Tax relief bill promises tax cuts and home sale gains
A tax-cutting measure moves through Congress amid debate branding it both a windfall for millionaires and insufficient reform. It would slash capital gains to 35 percent, raise personal exemptions, and allow a $100000 tax-free profit on a home sale once in a lifetime, with a $16.2 billion price tag and potential passage this session. A separate American Farm Bureau survey highlights farmer integrity and public concern over inflation, prices, and unemployment while praising farmers’ role in food production and self‑reliance.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Leo Shapiro
Chicago
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Shapiro
Tax-free profit and tax relief plans stir debate
Governor Blair Lee touts a $60 million surplus as a means to avoid tax hikes while preserving a $106 million reserve used for a 1978 tax relief. He also orders hiring freezes and a 1.3 million job-cut plan, aiming to curb expenditures rather than raise taxes. Fireflies and science digest tangentially noted as quirky aside.
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Lee
Interview with educator Dr. C Taylor Whittier on schools
A traveler meets Taylor Whittier, former Montgomery County schools chief and UTSA education professor, and records his views on accountability, political goals versus educational aims, funding, and the changing teacher force. Whittier cautions that accountability targets should align with long term plans and notes that public policy shapes student expectations, resources, and realities in schooling today.
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C. Taylor Whittier
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Philadelphia
Caucavon
State of Kansas
University of Texas At
San Antonio
Politicigna
Texas
Plans For The Erection And County Road Work In July 1858
From files of July 1858: plans for erection and infrastructure, an experimental mechanised Army force with motorcycles and armored vehicles to pass through Frederick on route to Gettysburg, county road program disrupted by storm damage, cornerstone laid for Zion Lutheran Sunday School chapel in Middletown, Braddock Heights Firemen test new pumper, Little League playoffs crown East Frederick champions, Frederick Golfers lead Tri-State League, plus reflections on education standards and county school system.
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Fort Leonard Wood
Gettysburg
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Zion
Middletown
William Charlies Day
A. E. Cooper
Landisville
L. Osman Derr
Emory Coblentz
Th Reformed Church
Walter LaGare
East Frederick
GOP Scandal in Pennsylvania Linked to U S Attorney
Washington reports reveal a Pennsylvania political scandal tied to U S Attorney Griffin Bell and his handling of cases involving Democratic congressmen. The story centers on alleged sex and blackmail allegations, irregular prosecutions, and potential conflicts of interest involving Republican figures Elsie Hillman and Richard Thornburgh, with ongoing investigations in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.
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David Marston
U.S
Philadelphia
Daniel Flood
Joshua Eulberg
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Clark Mollenhoff
Blair A. Griffith
Republican National Committee
Elsie Hillman
GOP
Richard Thorn
Griffith
Davieo
Jesus Redington
Robert N.ee
James
Mike
Thornburgh
Eae
FBT
John Portella
Robert Batzier
Roark
Cole
Grmand
Hillman
Office Department
Grin
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Justice Department
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J.B. Hamme
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Culler Lake
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C. Wilson Rankles
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Winchester
Jack Anderson
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