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Portly John Jacob Astor, 44, a fur trader by ancestry and a fur giver by inclination, appealed to a Manhattan court for rescue from his mixup. Torn between a dubious Mexican divorce from Gertrude, Wife No. 2, and a messy Florida separation from Dolly, Wife No. 3, J.J. begged to learn some legal answers to some turgid questions: 1) If he decides to kiss and make up, which woman is his lawful wife? 2) When he labors through his upcoming income-tax return, should he file jointly with Gert or Dolly? 3) If he were to die before...
These three types of advisers--the resident proctor who has a chance to know his advisees well, the non-resident adviser who nevertheless tries to be something more than a mere giver of directions, and the non-resident who may become a good friend of his advisee but who sees his main job as cutting through Harvard red tape--cannot be arbitrarily separated. At any one time or with any one student, any of these advisers may cross over into the other's territory with no thought at all about a theory of advising. An advising system as amorphous...
...Indian Giver. Crumped the San Francisco Chronicle: "As matters stand, the poor fellow who answers the $64,000 question will be able to bank but a small hat ful . . ." The Roanoke (Va.) World-News charged the show was "an illusion-a tax snare" and argued that "Uncle Sam's role in these TV giveaways is that of an Indian giver." Even the left-wing New Republic seemed shocked by the enormity of it all, since a successful contestant ". . . would have seen the income tax people (who don't know a thing about the Bible or Shakespeare) grab...
...year for the sons and daughters of its employees, but also giving $500 annually to each private college or university the students happen to choose. The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad has given more than $185,000 since 1951 to private colleges along its route. Du Pont, a longtime giver, now pours $2,500 grants into the chemistry departments of 50 different campuses, expects to give in various ways $800,000 this year. The Radio Corp. of America will pay for 26 scholarships (at $800) this year, and last year Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) spread $450,000 over 138 campuses...
...churches, conventions or associations of churches, educational organizations and hospitals can be lumped in a new category, tax-free up to 10% of gross income. The regular 20% deduction for charity can be applied to other kinds of donations, such as Community Fund, Salvation Army, etc. Thus the giver can claim deductions for gifts representing up to 30% of his income...