Ill
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
Peter W. Rodino
D. N.J
Judiciary Committee
America
Holtdips
The
Nation
Etianist Gelfer
de NY
Columus Bay
McClody
Rodina
Peers
Rondino
McCrory
Republiccans
Celler
Leif Ericson
Old Miss Beaten by Arkansas in Arkansas State Victory
Arkans as State University pitcher Rusty Bourg scat tered five hits as Arkansas State beat the University of Mississippi 2-1 in Helena. ASU won its eighth straight to move to 11-4-1, Ole Miss 13-3. Bourg improved to 4-1, tossing his fourth straight complete game. Rebel Fred Setser homered in the eighth for Ole Miss. In golf, Marge Burns led medalists at Greensboro with a four over par 76 in the North and South Women’s Invitational.
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Old Miss
Arkansas
Helena
Ark
Arkansas State University
Rusty Bourg
University of Mississippi
Indians
Ole Miss
ASU
Jim Callaway
Jim Mueller
Wayne Pitcock
Bourg
Fred Setser
Greensboro
Pinehurst
N.C
Marge Burns
Little Rock Education Official to Lead State Board
William Earl Wile, 54, of Little Rock, named to oversee the segreg ation board. He currently supervises instruction for a southern Arkansas county and will assume the post in the near term, state education officials said.
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Little. Rock
Williamy
Earl Wileis
State Education Department
Astro Loge Bohooe Boaris
Willig
Aupervigor
Alent South Arkansas Dountles
Wiflls
Johnson Files Against Hammerschmidt for Congress
Lewis Johnson of Fayetteville filed Monday as a Democratic candidate for the 3rd District and criticized incumbent John Paul Hammerschmidt. Johnson said rural Arkansas needs a representative with knowledge of needs and hopes, accusing Hammerschmidt of indifference and negative voting that fails to solve problems or offer progress.
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Little Rock
Lewis Johnson
Fayetteville
Congress
John Paul Hammerschmidt
Ark
Johnson
Arkansas
Hammerschmidt
Pair Hurls One-Hitters Split Doubleheader in Missouri
Russellville Arkansas AP Jimmy Allison and Bill Blevins each pitched one-hitters as Arkansas Tech and School of the Quarks split a doubleheader at Branson Missouri. Blevins led Ozarks to an 8-2 win in the first game while Gary Jackson fanned 13 in the loss. The second game ended 4-0, with Tech displaying strong pitching and offense.
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Russellville, Ark
Jimmy Allison
Bill Blevins
Arkansas Tech
School of the Quarks
Branson
Blevins
Ozarks
Gary Jackson
Allison
Seveven
Téch-Avon
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Thomson
West Chester
Hoopes Brothers and Darlington Inc
Louis Napoleon
Field Artillery
Clarence Trego
Charles Gincley
Smithsonian Institution
Ft. Smith
Ford
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