Treasury proposes tax on fringe benefits for employees
The Treasury Department seeks up to 100 million dollars by taxing fringe benefits provided by employers. Benefits like company aircraft use and executive limousines could be taxed if available only to high earners, while some perks such as standby airline travel for flight attendants may be exempt. Public comment is due soon as Treasury weighs difficult rulemaking and potential errors.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Department
Director Dies From Violence Like His Films
In Rome the 17-year-old suspect, Giuseppe Pelosi, claims Pasolini started a fight after resisting homosexual advances. Police confirm Pelosi, arrested for speeding Pasolini’s car, faces voluntary homicide charges. Pasolini, 53, famed director of Oedipus Rex and The Gospel, was beaten and run over near Ostia after being lured from Rome.
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Rome
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pasolini
Giuseppe Pelosi
Ostia
Fiumicino
Pelosi
Medea
Maria Callas
Italy
Michelangelo Antonioni
Grocery Bills Fairly Steady in October AP Survey
New York AP report shows monthly grocery costs remained largely stable in October. Rising prices for chopped duck frozen orange juice and butter were offset by declines in eggs hot dogs and sugar across a 15 item market basket surveyed in 13 cities with monthly checks beginning March 1 1973.
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New York
Associated Press
Beirut Quiet After 12th Cease-Fire Amid Civil War
A new lull in Beirut’s Christian Muslim war emerged as negotiators led by Premier Rashid Karami and Palestinian guerrilla leaders secured a renewed cease-fire. While most fighters halted assaults on the hotel district, sniper fire and localized clashes persisted in Chiyah and Ein Rummaneh. Officials noted many armed groups withdrew, but deeper tensions remain with over 6,500 killed in seven months.
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Lebanon
Rashid Karami
Karami
Christian Phalange Party
National Liberal Party
Holiday Inn
Phoenicia
St. Georges
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
Chiyah
Ein Rummaneh
Beirut Radio
Arafat
Polygamist Homesteader Leads Battle of Shacks
GLEN CANYON CITY Utah AP Led by polygamist Alexander Joseph a diverse group of would be homesteaders has fought the Bureau of Land Management to a standstill over living in trailers shacks and tents on federal land near here for more than six months. The government says the land cannot support human life and that the settlers are trespassers. A federal judge has upheld the government's position while authorities warn of possible armed resistance if evicted. Joseph who wears an Indian style headband says he loves America and obeys its laws and claims a kingdom here though voluntary. The BLM resists new arrivals and has returned deposits from other applicants.
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Utah
Bureau of Land Management
Alexander Joseph
Interior Department
Joseph
America
BLM
Salt Lake City
Grim Competition for Med School Entrance
AP report examines the high pressure path to medical school, where 15,000 openings at 114 schools attract 47 applications each, with a heavy GPA focus, computer filtering, and rising stress. Educators debate pass fail options and alternative careers as some push for lotteries or broader evaluative methods.
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Alton Blakeslee
Chris
University of California At
Los Angeles
Alfred Gellhorn
City College of New York
Quick Action Saves Boy From Serious Burns
At a high school weekend music festival and bonfire, 15-year-old Douglas Hern stepped into gasoline. Patrolman Thomas Sturm smothered the flames with his jacket as a youth and another teen aided, preventing serious burns.
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Louis
Douglas Hern
Thomas Sturm
Hern
Sturm
Priceless Art Stolen From Cologne Cathedral Heist
Police hunt two men who accessed Cologne Cathedral by exterior scaffolding during repairs. They stole 15 items including golden monstrances crosses and bishops rings valued at millions of marks but described as priceless by church officials. Witnesses saw two men, ages about 30 and 45, flee with sacks around 1 a.m. Sunday. Rewards totaling 20,000 dollars offered for information leading to recovery.
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Cologne
West Germany
Cargo for Israel Passes Suez Canal After 15 Years
A Greek ship carrying Romanian cement for Israel crossed the Suez Canal, enabled by the Sinai accord negotiated by Henry Kissinger. The 9,645-ton Olympus, leased to Zim Lines, was due to reach Eilat in Israel's Red Sea port.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Suez Canal
Sinai
Henry Kissinger
Olympus
Zim Lines
Red Sea
Eilat
Senior Citizens Can Be Foster Grandparents
The Central Missouri Counties Consumer Development Corp announces that Mexico Area senior citizens can become Foster Grandparents with eight placements at Courtney Day Care Center. Program provides one to one adult support for children with special needs, paid at 1.60 an hour, 20 hour weeks, and benefits. Applications at HDC office 207 N Washington or by phone 561-3138.
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Central Missouri
Richard Savage
HDC
Cheryl Ligon
Mexico
Fulton
Columbia
Boonville
Washington
Kansas City Man Heads Hospitallers
USAGE BEACH Mo AP George H Yeckel executive director of Menorah Medical Center Kansas City will be installed as chairman of the Missouri Hospital Association during the 53rd annual convention He will succeed Carl C Rasche president of Deaconess Hospital in St Louis The three day convention started today Malpractice liability and the federal Health Planning Act are on the agenda State Sen William J Cason of Clinton seeking the Democratic nomination for governor will speak at the annual luncheon The convention ends Wednesday after the final hearing of the Missouri Senate Select Committee on Malpractice.
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Usage Beach
George H. Yeckel
Menorah Medical Center
Kansas City
Missouri Hospital Association
Yeckel
170- Hospital Association
Carl C. Rasche
Deaconess Hospital
St. Louis
William J. Cason
Clinton
Missouri Senate Select Committee
Dry And Mild Outlook For Rest Of Week
The National Weather Service forecast dry and unseasonably mild weather for the remainder of the week across Missouri. Rain totals were light in Kansas City, St. Joseph, Springfield, and West Plains, with early temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s and highs around 70 to the mid 70s.
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Missouri
National Weather Service
St. Joseph
Springfield
West Plains
Weather Service
Joplin
Kirksville
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