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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1976
Page
4
In a letter dated after Christmas, Donald C. Alexander notes that the 1040 form is more complex than last year and the accompanying packet is larger. The package expands to 36 pages of fine print instructions.
A columnist contrasts a public dispute over 50 million dollars for Angola with readers uncertain of its location. The piece shifts to critique the 1975 tax form complexity, Treasury Secretary Simon's proposal for a simple flat like reform, and Alexander’s call for simpler tax law, weighing fairness against individual deductions and potential revenue shifts.
Sens. Percy and Byrd call for Congress and the President to enact a five group plan that sets a yearly target from 1977 to 1981 to reform agency laws or trigger automatic reform or extinction. The proposal aims to overcome inertia and special interests. The text also recalls Washington allowing black enlistment in 1776 and a biblical verse from Luke.
In New York the Strand Book Store on Broadway at 12th Street holds about two million books and is described as a city institution. Fred Bass, 47, runs the store with his father Benjamin, 74, amid graffiti and a dedicated staff, buying broadly and selling rare volumes including an 1814 Oxford history for $2,000 and a Phillies history for $2.50.
Phyllis Battelle Wells reports Transcendental Meditation advocate Maharishi Mahesh Yogi believes 1 percent meditators can reduce crime and militarism. Studies in selective towns suggest crime falls with meditation. Einstein also foresaw 2 percent resisting war could render militaries unable to wage it.
A 1931 essay by H G Wells warned of world systems ruled by politics and finance while predicting a possible global dictatorship of prosperity. He doubted awakening among leaders and urged resolute citizens to avert militarism and class conflict. Wells died in 1946, and the piece remains a cautionary study of ambition and inertia.
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