Social Security tax hike proposed for 1965
A pending Congress proposal would raise Social Security taxes for about 75 million workers and 5.3 million employers starting in 1965. The wage base would rise from 4800 to 5400, with the employee and employer rate at 3.8 percent in 1965 and rising to 4.8 percent by 1971. Self employed tax would move to 5.7 percent in 1966 and 7.2 percent in 1971.
Colleges Project 100 Percent Enrollment Increase in Wisconsin
Madison report from the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance predicts undergraduate enrollment in the state's public and private colleges will rise from about 80 000 in 1963 to 170 000 by 1973. Public institutions may absorb most of the growth as system coordination studies consider four higher education sectors including the University of Wisconsin, state universities, county teachers colleges, and vocational and adult education. The piece also outlines proposed changes to a coordinating committee and notes tax policy impacts on workers and self employed individuals amid 1964 65 income tax reductions.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
Alliance
Committee of 25
University of Wisconsin
Coordinating Committee For Higher Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Chinese Diplomat Granted U S Asylum After Defection
Tung Chi-ping a Chinese Communist diplomat who defected in Burundi on May 26 has been granted asylum in the United States. The 24 year old former cultural attaché at the Beijing embassy in Bujumbura is due to arrive at Kennedy Airport New York from Rome after renewing his asylum request with the U S Embassy in Rome.
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Washington
State Department
Tung Chi-ping
Burundi
United States
Tung
Bujumbura
Kennedy International
New York
Rome
Robert J. McCloskey
USS
Eau Claire Choir Heads to Europe on Concert Tour
The Eau Claire State University choir will perform in the State Capitol rotunda in Madison on Wednesday during a European tour. Gov. Reynolds invited the group to stop in Madison as their tour departs Chicago for Scotland England France Belgium and Holland.
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Madison
Eau Claire State University
State Capitol
John W. Reynolds
Chicago
Scotland
England
France
Belgium
Holland
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