Taft attacks so called tax cuts as tax rise in disguise
Senator Robert Taft Jr of Ohio assails Congress for delivering inflation eroded tax breaks that lift overall taxes by about 5 billion dollars. He pushes tying exemptions and brackets to the consumer price index to prevent inflation driven tax hikes and criticizes the Humphrey Hawkins plan as wasteful make work spending. Treasury secretary Simon warns the 1976 Democratic platform could boost the federal budget by about 200 billion annually.
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UPI
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
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Taft
Republican Platform Committee
United States
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Senate Finance Committee
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Treasury
William Simon
Salamanders likened to humans in courtship traits at world herpetology meet
At Miami University the largest herpetology convention brings 400 scientists from Australia to Switzerland to discuss amphibian mating. Dr. Arnold notes male salamanders transport females and mimic female behavior to thwart rivals while researchers stress ecological roles and underused study of amphibians.
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Oxford
UPI
Steven J. Arnold
University of Chicago
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Society For the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Herpetologists League
Miami University
Stephen G. Tilley
Biology Department
Smith College
Massachusetts
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Canal Zone
England
Germany
Japan
Italy
Poland
Switzerland
United States
Miami University Fund
Republicans share blame in Vietnam platform wording row
In Kansas City a GOP foreign policy subcommittee softened a paragraph blaming Democrats for the Vietnam War. Some Republicans including Treen and Coy objected to blaming Democrats alone, noting both parties supported the war. Staff will draft new language addressing the objections.
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Kansas City, Mo
Hugh Scott
R-Pay
David Treen
R-La
Streetman
Vietnam
Roman Hruska
Neb
Scott
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Treen
Charles Coy
Kentucky
House again rejects funds for abortions
In Washington the House voted 223 to 150 to bar federal funds from performing abortions as part of a $56.6 billion Labor HEW bill. The Senate previously rejected the ban, and conferees failed to agree. Abortion funding remains unresolved after Congress returns August 23.
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UPI
House
Senate
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
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