Word: nelson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House bill now goes to the Senate, where Russell Long's Finance Committee is bogged down with the energy program and may not take up Social Security until next year. When it does, the committee will tack on an amendment by Wisconsin Democrat Gaylord Nelson that would ease the tax burden on workers by making their employers pay a bigger share of Social Security cost. Under Nelson's proposal, 1978 would be the last year in which both paid the same tax: 6.05% of the first $17,700 earned by the worker. The next year, employers would pay taxes...
Businessmen strongly oppose Nelson's scheme. But having them pay the lion's share of the increased taxes until the 21st century meets with the approval of Jimmy Carter?even though the extra costs would doubtless be passed along to consumers in the form of higher prices...
...changes would seem to indicate some overconfidence on Ford's part but forward Lee Nelson discounted this. He felt that the second team was indeed better than the Tufts starting team...
...Nelson assisted again on Harvard's second tally less than ten minutes later when he sent a long crossing pass from the left corner to junior forward Matt Bowyer, who trapped it, cut back across the grain, and rocketed a blistering left-footed shot into the upper left corner to make...
...other end of the spectrum there are young escape artists. Sixteen-year-old Mark Nelson performs escapes in the St. Paul area, including the strait jacket and the Houdini water can. Nelson is obviously enthusiastic about adopting a life in the escape business. He should be. He has reportedly dropped out of high school to devote full time to escapes...