Social Security raises in April for 25 million recipients
Washington AP reports a 15 percent Social Security increase effective Jan 1, with first full extra payment arriving in March and retroactive January February included. Average retiree payments rise from about $100 to $116, couples from $170 to $19? and minimums from $55 to $64. To protect welfare recipients, the bill guarantees at least a $4 raise for double beneficiaries and excludes retroactive pay from welfare income calculations.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
City Briefs and Local Club Notices Highlight 1970 Elections and Events
Exchange Club officers to be elected Tuesday noon at Montrose hotel. Optimists associate editor Frank Nye to speak Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. at Shorewood Browse. Kiwanis to view film on air traffic control at Roosevelt noon Wednesday. Rotary speaker Dr Byong Suh Kim addresses student unrest in Japanese universities at Montrose hotel. Former Cedar Rapids resident Jack Hirsh, 58, dies in Nashville. Numerous ads list painting rates, beauty services, and local business events.
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Exchange Club
Montrose Hotel
Frank Nye
Gazette
Shorewood
Kiwanis
Roger Ferguson
F.A.A
Roosevelt
Rotary Club
Byong-Suh Kim
Coe College
Birdman Counts White House Birds in 1969 Census
Dr Fred Evenden led the first official bird count at the White House, finding 9 varieties among 167 birds, far from Theodore Roosevelt s 56 species in residence. The annual Christmas bird census tracks species nationwide with Audubon Society and Interior Department support, marking 70 years of counting.
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Washington
White House
Fred Evenden
The
Wildlife Society
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Evenden
U. S
National Audubon Society
Interior Department
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Perot Aims for Moscow After Hanoi Door Slams
American industrialist H. Ross Perot planned a rapid move toward Moscow after Hanoi blocked his deliveries to U.S. prisoners of war in North Vietnam. He returned to Bangkok from Vientiane with 30 companions, refused entry to both Laos and Vietnam to hand over food, medicine, and gifts. His chartered Boeing 707 remained loaded with 1,400 canned Christmas dinners as decisions on entry to the Soviet Union were awaited.
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Thailand
Hanoi
H. Ross Perot
Moscow
North Vietnam
Perot
Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Kremlin
U.S
Soviet Union
Dakota Senator Milton Young Weds Patricia Byrne
Senator Milton Young and his long time secretary Patricia Byrne were married on Saturday in Arlington. The 72 year old senator, whose engagement was kept highly secret, has served in the Senate since 1945 with multiple re-elections following his initial appointment. Byrne began working for him soon after his 1945 appointment.
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Arlington, Va
Milton Young
R-N.d
Patricia Byrne
Young
Miss Byrne
Senate
State highway plans anti-roll bars for mowing tractors
The Kentucky Highway Department will equip mowing tractors with anti-roll bars next spring to protect workers in case of overturns. The devices will keep the operator from being crushed while strapped in the seat.
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Frankfort
State Highway Department
Seamen Missing After Badger State Explosion
UPI reports no trace of 25 American seamen missing after abandoning life rafts in 20 foot seas following an explosion on the Badger State near Pearl Harbor. Fourteen sailors were rescued and the ship, still afloat with smoke, might be towed. hope dwindles as hours pass.
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Pearl Harbor
UPI
Badger State
Navy
Honolulu
Hoover Open Letter to Youth Challenges and Promise
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover on turning 75 calls for positive youth action to safeguard America. He notes a decade of peril yet bright promise, cites crime and violence as signs of moral decline, but expresses faith in young people to meet immense 1970s challenges while continuing in service health permitting.
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Hoover
America
FBI
Justice Department
One Dead Iowa City Couple Hurt in Crash
Fort Madison AP reports Vincent B Ambers 47 of Burlington killed in a two car collision on U.S. 61 two miles north of Fort Madison. David F Nelson 24 and wife 23, of Iowa City, injured with Mrs Nelson suffering leg and jaw fractures. Deputy Ralph Einspanger said Ambers crossed the center line coming out of a curve.
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Iowa City
Fort Madison
Vincent B. Ambers
Burlington
U.S. 61
Here
David EF. Nelson
Nelson
Fort Madison Hospital
Lee County
Ralph Einspanger
Proxmire Says Soviets Not Ten Feet Tall In Defense
Senator William Proxmire asserts U S military spending should reflect a Soviet power roughly half of the U S and calls for a $10 billion cut in defense for fiscal 1971. He cites expert testimony claiming Russia’s economy and military are smaller, warning against overestimation of adversaries.
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Washington
William Proxmire
U.S
Wisconsin Democrat
Senate
House Joint Economic Committee
Proxmire
Nixson
Pentagon
Mire
Charles Percy
Ill
Nixon
Congress
United States
Subcommittee
Russia
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