Senate panel approves federal election funding bill
The Senate Rules Committee backed a plan to fully finance presidential campaigns with federal funds and extend funding to Senate and House races. It sets 15 cent per voter ceilings, establishes a Federal Elections Commission, and requires early fundraising thresholds for primaries. Individual donations would be capped at 25,000 with no more than 3,000 to any one candidate.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
House
Federal Elections Commission
Quiet truck driver felled by violence sparks outcry in South Carolina
Claudie Nix a 51 year old Albany Felt Co. trucker known as a quiet hardworking man was shot on Delaware Highway 13 during a truckers strike. He drove 800 miles weekly to Albany New York and left behind a wife and six children. Police hunt the killer as fellow drivers condemn violence.
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J. Conway Velangia
South Carolina
Albany Felt Co
Albany
N.Y
Claudie
Robert Vander Mixon
St. Stephen
Church of God
Highway 13
Delaware
Harrington
Del
Citizens’ Band
Pennsylvania
Peggy
U.S. 40
Bear
Albert
Buffalo Bill
Achuff
Both houses back bills to raise federal minimum wage
The Senate Labor Committee approved a bill to raise the federal minimum wage from 1.60 to 2 within 30 days, extending coverage to 7 million more workers. A House subcommittee backed a different plan moving to the full committee, with staged increases to 2.30 by 1977 for newly covered workers.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Nixon
Senate Labor Committee
Full House
Education and Labor Committee For Action
Washington slept through travel but sought better inns
National Geographic reports on George Washington’s travel hardships and health battles across early America. It notes his restless nights in frontier cabins, fires, and straw mattresses, plus adventures in Barbados and Berkeley Springs. The account highlights weak taverns, storms, and occasional warm welcomes on tours, ending with his death at Mount Vernon.
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Washington
D.C
George Washington
America
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
National Geographic Society
West Indies
United States
Uxbridge
Mass
Chesapeake Bay
Severn River
National Geographic
Annapolis
North Carolina
Hallifax
New Bern
N.C
Allan
Mount Vernon
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Featuring
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Arlington
Vermont
Finast
Ennington, Vermont
Belleman & Son
Northside Drive
Bennington
Scothy
Renault
Irenault
Miles
Scot Sport Motors
North Street
Bennington, Vermont
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