IRS allows tax deductible weekend as entertainment
A 1950s column notes the IRS ruling that a summer weekend at a country home can be tax deductible if business is discussed and a clear business relationship exists. The piece satirically imagines a corporate setting with romantic dialogue to question the rule's limits and implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Buchwald
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Miss Goodheart
Secret Valley Hotel
Mr. Rathbone
Cleary Plastics
Alpha Containers
Justice Department
Miss Goodhart
Bayonne
Joan of Arc
Jesus
God
Goethe
Charles Lamb
Machiavelli
Epicurus
Southeast Asia hindsight and uncertain Vietnam history
Capitol Hill columnist Bruce Biossat argues that judging Southeast Asia through the Vietnam era is perilous and uncertain. He warns that clear truth about Vietnam’s impact on Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines remains elusive, with domino theory unproven or un disproven and future paths for nations unknowable. He notes Indonesia’s 1965 bloodbath and cautions that the war altered regional dynamics beyond Vietnam, urging restraint from retroactive certainty while future historians may reveal more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Biossat
Washington
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
America
Thailand
Burma
Malaysia
Indonesia
Philippines
Indochina
South Vietnam
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Hanoi
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh
Military cosmetic surgery at three big U S hospitals
Washington column reports that wives and daughters of servicemen at Bethesda Naval Hospital Walter Reed and Lackland Air Force Base Hospital receive plastic surgery at military expense chiefly cosmetic in nature. Procedures are space available with low priority but aid morale and recruiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Washington
Wilbur Latham
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Willis Ritter
Salt Lake City
Delmar Larson
FBI
Ritter
Larson
New Mexico
Office of Price Administration
Athlete's Foot Surfaces In Nation Wide Health Quip
New York AP column details on fitness trends and widespread ailments. Highlights include 16 million annual athlete's foot cases, common vision trouble among adults, fashion lore, trivia, and brief notes from Adlai Stevenson, plus miscellaneous quotes and curious facts about history, language, drugs, and nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Columist
Martha Washington
Morocco
National Geographic Society
Adlai E. Stevenson
America
Andrew Lord
Centerbrook
Conn
Andy
Riveria
Labor Rail Lines Face Bankruptcy
Washington columnist Victor Riesel argues that the Penn Central crisis reflects a broader crisis caused by political meddling and union pressure. He cites costly make-work rules, oversized crews, and archaic pay practices as bankrupting factors while urging Congress to approve emergency strike legislation to avert further job losses and line shutdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
Washington
Pennsy
Penn Central
United Transportation Union
UTU
Charley Luna
Luna
Indiana
Ohio
New York
Amtrak
Bella Abzug
Bill Usery
Charlie Lunas
Charles Luna
National Railway
Bor
John P. Hiltz Jr
Les Dennis
Brotherhood of
Railway and
Congress
Senate Labor
House
Railroads
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Capitol Hill
Social Security
Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Indiana, Pa
B.A. Ray
N. Dewitt Ray
Amye Taylor Ray
RK. Hastie Ray
Russell M. Hickey
Joseph L. Donnelly
William B. Hastings
Frank B. Hood
Associated Press
AP News
Amstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Pentagon
Marine Corps
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Salt Lake U.S
Alabama
Alabama State Board of Health
Macon County
State Health Board
General Hospital
John Andrew Hospital
John Andrew
Staggers
House Commerce Committee
Harley Staggers
D-W
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Albert
CBS
Frank Stanton
Boyle
NEA, Inc
Treving
Fortune
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