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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Comparisons with other cities don't mean too much either. Though New York City has a tax rate of only $29.00 it gets 54 per cent of the New York State revenue which is possibly the highest State revenue in the country; New York also has a two percent sales tax which places some of the tax load on the people who buy in the city. In New Jersey, the municipal tax rates range up to $100 per thousand but, just the opposite of New York, New Jersey has only tiny income and corporation taxes...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Curley Has Edge in Boston Election | 11/4/1949 | See Source »

...relented, decided not to throw him in jail for trespassing. The warriors returned to the armory and turned in their weapons. Back at Peoples Drug next day, the food department's most highly publicized member groaned: "Oh, Lord, it was just a routine problem. We didn't mean anything bad by it, honest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAPITOL: The Big Dream | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

George E. Cole, General Manager of the Coop, said that he had always interpreted this to mean that the report had to be ready three weeks in advance of the meeting but that no attempt had ever been made to mail the report out to members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Attacks Coop For Alleged Violation Of Section in By-laws | 10/27/1949 | See Source »

...unexpectedly heavy demand by seniors is expected to be repeated in the lower classes. This will mean in all likelihood that juniors and sophomores will share sections 35 and 36 with the overflow being out in sections 28 and 29 at the other end of the field. Freshmen will probably find their seats in the colonade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seniors Rush Ticket Offices For Princeton | 10/25/1949 | See Source »

With the return of lineman John Coan, the Crimson is physically better off than at any previous time since the opening minutes of the Stanford game. But the injuries that have hobbled men week after week mean that the team still is not used to working as a unit, and it is this finesse which Valpey will be seeking during the coming week of practice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Valpey to Hold Heavy Scrimmages | 10/25/1949 | See Source »

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