New Year brings tax reform changes and benefit shifts
Beginning Jan 1 1988 the tax system moves to two rates 15 and 28 percent with a higher standard deduction for non itemizers. Social Security benefits rise 4.2 percent while pay for white collar workers and military personnel increases. Taxpayers face higher Social Security and Medicare costs and wage thresholds rise to 45000 for Social Security tax.
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Gentle victims buried in Russellville mass slayings
Nine victims of a mass slaying were buried in Russellville Arkansas as families remembered victims including four from a young family described as gentle. Dennis McNulty Sheila Simmons McNulty and her children were killed at her father’s home during a holiday visit. Simmons is accused of killing 14 relatives and two others in a rampage that started in Dover and ended in downtown Russellville. Kathy Kendrick 24 who rejected Simmons in the past was also mourned. Other funerals occurred in Fordyce for the William Simmons II family.
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Arraignments set in northside health spa sex case
Three women arrested in a police raid of the Shanghai Health Spa on Abbe Road face arraignments next week. Charges include promoting prostitution and related offenses. owner Suk Soon Greenhouse will be arraigned after representation and immigration status checks.
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N_ Abbe Rd
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Suk Soon Greenhouse
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Fiery dispute erupts aboard TWA jet over no smoking rule
On a Boston to Los Angeles flight 853 passengers and attendants clashed as non-smokers crowded the limited non smoking seats. Police and FBI questioned several passengers after the midair disturbance as the plane landed at LAX. A flight attendant made a citizen arrest and others alleged battery amid disputes over smoking policy.
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FDA recalls cold medicines over mislabeling risk
The FDA warns several over the counter cold syrups may contain the tranquilizer haloperidol. My-K Laboratories recalls four ounce bottles lot 15718 exp 12/88 sold as Wyled Syrup and others, distributed by Life-Line, United Research, Walgreen, and Osco Drug affiliates.
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Weekend Weather Outlook for Friday Fringed by Flurries
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a 40 percent chance of scattered flurries on Friday. High temperatures will reach the mid 20s, signaling cold conditions ahead.
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