Campaign tax checkoff falls short in early returns
Initial results show only about 4 percent of 12 million tax returns authorized the new political party checkoff. The plan aimed to fund major parties for presidential elections, but many taxpayers did not opt in or used the separate form. If the trend holds, the impact on 1972 campaign financing, estimated near 100 million dollars, remains limited.
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Mr. Pompidou
Elysee Palace
Communist Party
France
Ervin to Lead Senate Probes on Press Freedom and Nixon
Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr., at 76, takes chair of Government Operations and leads probes expected to influence future elections. He opposes a court ruling he says narrows press freedom and questions Nixon’s use of withheld funds to curb spending while pursuing broad investigations.
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Senate
Sam J. Ervin, Jr
Dn.c
Government Operations Committee
Supreme Court
Ervin
Capitol Hill
Nixon
Congress
Nixon Foresees Hard Fight Over Federal Spending
President Nixon told Republican congressional leaders he expects a long battle with the Democratic majority over his proposed spending cuts, but he believes he will prevail. He casts himself as defender of taxpayers while Democrats defend broad federal appropriations and accuse him of dictatorial power.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
White House
Democratic Study Group
Capitol Hill
Sen
Harold Hughes
Iowa
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
House of Congress
Pompidou Faces Tight French Election Amid Red Challenge
Henry J. Taylor analyzes a fragile French contest as Pompidou faces a strengthened Communist bloc with CGT influence and Moscow funding. He notes Brezhnev talks, European security stakes, and U.S. political pressure shaping the March vote and Western alliance dynamics.
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Kremlin
France
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
New Rail Decisions Loom On Failing Northeast Carriers
A forthcoming government decision could shape aid and restructuring for large rail passenger carriers led by Penn Central. Eight Eastern railroads have filed for bankruptcy protection, raising questions of social and strategic government involvement and potential service cuts while the Transportation Department and Interstate Commerce Commission study possible consolidations and financing options.
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Northeast
Penn Central
Transportation Department
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stab slaying motive puzzle in 1963 case
Police remain stumped as they seek motive in the stab slaying of Mrs. H. Dennis Hoover and her mother Mrs. E. M. Snow. A preliminary hearing is set in Sacramento for George W. Gordon, wanted here for the fatal shooting of Joseph L. Desrosiers and wounding his wife. Commercial and Savings Bank to open part of a new addition on N Loudoun Street. J Pinckney Arthur and Howard L. Melton named co directors of finance to secure funds for the 1948 Apple Blossom Festival. Citizens' committee backs an 850000 building fund for Winchester Memorial Hospital. Prize money of 900 will be awarded to the Spring Apple Blossom Festival floats.
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H. Dennis Hoover
E. M. Snow
Sacramento
Calif
George W. Gordon
Joseph L. Desrosiers
J. Pinckney Arthur
Howard L. Melton
Department of Finance
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Timber! A fallen giant’s wake and moral warning
A dramatic meditation likens a fallen great tree to the ruin caused by a powerful figure’s downfall. The narrative links the collapse to widespread damage: crushed shrubbery and broken saplings, and extended to personal disgrace that harms family and society, urging vigilance against temptation.
Fat Lady Less Likely to Seek Divorce
A humorous column notes that a fatter woman is less likely to divorce than a thinner one, citing energy to forgive over court, and quips about education, hats, and teachers while surveying social norms.
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Superman
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le Milieu
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Soviet Union
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Arkansas
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High Court
North Carolina
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By Wohl
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Winchester Evening Star
Jack F. Davis
Thomas T. Byrd
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell
Winchester
Hal Boyle
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