Social Security Increases Tax Changes Take Effect Early
The 1974 payroll tax base rises from 10800 to 12600 with a 5.85 percent rate, boosting max tax per employee from 631.80 to 737.10. Congress may raise the base to 13200, lifting the max to 772.20. House and Senate seek an 11 percent benefit boost, outweighing the 5.9 percent rise already signed. Economic critics say workers bear the burden, with examples showing higher payroll taxes vs federal income taxes for middle earners. Milton Friedman calls the payroll tax highly regressive and a work disincentive. Wealthy groups gain extra from non taxed investment income.
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Congress
House
Senate
Nixon
Caspar Weinberger
Milton Friedman
New Food Stamp Allotments Boost 1974 Food Aid
The Agriculture Department will raise food stamp allotments by 18 22 percent starting January 1 1974 and increase income eligibility. A typical four person family shifts from 116 to 142 monthly, while single person limits stay at 183. The plan may add 2 2 million participants but could leave large families worse off, as more of small incomes go to food.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Community Nutrition Institute
Agriculture Department
R.L.W
Reforming Aldermen Debate and Chicago Policing Proposal
Mike Royko argues aldermanic crime endangers Chicago and calls for a specialized police unit. He cites Tom Keane's acquittal and a pattern of misconduct among aldermen, urging stern action and sociological study to curb corruption. He recalls Paddy Bauler's soft-jail decision and notes aldermen rarely reform.
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Mike Royko
Chicago Daily News
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Tom Keane
Keane
Father Flanagan
Joose
Ald
Paddy Bauler
Bauler
Celestial show and Kohoutek sighting in southwestern sky
Observers note a striking triangle of Venus Jupiter and a three day old crescent moon after sunset with Jupiter bright and Venus nearly as luminous as the Moon. Predictions say Comet Kohoutek becomes visible mid January with head near Venus on January 7 and 29 near the Moon.
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Kohoutek
Venus
Jupiter
Kissinger Uses Stroking Tactics With Fulbright
Washington UPI reports that Henry Kissinger has begun a successful approach with Senator J. William Fulbright. The two have fostered unusually warm interactions, reducing friction over policy while Fulbright maintains his sharp independence. The evolving dynamic contrasts with earlier Secretary-Rusk and Rogers relations, signaling a diplomatic honeymoon that appears to be working.
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Elizabeth Wharton Washington
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Mao Tse Tung
Chou En Lai
Leonid Brezhnev
Anwar Sadat
Golda Meir
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Fulbright
Arkansas
William P. Rogers
Nixon
Kissinger
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Rusk
Rogers
Who's Running the White House Now Under Nixon
Washington watchers say Nixon relies on cabinet officials and agency heads to steer policy while Kissinger Schlesinger and Shultz form a power trio guiding foreign and economic policy. Haig acts as aide rather than policy adviser as Ford's independence is uncertain.
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White House
Sec
Henry A. Kissinger
Henry
Kissinger
John Foster Dulles
Pentagon
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Treasury Sec
George P. Shultz
Schultz
Schult
William E. Simon
Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Roy L. Ash
Litton Industries
Ash
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Washington
Spiro Agnew
Alexander Haig
Nixon
H. R. Haldeman
Washington welcomes Madame Chiang Kai-Shek for aid talks
The first lady of China arrives in Washington seeking new American backing for the Nationalist government. The visit aims to secure support as Beijing confronts internal and external pressures.
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Raleigh Register
Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Washington Addresses Washington Officials
Addresses list locations for senators and representatives in Washington D C including Senator Jennings Randolph Robert Byrd Ken Hechler Robert Mollohan John Slack Harley Staggers with their room numbers in the Capitol and Rayburn Building. The text catalogues official offices in the capital.
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Jennings Randolph
Senate
Washington
D. C
Robert C. Byrd
Ken Hechler
Cannon House
Washington, D
Robert H. Mollohan
John M. Slack, Jr
Rayburn Hate
Washington D. C
Harley C. Staggers
Rayburn Tate
Washington, D. C
Nixon's Foulest Of Dirty Tricks Smear Politicians
Ed Gilbreth reports that Frank Mankiewicz and others warn the Nixon era has spread a belief that corruption is endemic to all administrations and campaigns. The piece condemns Watergate rhetoric and notes declining turnout and mixed election results in Virginia Rhode Island Texas Kentucky New Mexico New York.
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Nixon
ED Gilbreth
Chicago Daily News
George McGovern
Frank Mankiewicz
Nixon White House
Mankiewicz
Chicago
U. S. District Court
Otto Kerner
Ilinois
Kerner
Spiro T. Agnew
Lyndon Johnson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Robert A. Taft
Foxy
Harry S. Truman
White House
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kansas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Virginia
GOP
Rhode Island
Kentucky
New Mexico
New
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UMW
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Arm Daily News
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W. C. Nash
South Kanawha Street
R. Moss French
Mason French
Millard
Kathleen
K. $. Coleman
Kenneth
Robert
Elizabeth Ann
Fern Markland
W. C. Barker
William MacTaggart
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Norfolk
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