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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1975
Page
7
Mao Zedong is 82 and remains the dominant figure in China as officials avoid public birthday acknowledgment. He has chaired the Communist Party since 1935 and led China since 1949, the longest tenure after Tito, with 16 foreign meetings in 1975 amid Chou En-lai’s illness.
Calhoun County Texas Commissioners Court schedules a public hearing for January 16, 1976 at 10:00 AM in Port Lavaca Courthouse to review the 1976 budget, substitute actual cash balances for estimates, and allow taxpayer participation. County Judge Willis F Jetton presiding.
Stamford AP reports Russian actress Victoria Fyodorova expects a baby in May. Fyodorova, 29, is married to Pan American Airlines pilot Fred Polly and is the daughter of Russian actress Zoya Fyodorova and American admiral Jackson R. Tate. Tate, retired in Florida, learned of his daughter only recently after a long separation. Zoya remains in Moscow but hopes to visit the United States soon.
No red shirts for Santa in Hicksville as Michael Claus, 28, jokes that Christmas was great. His wife Joyce says he is a great, ordinary guy and shares affection for the holiday. The article notes he does not own a red suit.
Washington AP A GAO report criticizes the Federal Reserve Board the office of the comptroller of the currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp for wasteful spending in space travel and furniture. Sen William Proxmire notes per employee costs far exceed those of other regulators and cites Washington office trends. He also says the agencies operate outside the normal budget process and face no annual congressional review.
The Postal Service will begin delivering 84 million tax forms to homes and businesses, possibly the largest single mailing in U.S. history. Most taxpayers cannot file until next month when employers issue earnings statements, with April 15, 1976, as the deadline. The form adds credits for personal exemptions and earned income and includes Census Bureau demographic questions. A red white and blue look, designation of $1 to the presidential campaign fund remains. Taxpayers lacking mail forms can obtain them at IRS offices, banks, and post offices.
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