Amtrak funding eyed amid ridership and route concerns
Opinion notes Amtrak subsidies face a $62 million cut under Ford’s budget sparking worry among local users. The Lake Shore Limited appears safe for now, though political influence and unprofitable routes threaten future service as Congress debates subsidies and route viability.
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Gerald Ford
Amtrak
Lorain County
Congress
Cleveland
Staggers
House
Senate
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Lake Shore Limited
Greyhound Opens Full Service Elyria Terminal At 401 Lake Ave
Greyhound Bus Lines will open a new full service terminal at 401 Lake Ave in Elyria tomorrow replacing an abandoned service station. The move follows Amtrak service and provides a waiting room ticket counter and vending facilities, eliminating risky roadside waits along Rt. 57.
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Elyria
Amtrak
Greyhound Bus Lines
Lake Ave
Greyhound
Helms and Iran actions raise Watergate era doubts
Washington commentary alleges former CIA chief Richard Helms, now U S ambassador to Iran, conspired with the shah to suppress an anti shah newspaper in the United States. The piece questions DOJ strategy and potential perjury charges while detailing cables, recalls and other alleged acts connected to the Iran Free Press and Afshar.
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Washington
CIA
Richard Helms
Watergate
Iran
U.S
United States
Helms
Shah
State Department
GOI
Government of
Nasser Afshar
Afshar
Iran Free Press
Teheran
Justice Department
Deborah Fitzgerald
Orlando Nunez
Nunez
CTA
Taxpayer laments over complex 1975 IRS forms
A reader chastises Commissioner Donald C. Alexander for the 1975 Form 1040 complexity. He rakes the IRS for confusing schedules, high costs, questionable guidance, and weak privacy assurances while calling for broad tax reform to end the burden of the annual filing.
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Donald C. Alexander
Internal Revenue
Washington, D.C
IRS
Alexander
Congress
Ralph Nader
Certified Public Accountants
House Government Operations Subcommittee
Childhood joys and the myth of happiness aging
A reflective piece on childhood as a fading ideal and adulthood as harsher, structured by observations from family and school life. The narrator contrasts cheerful memories with the harsh lessons of growing up, noting parental, teacher, and societal pressures while recalling moments of joy.
Simon plan sparks tension over tax reform and Ford’s caution
Treasury secretary Simon proposes non deduction tax reform aiming at lower rates, drawing Kennedy praise but no Oval Office support. Ford avoids endorsement in the State of the Union, fearing backlash from interests tied to deductions, while lawmakers split between liberal approval and conservative opposition.
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Treasury
William Simon
Edward M. Kennedy
Gerald Ford
Oval Office
Simon
Ford
State of the Union
White House
Teddy Kennedy
Gerald A. Ford
Ronald Reagan
Bill Simon
Admin
Wall Street
National Tax Foundation
Kennedy
Abner Mikva
Ninos
Ways and Means
Mikva
Capitol Hill
Simnon
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