Thought For Today on Tax Deductions and Receipts
Taxpayers face strict IRS scrutiny of travel and entertainment deductions as HR 10650 moves through Congress. President Kennedy urged limiting deductions, while the House Ways and Means Committee weakened the expense rules. The piece urges keeping receipts for all expenses and notes the heightened risk for entertainment and luxury travel deductions.
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Internal Revenue Service
Senate
IRS
Kennedy
House
Ways and Means
Age of Bigness and the Challenge of Manageable Power
Observers including Raymond Aron note that war grew so large generals could not control it. Now the $90 billion federal government and large universities face similar unmanageability. Critics doubt any secretary or president can govern billions. Hutchins warns modern universities have become a mass difficult to define or constrain. Many Americans defend bigness but the nation struggles to manage it.
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Raymond Aron
Robert M. Hutchins
Modern University
Right Wing Seeks to Oust Moderates for 1964 Victory
The piece argues that far right factions target Kennedy era liberalism, a Democratic led Congress, and 34 Democratic governors to replace regimes with conservatives. They view the Republican party as the path to power and oppose moderates like Rockefeller Nixon and Romney, aiming to reshape the GOP and undermine presidential prospects for 1964.
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Kennedy
Congress
Republican Party
GOP
Prime Tar
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Richard Nixon
California
George Romney
Michigan
Laymen and Clergy in Conflict Over Church Roles
A debate on lay participation in church life contrasts lay leaders' push for broader roles with clergy resistance. The piece cites Msgr. Ellis and Christian Century warning of anti clericalism while urging laypeople to serve Christ in everyday workplaces. It argues lay action in industry, commerce, and social life can outpace formal church structures when properly trained and supported by clergy as facilitators.
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Christ’s Kingdom
John Tracy Ellis
America
Christian Century
National Council of Churches
Council
New Delhi
Msgr. Ellis
Christ
Jesus
Tye
Good Samaritan
Church In
Francis B. Sayre Jr
Washington Cathedral
Honey In The Rock At Cliffside Amphi Shapes Signs And Cast
A review notes Honey In The Rock undergoes changes with improved integration and superb setting at Cliffside Amphitheatre. Weather cooperates for outside staging while observers and passersby encounter lively activity from dancers and cast. UPI staff coverage cited. A school prayer closes the column.
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Cliffside Amphitheatre
Table Rock
State Road Commission
Cliffside Amphitheater
Visi
Nixon’s California win exposes John Birch backlash and rightward drift
The California primary exposes a clash between moderate and ultra-right Republicans and signals Nixon’s ability to attract mainstream support while alienating hardliners. The piece analyzes implications for Democrats, Kennedy, and the party’s future stance against demagoguery and extremism.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
California
John Birch Society
Barry Goldwater
East
Beer Nuts But No Beer Sold At Statehouse
About 200 sam rayburn marigold plants were planted in the Statehouse grounds honoring the late House Speaker. The Nat Resources Dept also reports stocking 900 pounds of trout in Summit Lake after a fish kill to test recovery. Assistant State forester Jack Warder is photographing Eastern Panhandle co op projects under the Potomac Flood Control Program. Coffman returns to the Finance Department on a limited schedule after a heart attack.
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Charleston
W Va
Sam Rayburn
Fountain
Statehouse
West Virginia
Texas
Natural Resources Department
Summit Lake
Greenbrier County
Jack Warder
Panhandle
Warder
The
Soil Conservation Service
Great Potomac
William L. Coffman
Department of Finance and Administration
Coffman
Men and Decisions recommended reading by Lyle C Wilson
Washington dispatch notes Adm. Lewis L Strauss's memoirs Men and Decisions from Doubleday. Chapters 14 and 18 cover Oppenheimer clearance and Senate confirmation of Strauss as commerce secretary. The piece highlights the controversial wartime clearance, the 4 to 1 AEC panel vote, and the Senate's 49 to 46 rejection after hearings. It argues the two episodes show partisan bias and urges readers to challenge Strauss's facts if needed.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
UPD
Adm
Lewis L. Strauss
Doubleday & Co., Inc
Garden City
Long Island
N.Y
J. R. Oppenheimer
Senate
Oppenheimer
Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Eisenhower
FBI
Ike
Gordon Gray
North Carolina
Truman
Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
United States
U.S. Senate
Adm. Strauss
West Virginians Need Not Apologies for Their State
Phil Conley, president of Education Foundation Inc., argues West Virginia should not apologize for its image. He cites historical pride, industry investments by Du Pont and FMC, and long-term capital plans by C and P Telephone as evidence of the state's progress and potential. He reflects on the foundation’s twelfth anniversary and its mission to promote books about West Virginia.
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Phil Conley
Education Foundation, Inc
West Virginia
Webster's Dictionary
du Pont
FMC Corporation
Monsanto, Carbide
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Neil Elphick
South Charleston
Union
Lee C. Tait
C. and P. Telephone Company
The
West
Locke Elected Worshipful Master of Beckley Lodge 95
The Raleigh Register notes Kermit A. Locke was chosen as worshipful master of Beckley Lodge 95 A F and A M succeeding James Pond of Raleigh. The piece also references labor clashes, West Virginia education efforts, and state pride programs as part of a broader state history overview.
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Raleigh Register
Kermit A. Locke
Beckley Lodge
A. F
A. M
James Pond
Raleigh
30 Years Ago From 1912 Files Of Rev Shadduck
Rev B H Shadduck and Mrs Shadduck depart for Pennsylvania as he earns a Ph D degree. Mrs Shadduck will visit relatives. The Post Office Department rescinds the plan to discontinue the Launa office and will keep it open.
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Raleigh Register
B. H. Shadduck
M. E. Church
Shadduck
Pennsylvania
Post Office Department
Launa
Naleigh Register Publication Details and Rates
Beckley Newspapers Corporation publishes Naleigh Register from Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. The notice lists managing editor John Hodes and national advertising representation Ward Griffith Company. It outlines subscription rates by mail and home delivery, tax requirements, plus distributor responsibilities.
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West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
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Althogether
UPI
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Brown
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