Brookings Study Warns Peace Dividend Offset by Program Costs
A Brookings Institution budget study predicts that rising federal program costs will absorb all revenue gains from Vietnam troop withdrawals and growth through 1975. When the peace dividend arrives around 1976 it would total about 17 billion dollars, well below Nixon's 30 billion forecast, with roughly 15 billion likely to be siphoned from Social Security surplus as Congress spends it on benefits.
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Washington
Vietnam
Brookings Institution
Nixon
Congress
Car Train Collision Kills 9 in Covington Georgia
Nine youths aged 12 to 16 died when a Georgia Railroad freight train struck a hand-me-down car at a rural crossing near Covington. Sharon Belcher survived in critical condition after the 65-car train hit the vehicle going about 45 mph. The accident occurred less than three miles from the youths' homes. victims included Jimmy Norwood and Almethin Norwood along with Peggy Ann Fuller and Susie Ann Fuller.
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Covington, Ga
Danny Henderson
Jimmy Norwood
Almethin
Peggy Ann Fuller
Susie Ann
Sharon Belcher
Atlanta
Georgia
Newton County
Henry Odum
Dear Abby readers share love over duty and adoption
A collection of Dear Abby letters shows readers tire of gifts given out of duty on Mother's Day, a mother cherishing time with her son over presents, and a birth mother thanking adoptive parents while affirming the child’s right to love from both families.
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Abby
Savannah
Stevie
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Cole
Fox the Baby Maker
Barbara Hershey
Ylt
Proctor-Silex
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Madrid
the South
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