Take Home Pay Drops Despite Tax Relief
Washington report says Congress raised withholding to better match annual tax liability. Millions face higher monthly take home pay deductions after Jan 16, offsetting recent tax relief. The IRS offers an Employee Withholding Certificate form to adjust withholding toward annual liability, with $750 personal exemption per allowance.
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Sterling F. Green
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Treasury
IRS
FDA to audit nonprescription drugs over three years
The FDA announced a three year program to evaluate safety and effectiveness of hundreds of thousands of over the counter drugs. Using expert panels the agency will assess ingredients dosages and conditions for at least 26 basic product classes including antacids laxatives analgesics and cold remedies.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration Today
National Academy of Sciences
FDA
Charles C. Edwards
Annual Fuzzy Forecast for 1972 by Hal Boyle
New York AP column imagines 1972 with hibernation favored, pork prices, and political intrigue. It forecasts inflation, job worries for youth, old age strain, and a busy year ahead with mock prophecies from politicians and world events.
Nixon’s 300000 Mile Presidential Travel Record
Nixon spent over 300000 miles away from the White House in his first three years, traveling to all 50 states plus the Virgin Islands Guam Midway and 19 countries. Most miles were by air with record days away from Washington totaling 551 and time at Camp David averaging 25 weekends per year. He plans additional trips abroad and maintains secondary coastal residences while expanding travel pace beyond prior presidents.
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Guam
Midway
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Johnson
LBJ
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Tex
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Catoctin Mountains
Camp David
China
Soviet Union
Florida
California
Key Biscayne
San Clemente
United States
Venice
Maffeo
Nicolo Polo
Marco
Cathay
Genoa
Marco Polo and the Mongol World in the 13th Century
The narrative recounts Marco Polo’s travels to Kublai Khan’s Yuan capital in Cambaluc and the Mongol realm, noting paper money and courier systems while contrasting Chinese hostility with Polo’s envoy role. It traces Ming and later Manchu rule, with early Portuguese traders arriving in Canton and expanding Eurasian contact.
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Genghis
Cambalue
Peking
Marco
Kublai
Burma
Java
Vietnam
Japan
China
Chu Yiane-chane
Ming
Glorinus
Canton
Manchuria
Champion Duck Caller Passes on His Ability
A Houston visitor struggles with a Dixie Mallard Call before Stuttgart elder Darce M. Major who is renowned as the world’s best duck caller. The 75 year old retired from competition to focus on manufacturing and teaching others the craft at his Stuttgart workshop. Major’s family and wife Sophie lead most making and instruction duties while spelling out Major’s long record of world titles and regional championships. The feature notes Major’s early life, career shifts, and ongoing influence on duck calling in Arkansas and beyond.
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World Front
Uncle Sam
China
Japan
Russia
India
West Germany
Great Britain
Australia
Catherine the Great
Harvard
World Population Control Agency
Bill Lancaster
Pine Bluff
Stuttgart
Ark
Houston
Tex
Darce M
Major
Gulf Coast
Sophie
Pat
Arkansas
Brenda
Dixie
Eddie Holt
Conway
Springfield
Plummerville
Chick
Little Rock
Southwestern Transportation Co
Spokane
Wash
States
Canada
Red Bluff
Calif
Rex
Hotel Pierre Heist Loot Tops Five Million
New York police probe a New Year’s weekend raid at the Pierre hotel described as one of the city’s biggest robberies. Investigation suggests the crew may be linked to earlier heists, including a Miami Beach resort and a Park Avenue Drake Hotel incident, with 19 people restrained and 47 safes looted. Detectives note the attackers showed insider knowledge of the hotel and security routines.
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New York
Pierre
John Keeney
Patrick V. Murphy
New York Daily News
Harbor Island Spa
Miami Beach
Drake
Park Avenue
the Pierre
Onassis Denies Rumors of Fierce Airport Row
London reports Jackie Onassis and Aris Onassis had a furious row at Heathrow VIP lounge. Jackie flew to New York alone while Aris planned to join her next week. The couple dismissed the tale as nonsense and accused press rivals of trying to bury them or divorce them.
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Jackie Onassis
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Heathrow
Onassis
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