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It is generally recognized that our income tax system, as it affects business, does little to create incentive on the part of investors to assume the attending risks. Not only are the rewards meager but, in corporate form, even success may be threatened by the imposition of penalty taxes.
Use of electronics in retailing field described; Harvard studies noted
Sens Zaretzki and Brydges debate noted
La Salle defeats Bradley for NCAA champ
2 boys find $325 in E Samuelson car, NYC
1954Prayut Chan-o-cha, Thai politician, Prime Minister of Thailand[†]
Prayut Chan-o-cha is a Thai former politician, army officer, and dictator who became the 29th prime minister of Thailand after seizing power in the 2014 coup d'état and served until 2023. He was concurrently the minister of defence in his own government from 2019 to 2023. Prayut served as commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army from 2010 to 2014 and led the coup d'état which installed the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), the military junta which governed Thailand between 22 May 2014 and 10 July 2019.
1954Mike Dunleavy Sr., American basketball player, coach, and executive[†]
Michael Joseph Dunleavy Sr. is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and former general manager of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers. He was most recently the head coach of the Tulane University men's basketball team. Dunleavy is the father of former professional basketball player Mike Dunleavy Jr.
1954Steve Sheppard, American basketball player[†]
Steven Bernard Sheppard is an American former professional basketball player from New York City, who was nicknamed "Bear".
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]