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...Washington last week, President Carter and Congress confronted each other in a complex clash over the federal income tax. Carter had proposed a slash of $17 billion, combined with a number of "reforms" aimed largely at business and middle-class taxpayers. The House rejected most of the reforms, and then the Sen ate went on a spree of special tax cutting for special groups. It voted to boost the capital gains tax exemption from 50% to 60%, to grant deductions for parents with children in private schools and colleges, and to preserve the legendary three-martini lunch. Carter denounced...
TEXAS. Again a personality clash between two conservative candidates. "I think the race is getting to be more fun all the time," says William Clements, the multimillionaire oil-drilling contractor who is running for Governor. Clements' idea of fun is to skewer his Democratic opponent, Texas Attorney General John Hill, whom he derides as a "claims lawyer and a career politician." When Hill accused Clements of resorting to "Nixon-style Watergate tricks," the Republican replied: "Hill seems a little sensitive to me." The main campaign issue is how to spend the state's $3 billion surplus; no matter which candidate...
...mass to Cambridge on Friday of Harvard weekend and does its best to paint everything in sight a sickly green. But yesterday the tables were turned. It was the Woodsmen who turned green following Harvard's 16-12 come-from-behind victory in the annual junior varsity football clash...
...from what I have observed. They rarely challenge any professor's 'party line' lectures, as they are scared and too concerned about grades and getting into law or business or medical school. Thus, the Ad Hoc's flashy tactics are really a way of conveniently avoiding a head-on clash with Huntington's view...
...both Democrats and Republicans are eager to respond. Public Works. In greater danger of a presidential veto is the $10.2 billion public works appropriation, including the much publicized water projects. The bill was overwhelmingly approved by the Senate last week-86 to 9-and earlier by the House. The clash over this measure could make the Camp David era of good feelings a distant memory. Members of Congress want their dams approved before Election Day, and some of them have sent word to the White House that they might abandon the celebrated gas compromise if the President persists...