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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nixon's announcement brought to 110,000 the number of troops scheduled to be removed by next spring. A few critics said that his pace was too slow, others that it was entirely too fast-but there were not too many complaints from either side. The new withdrawal left Nixon slightly behind the timetable he had hoped to beat-former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford's estimate that 100,000 men could be pulled out by no later than the end of 1969. But in Nixon's view, the move served a more important purpose. It helped...
...less-to $2,000 or 15% by 1973. The feature is designed to aid lower-and middle-income groups. > An additional $1,100 income exemption for those with annual earnings of $3,300 or less, aimed at removing 5,500,000 poor families from the tax rolls. > A new schedule for single taxpayers designed to narrow the gap between what they pay and what is paid by married people with the same income. Single people now pay up to 40% more...
...new "minimum tax" of at least 10% on all income over $30,000. One major loophole, tax-exempt state and municipal bond interest, is not affected...
Less than a week after Attorney General John Mitchell had promised "a massive indictment" of New Jersey public officials, Addonizio and nine present or former Newark city officeholders were charged by a federal grand jury with extortion and income tax violations. The ten officials plus five other men, including a reputed Mafia member named Anthony ("Tony Boy") Boiardo, were indicted for extorting $253,500 from Constrad, Inc., an engineering firm that did business with the city. The charge carries penalties of $10,000 and 20 years in prison. The 15 were also accused of failing to report their payoffs, ranging...
Every one of the gambling indictments was obtained through wiretaps authorized under Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. Justice Department officials were quick to cite that fact. The officials regard the New Jersey crackdown as the first skirmish in a full-scale war on the Mafia. Said Will Wilson, chief of the department's Criminal Division: "Our overall goal is to demolish the rackets. The first step in curing inner-city problems is to free local government from the control of the rackets...