Senate approves 9.6 billion antipoverty bill and 20 percent social security boost
The Senate passed a 9.6 billion antipoverty measure creating an independent legal service entity, sending the bill to the House after a 74 to 16 vote and signaling possible veto threats from President Nixon. Separately the Senate voted 82 to 4 to approve a 20 percent across the board Social Security increase with automatic cost of living adjustments, effective Sept. 1, 1972, and funded by higher payroll taxes.
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Washington
White House
Senate
House
Congress
Nixon
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Church
McGovern Seethes Over California Delegate Split
George McGovern denounces the Credentials Committee ruling that split 271 California delegates, predicting the Democratic National Convention will overturn it. He warns of back-room dealing and tensions ahead at the Miami Beach convention as Humphrey supporters push challenges and state delegates shift.
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Washington
George McGovern
Democratic Credentials Committee
California
South Dakota
McGovern
CBS Morning News
Credentials Committee
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Miami Beach
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Atlantic City
N.J
Humphrey
Daley
Illinois
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Muskie
Pennsylvania
New Orleans
Dorothy Taylor
Louisiana
Homestead Air Force Base
Welfare checks in mail as schedule kept
Welfare recipients will receive July checks on schedule after delays. Wyllie said the printing was ordered at Gov Curtis request and checks will be mailed today for delivery by Saturday or Monday, despite the holiday and fiscal year start complications.
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Augusta
Robert C. Wyllie
State Bureau of Social Welfare
Rodney L. Scribner
Kenneth M. Curtis
Scribner
Wyllie
Independence Day Could Have Been July 2 or Aug 2
The article recalls how July 4 became the celebrated date though independence voting occurred July 2 and the signing happened partly on August 2. It notes confusion among delegates, a Delaware campaign detour, and later attempts to reproduce the parchment in 1823 by John Quincy Adams.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Paine
Common Sense
Continental Congress
New Jersey
Maryland
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Delaware
New York
John Quincy Adams
Extra Second Added to World Clock as Earth Slows
Atomic clocks reveal a tiny slowdown in Earth rotation since 1958. To keep GMT accurate, master clocks insert a full second before midnight, a practice coordinated by international scientific agreement and broadcast by WWV in the United States.
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Washington
Earth
Greenwich
US Naval Observatory
R. Glenn Hall
Gernot M.R. Winkler
United States
National Bureau of Standards
WWV
Ft. Collins
Colo
Naval Observatory
Biddeford High School Athletics Director Announces Resignation
James H. McGrath resigns as assistant principal and athletic director at Biddeford High School to pursue a career as an educational book salesman in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Appointed Sept. 2, 1971, he is a John Bapst and St. Francis College alumnus who previously coached basketball and baseball at St. Louis Regional High School before moving to Biddeford.
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James H. McGrath
Biddeford
Andrew C. Brechette
McGrath
Connecticut
Massachusetts
John Bapst High School
Bangor
St. Francis College
St. Louis
Chuckle Preview: Predicting What Will Happen in Politics
A wry remark on political success notes that a savvy politician must forecast today tomorrow and next year and be prepared to explain later why the forecast failed. The line highlights strategic thinking and public accountability in political life.
Cannons Missing in Civil War Hall Heist Reappear
Portland police closed an investigation into the theft of two 700 pound Civil War era Howitzers from Bosworth Memorial Hall. One cannon sits on a front lawn facing Auburn Street, the other remains in the owner's garage. The theft was reported by a newly hired worker taking inventory.
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Portland
Bosworth Memorial Hall
Auburn Street
Philip F. Hamlin
Bosworth Memorial Association
Hamlin
Bosworth Hall
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Lyman, ME
Thompson
Corner Temple Ave
Seaside Ave
Ocean Park
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Saco
Fraternal Order OF Eagles
Birch St
Fiat-Roosevelt Motors, Inc
Atlantic Motors
York County
Europe
Maryline White
B.H.S
Dick Charles
Ellis Beach
Thomas E. Geyer
Attorney At Law
Old Orchard Beach
Office of
Aniello Voccia
D. C
Alfred Street
Ashington AV
Roger Paquette
W. Hall
Fournier
Reny Bros., Printers, Inc
Main Street
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