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Whether for profit or for revenge, arson has become one of the most deadly, costly, and, for law enforcement officials, maddening crimes in the country. Deliberatley started fires now exceed 100,000 a year, up 400% since 1967. Last year there were 6,776 reported arsons in New York City alone. In Chicago, arson has tripled in less than three years, and in crime-plagued Detroit it is up 12% over last year alone. But the most shocking statistics come from San Francisco, which has experienced a 700% increase in arson in five years. Says Lieut. James Mahoney, chief investigator...
Treasury would also make deductible only those medical expenses that exceed 10% of an individual's income, v. 3% now-an idea that is sure to touch off howls of anger. Further, banks would have to withhold in taxes 20% of the interest paid to savers. At present, say Treasury officials, the Government loses $1.4 billion in taxes each year because taxpayers do not report interest...
...plant is expected to exceed area noise standards at night even though, according to a statement adopted by the BRA board yesterday, the project includes noise control devices costing a total of $5 million...
...additive without governmental intervention. The FDA's action on saccharin is therefore well advised as prudent preventive medicine. Its further decision to permit the sweetener to be sold as a nonprescription drug recognizes the fact that there may well be people for whom the benefits of taking the sweetener exceed its possible risks...
...basement, watering the lawn when it reaches a given aridity, locking the front door at night -require the addition of various switches, sensors and motors that can send a house-proud hacker's outlay soaring. Says James Warren, a California microcomputer consultant: "You keep adding components until you exceed your yearly income...