Costs rise as health, Social Security expand in U S budget
Editorial argues 1973 75 outlook shows federal outlays near 103 billion for the aged ill and infirm, with health insurance and Medicare driving costs. It projects 2000 spending on health and Social Security could reach 170 billion, far surpassing defense, and urges realism about soaring entitlement bills.
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Congress
Daniel Moynihan
Vietnam
Moynihan
House
Ways and Means
Nixon
Asia
Europe
Hair of the Dog: Minnesota Tax Cure Debate Sparks Bitter Elixir
In a special session Minnesota lawmakers mock a tax reform as a hair-off-the-dog remedy for a 762 million fiscal hangover. Senators propose varied elixirs like the GETS YOU plan, while others fear bitter pills and rising costs for schools and taxpayers.
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Sen. J. Blatz
Bloominton
Senate Tax Committee
Sen. Blatz
Minnesota
Wildlife glimpses near Brainerd spurring thoughtful town planning
A Brainerd area observer notes frequent wildlife sightings including woodchucks ducks and kildeer in local open spaces. He urges city planners to value nature’s aesthetic and consider sustainable development to preserve these Northland creatures amid housing growth.
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Brainerd
Kildeer
Philadelphia
Northwoods
Woodchucks
Northland
Inaction criticized as tax impasse stalls legislature
Rep. Robert Falk of Teastrike blasted the House for stalling while Republicans push a tax plan. He notes DFL hearings on Senate-passed bills like the Public Employees Bargaining Bill, arguing for fair collective bargaining for teachers and state workers. He cites budget gaps and revised Conservative revenue shifts.
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Robert Falk
Teastrike Today
Falk
Ernest Lindstrom
House
House Dflers
Senate
House Rules Committee
DFL
Minnesota Education Association
Minnesota Federation of Teachers
Rep. Falk
LeVander
Rep
Defectors to West Germany rise among East Europeans
Border officials report 1960 to 1970 defections include 1 983 East Germans and 74 Czechoslovaks plus four Russians. The figures highlight the scale of emigration during the period.
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Munich
West Germany
Reveries And Salute To Veterans By Mrs Kaiser
Mrs. Kaiser delivers poems honoring war dead and mothers wives and sweethearts of fallen soldiers. She recalls her late husband and her son Lawrence killed in World War II and shares lines about dads and the value of guidance and esteem from veterans.
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America
William Kaiser, Sr
Sammy
Kaiser
Bemidji Hospital
Lawrence
Germany
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