Medicine: New Tax Reduction

To help speed money for medical research, President Eisenhower signed into law a bill liberalizing income-tax provisions about contributions to medical research organizations. The new bill permits the taxpayer to make deductions for an additional 10% of his gross income (above the basic 20% allowed for contributions to charity) when the additional money goes to organizations continually engaged in research with hospitals.

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JOE LIEBERMAN, a Senator from Connecticut, on his refusal to support a health care reform bill that includes a public option
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