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Under "total acreage allotment," a farmer receiving supports for major crops (wheat, cotton, corn, peanuts, tobacco) had to restrict his total planted acreage to a Government quota and could not plant his excess land to anything but hay and pasturage. Now he can plant it to anything he pleases, except the major crops, potatoes and a small list of commercial vegetables. Benson expected that most of the decontrolled acreage would be planted to feed grains and forage crops, which farmers badly need, especially in areas hit by drought and heat...
...20th century; of injuries suffered when he was struck by an automobile; in Garches, France. A member, with Rouault and Matisse, of the uninhibited Fauvist movement in Paris at the turn of the century, tall, simplicity-loving Artist Derain ("The great danger for art lies in an excess of culture") later dabbled with cubism, finally turned to a personalized style of calm, uncluttered elegance that put him among the world's most respected painters...
...Holes. This week FHA moved to plug loopholes in the housing law that had made it possible for builders to make such windfalls in the first place. Henceforth, they will be obliged to certify their actual construction and property costs at the project's end, and return any excess mortgage money. FHA also set out to try to recover some of the millions already pocketed. The charters of the apartment-building corporations formed under 608 prohibit unearned income (i.e., windfalls) from being handed out to shareholders, said Housing Boss Albert M. Cole. The firms that did so, declared Cole...
...situation; undoubtedly, both Brazil's crop-reporting system and the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange could stand better regulation. FTC is thinking of asking Congress to police the coffee exchange more closely, possibly by putting it under the Commodity Exchange Authority, which could keep an eye on excess speculation. FTC also hopes to improve crop reporting by increasing U.S. agriculture attache staffs in Brazil, which check up on local forecasts with estimates of their...
HEALTH & CHARITY. Taxpayers may deduct medical expenses in excess of 3% of gross income. The old figure was 5%. A new limitation imposed by the bill is that expenditures for medicines and drugs may be counted as medical expense only to the extent that they exceed 1% of gross income. The tax bill also raises the maximum medical deduction to $2,500 per person and the maximum for any single tax return to $10,000 for married taxpayers or heads of households and $5,000 for single taxpayers or spouses filing separately. The old maximums were $1,250 a person...