Word: taxing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...than seven decades by judiciously keeping it corrupt and con tent. But two years ago, when municipal employees demanded $5,000,000 in wage raises, Philadelphia's bosses made a fright ful mistake. They passed the buck to a committee of fifteen prominent citizens. Instead of sportingly recommending tax boosts, the committee proposed that the city simply save the money by operating more efficiently. It began investigating municipal affairs to find out how it could be done...
...Questions? In Knoxville, Tenn., John O. Blair got a drunken-driving charge dismissed after he stoutly insisted that he was not drunk, but merely shaken by eating overripe watermelon and beer. In Johnson City, Tenn., State Alcohol Tax Agent Jess C. Ford, charged with drunken driving and possession of liquor, explained that it was all in the line of duty: he took a drink at a bootlegger's only to allay suspicion, carried the bottle with him to further the deception...
...Revlon Products Corp. brought out a combination ballpoint pen and lipstick (choice of ten shades). The name: Fashion-Write. Price: $1.50, plus 20% tax...
...Vandeveer is now a crusader for new tax laws that will encourage small business to stay in business. Says he: "I suggest that it will be worthwhile to turn the Government's inquiring eye on itself -and determine how the government's . . . bodies contribute to the delinquency of small business." But reforms, if any, will not do him any good, he says; "neither . . . investigations, decrees nor edicts . . . can bring me back to life as a competitive factor in the oil marketing business...
Things That Are Caesar's. In Philadelphia, the tax receiver's office mailed 10,000 receipts to citizens who paid up, got back 28 receipts with checks to cover the same amounts. In Dallas, Internal Revenue officials received an unsigned letter enclosing $105 and a Bible reference: "Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due . . ." (Romans 13:7) In Bari, Italy, Widow Teresa Porcaro looked at her tax bill, forthwith died of a heart attack...