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It is not true that Mrs. Jack Gardner customarily perched in the branches of a potted mimosa tree to receive her guests, or that she kept a pride of pet lions in her basement. But it is true that she paraded in elegant furs walking a lion on a leash...
TAX CUT. A $4.6 billion reduction in excise taxes, which will be phased over four years. Among the items relieved of some or all of the old wartime imposts: automobiles, luggage, jewelry, furs, electrical appliances, sporting goods, telephone service and tickets to theaters and athletic arenas. Signed.
> Passed a bill to cut federal excise taxes by $4.63 billion over the next 3½ years. Effective the day after the President signs the bill this week will be cuts of some $1.75 billion, including a reduction to 7% of the 10% tax on cars (retroactive to May 15...
The 10% retail tax on jewelry, watches, furs, cosmetics and leather goods is gone. The reductions, however, will not be quite so generous for air conditioners, TV sets, typewriters, cameras and most other hard goods, which carried a tax that manufacturers paid directly to the Government. On a refrigerator that...
Director Losey tries to cover cliches with camera trickery. He works from arresting angles, all but caressing the decor of a world made to order for the filthy rich. Fond of polished surfaces, he dotes on reflections in mirrors, sunglasses, brandy snifters. But the validity of Eva lies in Moreau...