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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1976
Page
5
In 1974, 6.4 million families or 11.5 percent of 55.8 million total had incomes of 25 000 or more. The largest group, 28.3 percent or 15.8 million, earned 15 000 to 25 000, while 24.4 percent or 13.6 million fell 10 000 to 15 000, 22.7 percent or 12.7 million 5 000 to 10 000, and 13.1 percent beneath 5 000 the poverty level.
Kissinger told Ian Smith that Rhodesia must yield power to a black majority within two years as part of a British American plan. Nyerere noted Smith accepted the plan but warned events remain uncertain and diehard Rhodesian Front factions could block it.
Administration officials urged the Senate committee to approve a 701.6 million arms package for Saudi Arabia including Maverick and Sidewinder missiles, armored vehicles, antiaircraft guns and jet fighters. Total Saudi arms sales in 1976 would reach about 7.5 billion, with officials arguing the deal boosts Gulf stability and remains carefully controlled.
The 31st UN General Assembly moved past the Korea issue as votes were cast for vice presidents and steering committee chairs. North Korea and its allies withdrew a resolution to dissolve UN Command in South Korea and pull 40,000 American troops. Sri Lanka's Hamilton Amerasinghe was elected president and urged unified action against white minority regimes in Rhodesia and South Africa. Kissinger to address the assembly on Vietnam and the U.S. veto debate drew sharp exchanges with Moynihan’s succession.
Ireland, once the sole country with a population decline in the first half of the century, saw emigration during hard times. In recent years the nation reversed course, attracting more people than it shed as growth returned.
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