IRS Cracks Down on Quickie Divorces to Save Taxes
IRS says it will not recognize divorces obtained merely to lower federal income taxes. The agency cites sham transactions where couples divorce before year end and remarry shortly after, aiming to be treated as unmarried for tax purposes. An advisory ruling in 1975 prompted the enforcement, with no judgement on legality of the quickie divorces.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
TRS
Caribbean
Mexico
Public Interest on Satellite Communications Movement
The Public Interest argues that satellite communications could lower costs and expand access, challenging corporate resistance. It notes government and big telecom dominance, limited consumer benefit from taxpayer investments, and a push for broader, affordable direct to home systems with citizen participation.
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W. 44Th St
New York City
Public Interest Satellite Association
P.S.S.A
At&t
Jackson named public relations director at Kennedy Center
Robert Jackson, director of media services for the Commerce Department's U S Travel Service since 1971, is named public relations director for the Kennedy Center. He succeeds Wayne Shilkret who leaves to become general manager of performing arts for the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation in Pasadena California.
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UPI
Robert Jackson
Commerce Department
U. S. Travel Service
Kennedy Center
Jackson
Walt Disney Enterprises
Disneyland
Wayne Shilkret
Ambassador International Cultural Foundation
Pasadena
Calif
Marketbasket prices edge up in June survey
AP market basket survey shows June prices edged up about 1.3 percent led by higher food costs across 13 cities. Nine cities saw rises, four saw declines, with May stronger. July comparisons show a 1 percent gain year to year. food items drove most of June increases.
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Associated Press
Marketbasket
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Congress predicts balanced budget by 1990 on spending cuts
Congress reports it spent 2.4 billion less than planned in the just-ended year as new budget procedures aim to curb spending and influence the economy. Leaders Brock Adams Edmund Muskie and Henry Bellman praise discipline, while deficits persist due to recession and unemployment benefits.
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D-Wash
House Budget Committee
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D-Maine
Henry P. Bellman
R-Okla
Senate Budget Committee
Muskie
Bellman
Adams
Ford
Treasury
Death Race game marketed at bar arcade provokes concern
Seattle AP reports Exidy's Death Race, a 25 cent computer game, lets players drive a car figure through a 99 second chase of skeletal pedestrians. The action triggers shrieks and grave markers when hit, drawing criticism and defense from promoter Paul Jacobs who calls it a mind prick.
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Paul Jacobs
Exidy
Palo Alto
Calif
Jacobs
Inmate sues over sex book delay in Brooklyn court
Charles E Harris, inmate at Kansas State Penitentiary since 1975, sues Majestic Distributors in Brooklyn federal court for 170000 claiming mental anguish after waiting over a year for an Adult Sex Package that included Twelve Dirty Little Sex Comics and 500 Wild Action Photos. He sent 5.88 plus 1 for postage and handling. seeks damages or his 4.88 payment plus the cat of this salt and plaintiff's.
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Harris
Jestic
Majestic
Mattin
Charles E Harris
Charles E. Harris
Majestic Distributors
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