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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1973
Page
9
The House considers a plan for a 7 percent benefit rise next April and 4 percent in July, with automatic COLA changes each June thereafter, plus raising the Social Security tax base from 10,800 to 13,200 in 1974. The package would lift average old age benefits and raise the payroll tax maximum from 631 to 772, a 22 percent increase.
Some 2000 students barricaded the Athens Polytechnic Institute and occupied the building to demand the overthrow of President George Papadopoulos. Police watched as sympathizers supplied food and blankets. Classes halted as banners read Down with Papadopoulos and Out with the Americans.
Washington AP Nixon chief of staff Alexander Haig Jr assured Sen. Charles Percy that all White House material germane to the Watergate investigation will be made available to the new special prosecutor. Percy said Haig told him the prosecutor can request documents and receive them if germane, with Senate confirmation to Jaworski contemplated.
Honolulu AP reports a one day Hawaii State Prison disturbance ended without bloodshed as about 150 inmates took control of the main cellblock late Tuesday and retreated to their cells by Wednesday. Officials cited a wave of calls for reform amid prior violence including a guard and inmate deaths and a National Guard search for weapons.
The York County Council and American Legion teams plan an oratorical contest with district and state rounds set in Maine. Local contests run January 26 and February 2, with winners advancing to February 16 district competition and a top prize of 50 dollars, second 25, third 15, plus an 8000 dollar national college scholarship. Refreshments were served.
By a margin of more than four to one the Orono Teachers Association voted 52 to 12 to abstain from taking a position on President Nixon's impeachment. President Richard C. Walker said the group favored individual choice and rejected a blanket political stance amid Watergate. The vote followed a request from the Maine Teachers Association for local groups to decide a position.
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