Lawmaker seeks orderly tax reform broadening loophole review
The Mills bill in the House would reform tax provisions by 1974 over three years, eliminating deductions and credits mainly affecting middle income and elderly Americans. It targets oil producers and business incentives, arguing reform must hit middle Americans hardest to fund social programs and curb tax shelters.
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Copley
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Middle America
Mills
Rotting Dollars in Social Security Tax Proposals
The proposed social security benefit hike would raise payroll taxes by 4.2 billion in 1972 and 57 billion by 1978. A large manufacturer projects a 53 million tax rise by 1978. The piece warns deficits fuel currency rot and slower inflation protection, urging either higher taxes or spending cuts as a remedy.
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Congress
Column Closer Facts From Various Times
The column lists historical notes and trivia from different periods including Roosevelt Panama visit as first president on foreign soil, labor victories in 1794 Philadelphia, Greek meaning of Philip, copper as ancient metal, U.S. litter cleanup cost of 500 million annually, Elysee Palace as France president residence, average human heart weights, and corduroy origin from corde du roi meaning the king's cloth.
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Theodore Roosevelt
U.S
Panama
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Philadelphia
This Day In History June 29 1972 Highlights
Key events include Henry Clay's death in 1852 and the 1946 Palestine arrests of 2700 Jews. 1964 Fidel Castro’s sister defected to Mexico City. 1970 US troops withdrew from Cambodia to South Vietnam. William Mayo born 1861. Born under Cancer. Moon phases noted.
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United Press International
Venus
Saturn
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
William Mayo
Henry Clay
Washington
Palestine
Fidel Castro
Mexico City
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Nixon And The Big States Coalition Strategy
An analysis of President Nixon's 1972 reelection prospects through the big electoral states. It assesses his potential gains and losses across California Illinois Pennsylvania Texas New York and more, and how urban Catholic, suburban, and Protestant voters shape the map. It weighs Catholic school and abortion positions and possible shifts from the traditional Roosevelt coalition.
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Washinton
Nixon
John XX
Mr. Nixon
White House
Middle South
George Wallace
Miami Beach
New York
California
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Texas
Michigan
New Jersey
Florida
Massachusetts
Indiana
Minois
Plains States
Southwest
Virginia
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Big States
Hubert Humphrey
Adlai E. Stevenson II
Humphrey
Treasury
John Connally
Rizzo
Philadelphia
The
Angels
James L. Buckley
Roosevelt
Jeffrey Hart
Population Commission
New York State
John F. Kennedy
Connally Emerges as 1976 GOP Hope, Backers Push State Secretary Role
A loose faction of influential Republicans backing John Connally convenes around a 1976 White House bid. They envision him as Nixon’s Secretary of State rather than running mate, citing his international negotiating experience and desire for a high-visibility post. The group has no formal structure, funds, or direct contact with Connally yet.
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Richard Nixon
Texas
Navy
Treasury
John Connally
Connally
White House
Nixon
Republic
U.S
Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Martin van Buren
Spiro Agnew
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
van Buren
Buchanan
State
Supreme Court
John Marshall
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
Elihu Root
Robert Lansing
Charles E. Hughes
Frank Kellogg
Henry Stimson
James Blaine
Cordell Hull
John Foster Dulles
Dean Acheson
TV Pundits and Nixon May 8 Speech Analyzed
The piece critiques TV commentators for reacting gloomily to Nixon’s May 8 bombing and mining of North Vietnam. It argues their predictions underestimated the summit's odds and overemphasized antiwar sentiment, misreading Soviet stakes and long term outcomes.
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Nixon
North Vietnam
Eric Sevareid
Richard Nixon
Charles Collingwood
Hopping Mad Over Kangaroo Murder
Don Oakley reports a view by Marian Newman of The Fund for Animals that US imports and tourist activity fuel kangaroo killings in Australia. She urges listing the species as endangered to ban imports. Australia retains sovereignty to manage its wildlife.
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United States
Marian Newman
Washington
Fund For Animals, Inc
Australia
One Man s Patriotism and a Kent State Lecture
Harvard biochemist and Nobel laureate Dr George Wald spoke at Kent State University s Center for Peaceful Change memorializing the May 4 1970 tragedy He questioned patriotic support for North Vietnam and Viet Cong advances and contrasted freedoms in democracy with actions allowed in North Vietnam
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Harvard
George Wald
Center For Peaceful Change
Kent State University
Vietnam
Hanoi
Ward
North Vietnam
New Nickname Chosen for West German Police
North Rhine Westphalia interior minister urged better image for police nicknames. A public vote favored Polli over Bulli, with a song to promote the new term being prepared for nationwide use.
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West Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Panama City and Tallahassee Officials Listed
A fragment lists Florida figures including Bempsy J Barrow and Matlory E Home Suite in Tallahassee Bank Building. It notes addresses in Panama City Fort Walton Beach Crestview Pace Winter Park and Washington offices for U S Senators and Representatives with phone numbers and office locations.
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Matlory E
Tallahassee Bank
Tallahassee
Fla
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ABC
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Edmund Stevens
NBC
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Panama City
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Fort Walton Beach
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P.O
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Pace
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