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Conservative North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms has labeled White a "leftist" and a "dangerous ideologue," and he succeeded in holding up Senate approv al of White's appointment as ambassador for six weeks. In fact, White is on rec ord as be "It is very important that the armed leftist extreme not be victorious in El such and the U.S. will do everything it can to prevent such an outcome...
...created 52 years ago. In October 1976, also without warning and also at a time of triumph, Paley sacked Backe's predecessor, Arthur Taylor, the self-confident financial expert Paley had hand-picked as president four years ear lier. Under Taylor, CBS profits had climbed to new rec ord levels. In the past decade, Paley had balked at turning over real authority to two other presidents, Frank Stanton and Charles Ireland...
...public ever more painful. Inflation-adjusting pay increases are already forcing the middle class into tax brackets once intended only for the superrich. In 1971 federal, state, local and Social Security taxes took 16.1% out of the average person's income. Last year the total hit a rec ord 18.5%. For those earning more than $25,900, Social Security taxes will increase by $183.90 this year, to $1,587.67. Next year the maximum bill will swell to $1,975.05, as part of a $16 billion increase in payroll taxes. A family of four earning $25,000 will need...