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Boston fans are not noted for their unwavering loyalty. They jeered Ted Williams through every grand derisive gesture, and even the consistently heroic Bill Russell is treated to a cacophony of catcalls during his rare falls from hard-court grace. But this year Brahmins and Black Irish alike have had nothing but praise for their beloved Bruins, who at week's end were in second place behind Montreal, the National Hockey League's perennial champions. Skating, shooting and clubbing their way to their best finish in ten years, the Bruins shattered all N.H.L. team-scoring records...
...plan, Pastore and the hearings may have already stirred the network executives to sanitize their programs as never before. CBS has refused to ease restrictions on what can and cannot be said on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Two of last month's Tonight Show guest hosts, Bill Cosby and Jerry Lewis, made public apologies for ill-received wisecracks, which had nothing to do with sex or violence. At the N.A.B. convention, the industry's nervous mood was apotheosized by one Catholic priest who, in a luncheon invocation, prayed that God sympathize with "oppressed broadcasters-accused of aiding...
Meanwhile, the undertaxation of land helps speculators hold property out of use while they wait for a city's growth to raise its price. As buildings leapfrog around the holdouts, other taxpayers generally have to foot the bill for the costly roads, water and sewer lines that make land richly salable. In addition to encouraging the growth of "slurbs"-half-city, half-country belts with the worst features of both - the process has driven up costs of homesites by 68% in the past eight years, forcing many families out of the market. "Today's property tax," says Robert...
...exploration and drilling. Along with other minor deductions, that left him with a taxable income of $866,022, all but $3,980 of which escaped tax liability because of his 271% oil-and-gas depletion allowance of $862,042. He paid the Government $397-as much as the bill for an unmarried person with an income...
Krause will swim in one more event, the 400-yard individual medley, today. Cahalan will not enter any other events. While hopeful about Krause's chances today, coach Bill Brooks said last night, "The competition here is such that it's very, very hard to get into the finals...