Roy Sullivan Clipping Bureau Keeps News Alive in Bennington
At 75 Roy Sullivan runs a clipping bureau from Bennington Vermont, sending 10 to 30 articles daily to clients nationwide. He began after World War I in Brockton Massachusetts and later worked in Keene and Troy. Obituaries form his core, with homes and funeral directors relying on his notices for multiple papers.
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Rob Woolmington
Roy Sullivan
Sullivan
Brockton
Mass
Troy Times Record
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Bennington
Hearst
Keene, N.H
The
Banner
Times Record
Troy
Burlington Free Press
Rutland Herald
the Banner
North Adams Transcript
Elm Street
Evans News
Fishman
Winnifred William Sullivan
Social Security Faces Funding Crisis and Reforms
The United States Social Security system faces a long term funding crisis as base income shrinks and reserves may be exhausted by 1982 unless major restructuring occurs after 2000. A House Ways and Means subcommittee report outlines current shortfalls, rising benefits pegged to inflation, and five or six policy options including new taxes or tax-base changes to restore solvency.
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Preston C. Bassett
N.Y. Times News Service
United States
Social Security
Subcommittee On Social Security
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Social Security reform options debated for solvency
A 1970s analysis outlines multiple paths to fund Social Security through higher payroll taxes, equal worker-employer increases, and revised benefit formulas. It warns of long term strain from aging and a shrinking workforce, urging careful actuarial redesign and possible later retirement age.
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Visory Groups
Kickbacks push up costs for consumers in US markets
UPI report notes corporate bribes cost American consumers 5 to 8 billion dollars annually. Norman Jaspan cites kickbacks in food retail and building sectors as pervasive. Vendors often pay store managers for shelf space while some firms limit gifts. Calls for strict measures include signing anti-kickback agreements and federal law to criminalize such acts. Families earning above 20000 dollars in 1974 comprised over 20 percent of the population, Conference Board reports. After tax income reached over 80 billion dollars in 1974, nearly triple the early 1960s figure.
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Richard Hughes
New York
UPI
Norman Jaspan
Jaspan
U. S
The
Conference Board
New York Ads Revenue Rise in October
Advertising revenues of U S daily newspapers rose 7.3 percent in October, per the Newspaper Advertising Bureau. Retail advertising led the gain with a 9.4 percent increase, the largest classified category.
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New York
UPI
United States
Newspaper Advertising Bureau
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Vw Construction
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ALLDA
Elm ST. Bennington
Insurance Information Institute
Internal Revenue Service
Pratt Street
Cape Maid
the East
Union ST
Dunkin’ Donuts
McDonalds
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