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Last summer, after the House and Senate agreed on a series tax measures--a decrease in the maximum individual tax rate an across the board income tax cut and a reduction in the maximum long term capital gains tax rate one University official predicted the package would have a very chilling effect on the fund drive...
Anyone convicted of violating the law faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine...
These proposals are in keeping with Reagan's often stated conviction that arms-control agreements must not merely slow down the arms race but result in actual and significant reductions in both nuclear weaponry and conventional forces. Both sides recognize that these are maximum opening positions. The questions are: How negotiable are the U.S. suggestions, and will the Soviets reply to them seriously? So far, White House aides profess optimism. Says one: "At least they haven't rejected our proposals out of hand...
...that fired the bullets wounding Jordan. The rifle has not yet been found. Last week's indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Indiana, charges Franklin with violating Jordan's civil rights. If convicted, Franklin, now in the federal penitentiary in Marion, Ill., faces a maximum penalty of a $10,000 fine and an additional ten years in prison...
John J. Sirica, 78, chief judge of Washington's Federal District Court. Nicknamed "Maximum John" for his tough sentences, Sirica never believed defense argument that Watergate burglars had acted alone and said so from bench. Survived massive heart attack in 1976, thanks to mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Retired from full-time bench duty in 1977, but still handles civil suits, gets full salary of $70,300. His autobiography To Set the Record Straight (sold almost 100,000 copies in hard-cover), written with help of TIME Senior Correspondent John F. Stacks, is being made into TV movie...