Editorial: Thinking About Taxes in Light of 1976 Law
The April filing deadline approaches and the Tax Reform Act of 1976 reshapes deductions and credits. Changes affect foreign income, tax shelters, historic structure incentives, welfare hires credits, and estate taxes, with mixed views on overall equity.
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Peter M. Gutmann
Baruch College
City University of New York
China Above Ground Nuclear Tests Spark Global Alarm
A provocative op ed criticizes Peking for above ground nuclear blasts since 1969, arguing they wage undeclared war on humanity. It denounces Western complacency, calls for action by Jimmy Carter, and questions ethical responsibility amid detente tensions.
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Peking
Red China
Nixon tax deductions trigger rookie congressional probe talk
Washington rookies press a probe into Nixon taxes citing $476,431 in deductions for gifts of papers to the National Archives and other costs. The Joint Committee report found deductions improper and urged increases in 1969 to 1972 taxes, with no evidence of gift acceptance by archives.
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Nixon
National Archives
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
San Clemente
General Services Administration
Joint Committee
Merry Christmas Gift List From Art Buchwald
Art Buchwald jokes about giving readers gifts in 1976 and ends with a plan to send every reader the amount of money South Korea gave U.S. congressmen, in exchange for kind thoughts toward South Korea and cooperation in the coming year.
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Carter
Jimmy Carter
Goodwill Industries
South Korea
United States
Christmas Eve in History and Names for December 24
The almanac notes today as December 24 1976 a Christmas Eve with Kit Carson born 1809 and Howard Hughes born 1905. It lists historical events including the 1814 US Britain treaty ending the War of 1812 and the 1942 assassination of Adm Darlan. It mentions Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer song in 1949 and a Moore poem line.
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Howard R. Hughes
United States
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Tenn
Ku Klux Klan
Jean Louis Darlan
North Africa
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