Blue Cross Blue Shield Frozen Premiums Await Nixon Lift
Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina says it will not raise health insurance premiums until Nixon ends the wage price rent freeze. New president Joseph Sullivan said many small group policy holders had already faced rate hikes, and the halt will delay increases for about 450 more small group policies slated for September and October.
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Columbia
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
South Carolina
Nixon
Cleveland Man Flies To Amsterdam In Search Of Daughter
In Amsterdam a Cleveland man travels to locate his 14 year old daughter who has been f luing back and forth across the Atlantic. The article notes the girl's father Leonard Gelfand and mentions the dairy store owner husband who died about 15 years ago.
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Amsterdam
Cleveland
Atlantic
Oh Emer
Leonard Gelfand
Rallies Seen as Egypt Libya and Syria Vote on Union
Twelve million voters were expected at the polls today in Egypt Libya and Syria to endorse a federation. A successful union would shift power in the Middle East and enable Arab States to threaten another showdown with Israel.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Syria
Union
Se Suas Befine
Middle East
Israel
Air Force study finds racism and discontent among Black airmen
A six month study at 15 bases in the Air Training Command reports discrimination and racism in the Air Force. The 15 man human relations team warns that Black airmen may turn to violence unless base commanders end “festering frustrations” and apply stronger civil rights measures.
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Washington
Air Force
Air Training Command
Increased Aid To Education Likely
California court ruling against local property tax financing for public schools fuels a push for federal education aid. Rep. Roman C. Pucinski, sponsor of one of three education bills, says prospects for new school aid legislation look brighter and will test Sept. 8 before the House committee. The decision, eligible for appeal to the Supreme Court, rules that reliance on local taxes gives more money to rich children than to poor.
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Washington
California
Roman C. Pucinski
D-Ill
House
Pucinski
Full Education and Labor Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
Hawaii
Utah
Christian Action Council Seeks IRS Tax Ruling Resolution
The new Finance Committee of the South Carolina Christian Action Council meets in Columbia to untangle an IRS ruling that left the group owing nearly $10,000 in taxes. Rhett Jackson, the Columbia businessman and committee chair, said reps from most of the 18 member denominations will join the panel.
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Columbia
South Carolina Christian Action Council
Internal Revenue Service
Rhett Jackson
Dollar strengthens worldwide after Nixon policy shift
The U S dollar rose versus the West German mark and French franc while staying steady against the Japanese yen. The Nixon administration's economic moves reached Moscow as the Soviet government raised the ruble value for 15 foreign currencies yet kept the dollar rate at 1 11 rubles.
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London
Dent Nixon
Moscow
City Wide Petition Drive Promotes Bonds for Aiken County
More than 125 residents attended a public meeting led by city officials and the Citizens for Progress Committee to discuss a proposed 1.6 million bond issue. The plan covers a storm drainage system, a public works facility, a public safety building, and a multi purpose activities building with separate votes required for each item.
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Ibrary
Aiken County
Citizens For Progress Committee
Frank Galardi
Roland Windham
Opposition To Freeze Is Growing Across Groups
Two labor groups and Boston police officers filed lawsuits challenging Nixon's wage-price freeze. The Brotherhood of Electrical Workers representing about 2,000 members seeks pay raises and automatic in grade raises. Boston Police Patrolmen's Association also sues, arguing the freeze law doesn’t apply to government employees and oversteps Congress. Electricians in Kansas City seek enforcement of a contract deal for an 85 cent hourly raise plus 15 cents in fringe benefits. Gardner Ackley criticizes the policy as unfair to consumers.
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Washington
Boston
Nixon
Government Department
Catholic University
Congress
Executive
Teskty B Wetnee
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Boston Police Patrolmen's Association
Postal
Postal Service
Kansas City
Oration
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Lyndon B. Johnson
Labor
Court Says Financing Is Unconstitutional
Government and school officials view the California Supreme Court ruling on school financing as a precedent shattering decision that could trigger similar challenges nationwide. Leaders warn it may redefine public education funding and increase equal opportunity for poor students, with states evaluating new funding remedies.
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California Supreme Court
California
U.S. Supreme Court
Michael J. Bakalis
Illinois
Vermont
Deane C. David
M. Carl Holman
National Urban Coalition
South Carolina Educators to Receive Approved Pay Hikes
State officials announced South Carolina teachers will get the pay raise approved this year despite President Nixon's nine day wage freeze. The plan allows districts to grant an average increase of about 300 dollars per year for teachers who began before August 15, with all district teachers eligible for the boost even if they started after the freeze.
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Dizzy Gillespie
U.S
Muhammad Ali
Duke Ellington
Nixon
Senet
Cyril B. Busbee
Daniel McLeod
Federal Office of Emergent Preparedness
Atlanta
South Carolina
Busbee
Tax Idea One Of Give-Take For California Schools
Gov Ronald Reagan's finance director Verne Orr describes a statewide property tax to fund schools as Robin Hood style. The plan would redistribute from about 20 percent of wealthy districts to 80 percent of less wealthy districts as California seeks a constitutionally compliant school finance system.
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Joe Calif
Ronald Reagan
Verne Orr
California Supreme Court
Wilcox Hotel in Aiken faces five week ultimatum
The Wilcox Hotel, once a resort for royalty and wealth, must present a renovation plan within five weeks to meet city building codes and the courts or face razing. Owner Joseph M. Ewans, a Read ing PA rug dealer, purchased the property in 1958 and has since repaired parts while interior deficiencies persist.
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Wilcox Hotel
Joseph N. Ewans
Howard Williamson
Aiken
Wilcox
Joseph M. Ewans
Mecca
America
Colleton Avenue
Ewans
Reading
Eways
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