Editorial Dodging Income Taxes by Joint Chiefs of Staff
Five service chiefs claim residency in states where they do not live and defense officials say this coincidence avoids taxation of military pay. The piece notes some servicemen legitimately escape taxes, others due to noncompliance, and reviews a proposal to tax where the service member resides with federal withholding. It argues withholding would be costly and impractical but stresses legal obedience.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Department
Joint Chiefs
Thay
Wisconsin
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Commission
Congress
Censoring The Fixer Sparks Debate In Island Trees
In Island Trees district a school board removed The Fixer and Slaughterhouse Five for alleged anti Semitic content prompting critics to accuse officials of censoring literature they have not read. Malamud and Vonnegut are cited as voices arguing for literary access and reader education.
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Bernard Malamud
America
Russia
Long Island
Island ‘Free School Board
Malamud
Richard Afrens
Puitzer Price Witners
Kurt Vonnegat
Island Tree
Montgomery the British General from Desert to Detractors
The piece portraits Monty as Britain's famed but unpopular commander who revived the Eighth Army in Egypt while facing criticism from peers like Patton and Bradley and Eisenhower. It cites Speidel calling him a terrible commander and notes public support for Monty’s leadership and his impact on British morale, contrasted with modest official rewards. It ends reflecting on his enduring popular appeal despite peer doubt.
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Paris
Lord Montgomery
Britain
Wellington
Iron Duke
Patton
Bradley
Eisenhower
Hans Speidel
Rommel
Montgomery
Senhower
Egypt
Cromwell
Ife
Apsley House
Piccadilly
Monty
Hampshire
London
Islington Mill
Winston
S. Churchill
Moscow
Napoleon
Hitler
China
Arnhem
Tuesday without a primary on the centennial year
A narrated Tuesday morning in 1078 reveals a world without a primary election. A couple debates how to proceed with televised results and how their friends and familiar commentators Walter Cronkite and Tarry Reasoner will be absent. The scene mixes humor with election news obsessions and domestical reassurance.
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Washington
Hawaii
American Samoa
Puerto Rico
John Chancellor
Tarry Reasoner
Walter Cronkite
Safety Maps for Cities a Necessary Evil
A discussion notes Safety Maps sold for Washington DC tourists to avoid danger areas and find services like rape crisis centers and safe late night drugstores. The piece jokes about urban risk, cites New York City zones, and hints at broader concerns about urban safety and surveillance in crowded areas.
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New York City
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Normandy
Falaise
el Alamein
Rodmel
Tke
Western Desert
Suez
de Gaulle
Useles
France
Churchill
Stalin
Sulzberger
Diallnetic
Jen
Elegans
Walter T. Ridder
Wally
Safeway
New York
California
Walter
Harry
John
William Farmer
Ridder News Service
Washington, D.C
P.S., Tne
Fant
Paul Revere
Old North Church
Senator Soaper
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