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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...California Communists were convicted by a jury, sentenced to five years' imprisonment, and fined $10,000 each in 1952. Against them was a single-count indictment combining two sections of the 1940 Smith Act: 1) conspiring "to advocate and teach the duty and necessity of overthrowing the Government of the U.S. by force and violence"; 2) conspiring "to organize, as the Communist Party of the U.S., a society of persons who so advocate and teach . . ." On both elements of the charge the court last week found error...
...Senate hurdles that the Administration's program faces. Next week the committee's recommendation will go to the Senate floor, where such diehard foreign-aid enemies as Indiana's Jenner and Nevada's Malone lie in wait. Moreover, the Senate Appropriations Committee has yet to count out the actual money, and after that an economy-minded Senate will have to vote the funds...
...Careless Tellers. Even in the face of this, 24 Fascist Deputies gave Zoli their support. So did 280 Christian Democrats and Monarchists and one crucial independent-enough, according to the official count, to give Zoli a one-vote majority without the Fascists. Zoli and his ministers prepared to settle comfortably into office. Then, less than 24 hours after the Chamber vote, parliamentary tellers announced that they had carelessly counted as abstainers two Deputies who had actually voted against Zoli. If he continued to spurn Fascist support, anti-Fascist Adone Zoli appeared to be one vote short of a majority. Jeered...
...heavily guarded palace in Havana, Batista looked tired but confident. Still backed by the army, he could count on a good sugar crop to keep the island's economy on an even keel. But as long as Castro remained free to fight and sabotage, Batista's regime would obviously be in danger...
Starting with a basic provision in the tax law of 1954, which allows any taxpayer to donate up to 30% of his income to certain charities and count the gift as a tax deduction, smart tax lawyers have refined an endless series of methods to help clients reduce tax payments, or in some cases even make money. Texas oilmen and other mineral producers can donate part of their future production to charity, deduct both the expected income and the total value of the gift (since reserves are also being depleted) from their taxes. This "double deduction'' enables...