Massachusetts Auto Insurance Rates Slashed by 20 Percent
Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner C Eugene Farnam rejects requests for higher auto insurance rates and orders a 20 percent cut in another category. Companies appeal to the state Supreme Judicial Court. Republicans Farnam and Governor Sargent face industry challenges as reform efforts begin hearings January 27 with Dever leading a special commission.
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Boston
Massachusetts
C. Eugene Farnam
Farnam
State
Supreme Judicial Court
Edward J. Dever Jr
D-Arlington
House
Joint Committee On Insurance
Francis W. Sargent
Ance Rates
Herbert P. Wilkins
Insurance Rating Board
State Supreme Court
Dever
Special Commission
Legislative Committee On
Spaulding Challenges Kennedy in Senate Run
Josiah A. Spaulding former Massachusetts GOP chair announces bid against Sen Edward M. Kennedy in Boston. He calls for face to face debates while dodging the Chappaquiddick issue and criticizes Kennedy as a 1960s politician aligned with big unions and power. Spaulding supports Nixon aims to reduce war involvement but backs civil rights progress. He attacks Kennedy as linked to machine politics and favors a new politics approach.
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Boston
Josiah A. Spaulding
Republican Party
Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
Spaulding
Kennedy
Chappa
Quiddick
Mary Jo Kopechne
GOP
Chappaquiddick
Vietnam
Nixon
United States
Clement Haynsworth
Sen
Spauldng
End of Biafra War Prompts Amnesty and Hunger Aid
Nigeria's Gowon accepted Biafra's surrender and pledged amnesty while calling for talks to end the conflict. Relief plans target about 4 million hungry Ibo and others, with centers being set up for refugees. Officials say food supply exists but distribution is the challenge, as Red Cross and relief groups mobilize teams.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Yakubu Gowon
Biafra
Gowon
Biafran
Philip Effiong
Organization of African Unity
Effiong
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Red Cross
Federal Rehabilitation Commission
Enugu
U.S
David Newsom
Newsom
Britain
Lord Hunt
Mt. Everest
Washington
Nixon
Paul VI
Vatican
Indictment Shapes Sweig Voloshen’s Wheelings Dealing
Dr. Martin Sweig an aide to Speaker John W. McCormack and Nathan Voloshen a hobbyist posed as staff and were indicted for defrauding federal agencies. The four page case details use of McCormack’s office to win concessions and favors for convicts and to aid soldiers seeking Army discharges.
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New York Times News Service
New York
Martin Sweig
John W. McCormack
Nathan ‘M. Voloshen
U.S. Atty
Robert M. Morgenthau
McCormack
Votoshen
Sweig
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
Department of Defense
Securities,and Exchange Commission
Department of Labor
Post Office Department
Selective Service System
Morgenthau
Staf
Grand Jury
United States
Washington
Voloshen
Division of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Century Arms Co
St. Albans
Office of Labor Management and Welfare Pension Reports
U.S. Department of Labor
Jack McCarthy
McCarthy
Hanmer Budge
SEC
Parvin- Pohrmann Co
Las Vegas
Pargin-Dohrmann
Gary Roth
Pentagon
Roth
Long Island
Taxpayers to pay federal taxes by credit card rollout
The City National Bank in Columbus and other banks announced a plan enabling taxpayers in at least nine states to pay federal income taxes with BankAmericard and Master Charge. Drafts to IRS would be deposited, with interest charged to cardholders up to 18 percent in some states. Seattle offered 12 percent with a 23 day grace. Banks in Colorado Denver and Colorado Springs and nearly 250 agent banks would participate, with nationwide follow ups. IRS noted openness to negotiable instruments as payment forms.
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Nei York
Tires News
New York
BankAmericard
Master Charge
City National Bank & Trust Co
Columbus
Ohio
West Virginia
Ashland
Holc BankAmericaids
John G. McCoy
Gordon Jelliffe
City’ National
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Rocky Mountain
Wyoming
Montana
North Dakota
Amexico
National Bank of Commerce
Seattle
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Washington
Federal Reserve System
Its For The Birds Its For The Birds Ad Teaser
A brief classified style note promotes bird seed and flower seed items for sale or trade. It invites readers to collect bird seed and possibly earn cash by turning house items into money, offering a contact line for ad inquiries.
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Diadono
Congress Warned on Growing Demand for Nuclear Power
In hearings before the joint Committee on Atomic Energy, witnesses warned that conventional power plants threaten air and water quality through sulfur pollution and thermal discharges. Proponents argued nuclear generation offers the least pollution despite drawbacks, with cooling methods like ponds, towers, or dry cooling to reduce thermal pollution.
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Washington
Congress
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
America
Fone
Iare
Chet Holifield
California Democrat
Holifield
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Libreville
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Porcer
Yakubu Gawon
Sweig, Voloshen
By Richard Severo
North Vietnam
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
Paris
Rocky Mountains
Belching
Lee A. DuBruge
Atomic Enery Commission
Glenn T. Seaxberg
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