Social Security tax base to rise in 1988
Nine teen million workers will pay up to 70.20 more in Social Security taxes next year as the wage base rises from 15 300 to 16 500 dollars. Self employed maximum tax climbs to 1 303 50. Retirees gain higher earning limit for 3 000 without monthly cuts. Tax rate remains 5.8 percent. Benefits rise 6.4 percent earlier this year.
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Washington
Social Security
James B. Cardwell
Little Rock
Southwestern Bell
State Public Service Commission
Bell
PSC
Acorn sues Springdale mayor over petition ad in paper
Acorn files a $1 million damage suit against Mayor Roy Ritter alleging the Sept ad naming petition signers to lifeline electric rate plans invaded rights to free speech and petition and used city employees. Another suit seeks to keep lifeline proposal off the ballot. Lifeline would shift bills to residents vs industries.
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Springdale, Ark
ACORN
Roy Ritter
Springdale
Ritter
Fallout from Chinese blast misses Arkansas says health official
Arkansas Health Department spokesman Frank Wilson says no fallout in rain or air samples from the Sept. 26 Chinese atomic blast were detected in the state. Several other states report fallout in Pennsylvania, the Pacific Northwest, and South Carolina.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Health Department
Frank Wilson
Health Department
Bureau of Environmental Health
Pennsylvania
Pacific Northwest
South Carolina
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Pine Bluff
Ark
South Arkansas
State Supreme Court
Murray Reed
Odell G. Kuykendall
Reed
Carpenter
Supreme Court
Ford
Pinto
Hope Auto CO
Thunderbird
Ford Dealers
Benny Goodman
Glenn Miller
Woody Herman
Tommy Dorsey
Hope, Ark
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