Food Stamp Reform Aims to Change Eligibility Basis
Senator Buckley leads 11 senators and 55 House members backing a reform to base food stamp eligibility on gross income rather than net. The move could raise benefits by 29 percent for those in need while reducing overall program costs. The piece also notes concerns about carts causing injuries to unattended children and hints at potential safety design mandates.
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Buckley
Congress
Sen. Buckley
Culture Committee
Dick Clark
Iowa
Clark
Alan Berg
World Bank
Natural History Magazine
US Food Aid Up Despite World Food Conference Criticism
Senator Hubert Humphrey highlights renewed U S food assistance reaching 1 6 billion dollars for 1975 while noting Rome conference critics blame American greed. Bangladeshi and African nations receive wheat and rice as observers caution against oversimplified famine solutions.
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Rome
Bangladesh
Equatorial Africa
Seven Hills
Eternal City
Humphrey
Senate
U.S
Agriculture Department
American Farm Bureau
India
Pakistan
Turkey
Philippine Republic
Senate Agri
Energy policy gridlock stalls U.S. oil future
The piece laments Congress and ERDA handling of energy policy. It cites 33 committees 65 subcommittees and one panel duplicating work hindering a unified plan. It argues freshman lawmakers seek headlines, delaying decisive action while Arabs’ embargo-related shortages pressure industry and workers.
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Gress
House
Senate
Erda
Congress
Senate House
John Rhodes
R.-Ariz
House Energy Committee
Sen
Scott
Mike Mansfield
House Committee On Energy
Ford
My Answer by Billy Graham on Anxiety and Faith
The author argues that anxiety stems from supposition and urges reliance on Christ. He cites Galatians 5 faith as a remedy, recommends filling the mind with scripture, staying active in service, and maintaining supportive friendships to overcome fear. He quotes Horace Bushnell defining anxiety as unbelief.
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Billy Graham
Devil
D.R
Paul
God
Christ
Horace Bushnell
Army's sinking GOER trucks spark safety concerns
The Army's GOER vehicles built by Caterpillar show dangerous handling with water swimming failures and severe ride instability. Tests report swamping risks, braking and steering flaws, and motion sickness among drivers. Officials defend overall service while tests suggest return to depot stock for extreme mud use.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Red Cross
Ft. Hood
Texas
Philippine
Ferdinand Marcos
United States
Philippines
Eugenia Lopez, Sr
Manila
Marcos
Lopez
Presy
Steve Psinakis
Washington Field Office
Marshal Service
Wayne Colburn
Colburn
200 Years Ago The Colonial Congress
On January 11, 1775 South Carolina deputies met in Charles Town forming a Provincial Congress. Charles Pinckney was elected president and Peter Timothy secretary. They debated Continental Congress resolutions, supported Massachusetts inhabitants, urged local manufacturing, and empowered a secret committee headed by Drayton Middleton Pinckney Gibbes Weyman to take any action necessary.
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South Carolina
Charles Town
Colonial Congress
Charles Pinckney
Peter Timothy
America
Continental Congress
Provincial Congress
Massachusetts
Congress
Turquand
Connecticut's Israel Putnam Named Continental Army General
Silas Deane reports from Philadelphia that Connecticut’s Israel Putnam has been designated one of the Continental Army’s four major generals. Congress acted on superior principles, Putnam’s merit is celebrated, and his unanimous vote and broad applause are noted as his fame grows.
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Silas Deane
Connecticut
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Israel Putnam
Continental Army
Putnam
Congress
Heaven
Earth
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Hugh Scott
Capitol
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Aiken
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Robert D. Cathcart
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Arthur Middleton
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
William Gibbes
Edward Weyman
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Jeff MacNelly
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