IRS Directive 68 Bullyboy Tactics Probe Corporate Bribes
A midwestern business executive condemns IRS Directive No. 68 as sweeping and vague probing 11 questions about bribes and kickbacks. IRS agents reportedly require written responses under perjury penalties with possible criminal referrals if false.
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Hays affair prompts call for due process and candor
The piece argues the Hays mistress payroll issue inflames public emotion and urges leaders to temper reaction with reason. It notes media sensationalism, calls for full investigation of congressional staffing, and warns against partisan defenses while recalling historical precedents and a biblical verse.
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Jail bugs and pools loom in Bicentennial notes
Police report a prisoner in a new jail center contracted crab lice prompting delousing of the infected cellblock while others showered with disinfectant. Debates consider abandoning two city pools for two new ones and a year round indoor facility to aid early morning practice and meet scheduling for high school swimmers. In Genoa a 1870 brick outhouse built for a nearby school is preserved on the National Register and slated for renovation as a privy to serve a new bike trail.
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Memoirs reveal Hubert Humphrey as a gracious yet conflicted leader
In a Bill Moyers interview, Hubert Humphrey is portrayed as a nice man who shuns firing staff but struggles with Johnson, Stevenson betrayals, and antiwar suspicions. The memoirs discuss his 1968 bid, Nixon’s rise, and Humphrey’s civil rights legacy and peace initiatives.
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Baseball and the free market in the modern game
George F. Will traces baseball’s shift from anti trust exemption to a freer labor market. He cites Catfish Hunter and Messersmith as pivotal cases, notes Finley’s player sales and Kuhn’s ban, and argues owners seek profits over idealistic stances, paralleling football’s free market dynamics and commercial motives.
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