Pollution Concern Questions Lake Erie and Sewage Deals
The Lima Star Editorial Page laments pollution in the area citing fetid streams and a “sea of sewage.” It notes state orders to Allen County commissioners on sewage disposal, a Lima refinery expansion, and calls for action. Rep. Harsha proposed a three year tax write off to spur waste treatment plant construction.
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Christian Morris
Allen County
Lima Stancord Oil Co
Ottawa River
Lake Erie
Harsha Sais
Harsha
Medicare Holdouts Face Outreach Effort in Maryland
Social Security Commissioner Robert M. Ball says about 4.4 million elderly are eligible for supplementary medical insurance under Medicare but have not applied. A concerted effort will contact potential enrollees to explain advantages in Woodlawn Maryland as the deadline looms for enrollment on March 31.
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Baltimore, Md
Social Security
Robert M. Ball
Ball
Social Security Headquarters
Woodlawn
Foundations Under Tax Exemption Shake Up Corporate Power
Drew Pearson notes major American corporations are controlled by tax exempt foundations created to dodge taxes rather than give charity. Rep Patman cites reforms to limit foundation ownership to 20 percent of a business, with Johnson urging action. Congressmen Howard Smith H Allen Smith and James Ute maneuver in cloakrooms to block reforms and preserve tax privileges.
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Washington
America
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Johnson
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Patman
Capitol
Howard Smith
D-Va
House Rules Committee
H. Allen Smith
Rcalif
James Ute
R-Calif
Groups Dodge Tax in the Way of Proposed Reforms
The piece details how three groups evade taxes amid reform efforts and describes their ties to tax-exempt foundations. It traces links among Howard Smith, H Allen Smith, and the Irvine Foundation, noting foundation control and potential real estate interests in Los Angeles, with letters to Mrs. Thurmond Clarke and mentions of Irvine stock proportions. It also touches a Capitol dome bribery probe history and related union corruption cases.
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al Three
H. Allen Smith
James Irvine
Yale Historian Lynd Granted Year-Long Leave for Book
Staughton Lynd, Yale history professor whose passport was revoked after an unauthorized trip to Hanoi, is granted a year of leave to write a book on 38th century origins of the American radical tradition. He has a Morse fellowship enabling paid research at Salk.
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New Haven, Conn
Staughton Lynd
Yale
Hanoi
Lynd
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Tom
William H. Harsha
Ohio
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Drew Pearson
Bell-McClure Syndicate
Jack Ander
Alexandria National Bank
International Bank
George Olmsted
George Olmsted Foundation
Irvine
Ute
Irvine Foundation
Irvine Company
Utt Development Company
N. Loyall McLaren
Utt
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Lke
Capitol Dome
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
Robert Lowry
Lowry
L. M. Raftery
Shatly
S. Frank Raftery
Young Raftery
FBI
Painters Union
New York
Unon
U.S
Charles Metzner
Eisenhower
Metzner
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
Trans World Airlines
Howeard Hughes
Hughes
TWA
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