New Year 1976 Kicks Off With Bicentennial Celebrations
Americans greet 1976 with flag displays and New Year events. Guy Lombardo will lead Auld Lang Syne at Waldorf Astoria in New York. The Liberty Bell will move from Independence Hall to a guarded exhibition hall in Philadelphia. Security costs run high as crowds exceed 50 000 expected. Pike’s Peak fireworks will light a Colorado sky. Weather forecasts warn of snow and mixed precipitation across regions. Fort Lauderdale braces for potential riots and vandalism among revelers. Boston Symphony Orchestra opens Symphony Hall party under Arthur Fiedler.
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Guy Lombardo
New York
Waldorf Astoria
Philadelphia
National Park Service
Independence Hall
Pennsylvania
Park Service
Douglas Warnack
U.S. Mint
Times Square
Rockies
Adaman Club
Colorado Springs
Pike's Peak
Colorado
Plains
New England
South Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Mississippi Valley
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Boston
Symphony Hall
Arthur Fiedler
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Postal rates increase to 15 cents for one ounce letters
Bemidji officials announce new postage rates effective at 12 01 am with 13 cent first ounce letters nine cent postcards and higher charges for each extra ounce up to 13 ounces Non profit bulk and second class mail largely unchanged Postmaster Harold Fruetel cites a rush of demand and notes this is the sixth rate change in 17 years Officials project record postal service revenue despite higher costs and inflationary pressures
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Bemidji
Harold Fruetel
Fruetel
Benjamin F. Bailor
Bailar
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Quest
Dulk
U.S. Court of Appeals
J. Edward Day
Mamie Eisenhower Taken Ill at Gettysburg Farm
Mamie Eisenhower 79 widow of President Dwight D. Eisenhower was ill at her Gettysburg area farm and taken by ambulance to Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington. The illness was not disclosed and her son John asked that doctors handle any condition announcement.
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Gettysburg, Pa
Mamie Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gettysburg Battlefield
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
John
Phoenixville
Eisenhower
Social Security taxes cut some workers pay in year
Washington reports that workers earning over 14000 a year will see smaller paychecks after Thursday due to Social Security taxes. A 300 weekly earner loses 17.55 each week from Nov 28 onward, while those under 14000 won’t notice a change.
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Washington
Minnesota adds circuit breaker tax relief with gold booklet
Minnesota’s new 12 page gold booklet titled Income-Adjusted Homestead Credit accompanies the standard tax form. The circuit-breaker plan links property taxes to income and adds up to 475 dollars in relief, paid as a state check to eligible homeowners and renters, with deadlines April 15 for regular forms and August for circuit-breaker filings.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Hometead
Roemer
Court injunction blocks welfare employee salary rise
A Ramsey County District Court judge issued a temporary injunction delaying state mandated cost of living increases for welfare workers. The ruling keeps 1975 salary schedules in place. increases planned for Jan 1 are halted pending February hearing, with AFSCME and Scott County Welfare Board arguing against hourly merit-based raises.
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Beltram County Welfare Board
Ramsey County
Barbara Sundquist
Merit Sysem
County Welfare Board
Edward D. Mulaily
Sundquist
Mulally
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes
Afscme
Scott County Welfare Board
Bemidji area office workers leader Ray Boyer retires after 33 years
Ray Boyer wraps up 33 years with the Minnesota Department of Employment Services Bemidji office after decades guiding job programs through wars and recessions. He will continue as a private employment consultant and interviewer while stepping down as area office manager and War Manpower Director.
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Bemidji
Ray Boyer
Ron Boyer
Minnesota
Department of Employment Services
Boyer
Bertha
Employment Services Department
Department
Little Falls
T've
Weyer
Civil Defense Mobile Support Area II
Minnesota Department of Employment Services
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Mattison
Cameron Park
Posto Ials
Defi
State Revenue
Arthur Roemer
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