No free ride for lobby groups and retirees denounced
Senate hearings scrutinize AARP and similar nonprofits for tax exemptions and lobbying income. AARP reports 1994 revenues at 382 million including 100 million from Prudential, while penalties and past taxes total 135 million plus 15 million for 1994 taxes. Lawmakers argue these groups should pay taxes like others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Retired Persons
AARP
Alan Simpson
R-Wyo
Senate Subcommittee On
Social Security and
Goldstein
NRA
IRS
U.S. Postal Service
Prudential
Simpson
Congress
Gunpowder Girls remembered in senior winner story
Sonya Jason of Woodland Hills recalls being a gunpowder girl at 16 in a Pittsburgh factory making glider wings and returning to college later. Her Legacies contest entry, based on her first book about war time girls, won a $100 prize among 12,000 entries open to those 60 and older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Buck
Sonya Jason
Woodland Hills
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Legacies
Maury Leibovitz
Leibovitz Foundation
Harper- Perennial
Orange County Register
Santa Ana
Calif
Bleaching newsprint for a lasting scrapbook
A home method to slow yellowing uses milk of magnesia and club soda chilled eight hours. Clipping soaked an hour, dried flat between papers, then stored in archival albums. Also a reader shares turning a crew sock into a cordless phone holster for easy yard access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heloise
Notable High School Honors For Local Students
Shannon Pinto of Havelock and Leanna Rhodes of New Bern honored by Who's Who Among American High School Students and eligible for $1,000 scholarships. Stanley named Chancellor's Scholar at Fayetteville State University and four year Thurgood Marshall Scholar. Elizabeth Noel Farrell of New Bern wins 1995 Great 100 nursing scholarship. Midshipman David Michael Walls of New Bern earns Merchant Marine Academy gold star for 3.5+ GPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon M. Pinto
Havelock
Leanna Rhodes
New Bern
Pinto
Louis Vaughan
Rhodes
Ruby Johnson
Maysville
Austin Rhodes
Swansboro
Stanley
Tamara Denise Stanley
Donna J. Benson
Fayetteville State University
Thurgood Marshal
Robin Stanley
New A
Bern
Farrell
North Carolina
Great 100 Incorporated
East Carolina University
Walls
Academy
David Michael Walls
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
N.Y
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National Rifle Association
Josh Goldstein
Center For Responsive Politics
Tad Segal
The
Washington, D.C
Lucille S. deView
Associated Press
Mike Reffitt
Lebanon
Ohio
Warren County Bee-Keeper Association
Lisa Jadwisiak
Reffitt
Him
Huntington Beach, Calif
P.O
San Antonio
Texas
Who
Charles G. Walls
West Craven High School
Farmers Market
Tryon Palace Drive
Craven Community College
Havelock East Plaza
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