Here's Good Beginning on Tax Reform
A Treasury ruling allowing tax exempt bonds for local government industrial development has spurred controversy. The practice, used by about 40 states, lets firms secure capital at 4 to 5 percent via lease-financed bonds, edging out competitors and raising municipal debt. The piece urges swift reform, including charitable foundations taxes and gift and estate taxes, to curb depreciation writeoffs by the wealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Chamber of Commerce
Treasury
Johnson
Few Cracks in Sweden s Neutrality
Ambassador William Heath is recalled for a review of U S Swedish relations amid Sweden s pro Viet Cong displays led by education minister Olof Palme and supported by Prime Minister Tage Erlander. Critics say Sweden s openness to U S deserters and Palme s parade actions damage neutrality, provoking Washington and Sweden s press.
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William Heath
Stockholm
State Department
U.S
Sweden
Palme
Washington
Palme-Erlanger
Expressen
Olof Palme
Rolten
Denmark
Open Forum on Beautification and Public Finance Critique
A reader disputes plans to beautify Santa Fe Avenue between Anaheim and Willow urging the city to inspect the area’s Navy housing and local businesses. The letter questions financing, warns of political impact, and cites Belmont Shore and Long Beach Blvd as misdirected projects. It praises Mary Neiswender for newsroom scrutiny of dope offense sentencing and calls for courtroom accountability.
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Santa Fe Avenue
Anaheim
Willow
Long Beach
Navy
Navy Commissary
Messrs
Santa Fe Ave
Ches
Crow and Sullivan
Belmont Shore
Long Beach Blvd
Mary Neiswender
United Press
Auburn
Placer County
Hellhcop
Baldwin Hiller
The Caesars of Sawdust Analysis of Global Leadership Crisis
A broad critique of postwar leadership legitimacy. It cites Britain, India, China, West Germany, and other nations, noting widespread distrust of leaders and a shift toward centralized power. It references Amaury de Riencourt on Caesarism and warns of concentrated authority in democracies.
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Paris
Johnson
Britain
India
China
West Germany
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Poland
Egypt
Mao Tse-tung
Petrushevskiy
Peking
Prague
Madrid
Warsaw
London
Cairo
Berlin
Amaury de Riencourt
Russia
Riencourt
The Rise and Limits of Modern Leadership
A critique of executive power in modern states. The article contrasts strong leaders like Wilson and De Gaulle with broader governance, arguing that technology and polling reveal problems but cannot supply answers. It warns that personal prestige fades and small men surround weak rulers, while machines can read but not guide human decisions.
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de Gaulle
Violence as Moral Pur Sut Theory Prompted by Mass Engagement
The text argues that a theory views violence as morally justified when a sufficient number of people act together in a location and time. It suggests the crowd dynamic justifies violence as a collective purging or pur sut mechanism.
Educational Crisis Faces the Wallaces in Alabama
A fragment describes Governor Wallace’s hospitalization and her husband’s political maneuvers as Alabama faces a turbulent crisis. The piece notes claims of power ambitions and quotes a state trooper invoking George Wallace, Bear Bryant, and Jesus Christ.
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Alabama
George Wallace
Bear Bryant
Jesus Christ
Educational Crisis Deepens in Alabama as Salaries Lagg
Ralph McGill reports from the capital as Dr. C P Nelson of the Alabama Education Association warns of crisis conditions in Alabama education. The study shows Alabama trails the nation in teacher salaries and per pupil spending, with a widening disparity since 1959 60. Nelson calls for immediate state aid, not tax hikes, to prevent loss of teachers and further decline in quality. He notes 404 dollars per pupil versus the national average and 5725 dollars yearly teacher pay, 1571 below national. The article also questions Governor Wallace s education gains and portrays worry among educators about the pace and quality of state colleges and intellectual life.
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C. P. Nelson
Alabama Education Association
Nelson
Alabama
Association
Wallace
George
History of My Life Volumes 3 and 4 by Casanova
New translation by Willard Trask of Casanova's life covering the most extraordinary exploits including an affair with a nun and his escape from the Inquisitors' prison under the Doge's Palace. Trask previously earned a National Book Award for Volumes 1 and 2.
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Giacomo Casanova
Willard BR. Trask
Marcourt, Brace and World
Willard Trask
Trask
Casanova
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Cal State
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Phil Magruder
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