Railroad pension fund facing bankruptcy without reforms
A congressional commission warns the federally administered RR pension fund could go broke by 1988 unless financial reforms are enacted soon. It urges higher contributions from both management and workers, recommends separating Social Security coverage from supplementary benefits, and rejects government subsidies.
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Commission On Railroad Retirement
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Federal Railroad Retirement Board
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Nixon Campaign Officials Deny GAO Violations
Paul E. Barrick, treasurer of the Nixon re election finance committee, dismisses a Washington Post report that the GAO found irregularities in handling about 500000 dollars. The Post cited unreported contributions and expenditures, a campaign security fund, reporting errors, an itemized 50000, and unspecified loose cash.
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Paul E. Barrick
Nixon
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the Post
GAO
Post
Salvation Army Aid in Chanute Highlighted by Local Leader
Dean Foster, chairman of Chanute Salvation Army, says he has run the local fund for 20 years and spends money where needed. This year he assisted about 50 families with groceries and covers utilities for low income parents with children. The group helps transients with meals and beds and occasionally assists families moving cross country. Foster keeps 20 percent of funds locally and sends 80 percent to the state office, able to access additional funds if needed. He provides annual accounting, and notes the Pittsburg pickup for used items operates independently.
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Dean Foster
Salvation Army Committee
Chanute
Salvation Army
Foster
United Fund
State Office
Pittsburg
Sex Advice Service Expands Across Rhode Island
Newport Rhode Island AP reports a telephone service for sexual problems expands from Newport County to the entire state. Since starting June 12 the Sex Information Service has fielded over 250 anonymous questions on venereal disease birth control homosexuality and love making. Volunteers backed by psychiatric social workers gynecologists psychiatrists and a clinical psychologist handle inquiries.
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Newport
R.I
Rhode Island
Sex Information Service
Child Family Services of
United Fund
Newport County
Jan Prochaska
First Women Delegates Cast Half Votes in 1920 Conventions
An intercepted letter describes the first women delegates at the 1920 presidential conventions casting only half votes, and notes this as a liberal stance since women were not yet fully liberated.
Nixon and Agnew Named Nominating Ticket at Miami
Nixon accepted the Republican nomination for a record third term with Agnew reaffirmed as running mate. Delegates cheered as 1,347 votes backed Nixon and 1 for McCloskey while Lajan cast New Mexico’s single vote. Speakers emphasized unity across the party and a youth outreach plan for the fall race.
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Nixon
Paul N. McCloskey
California
Manuel Lajan
New Mexico
McCloskey
Ellsberg Russo Seek Supreme Court Review of Wiretap Issue
Attorneys for Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo petition the Supreme Court to decide three points about wiretap hearings in the Pentagon Papers case. The case questions whether overheard conversations require a public hearing, whether denying such hearings violates law, and the legality of a foreign intelligence wiretap without a warrant.
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Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Supreme Court
Ellsberg
Russo
Rand Corp
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
California brush fire races across three counties
The blaze scorched over 3450 acres in Los Angeles Ventura and Santa Barbara counties driven by record heat and Santa Ana winds. It threatened the Sespe Creek condor sanctuary with 350 firefighters on scene and no injuries reported as 2,000 plus acres burned in the Los Padres National Forest 22 miles east of Ventura. The fire started Tuesday afternoon likely from illegal fireworks and slowed by shifting winds.
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Associated Press
California
Los Padres National Forest
Ventura
U.S. Forest Service
Santa Ana
Los Angeles
First Women Delegates Cast Half Votes at 1920 Convention
Laguna Beach notes 91 year old Iowa delegate Mrs. Byron Coon recalling the first Republican National Convention to admit women. Twenty five women delegates shared one half vote each. she recalls smoke filled rooms and the suffrage movement that helped her win a seat. She plans to vote for Nixon and Agnew this year, praising their focus on business.
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Chicago
Byron Coon
Iowa
Mrs. Coon
Towa
Carrie Nation
Area Forecast Highlights A Warm, Thunder Showers Threat
Today at 1 p.m. temperatures reached 73 with humidity around 60 percent. Precipitation yesterday was .02 inch as the area forecasts partly cloudy skies with widely scattered thundershowers into tonight, light variable winds, and mild lows upper 50s to low 60s. Thursday will be partly sunny with highs in the 80s and a 10 percent rain chance.
Dem candidate Berrigan Withdraws From Wilson County Race
Michael Berrigan withdraws as Democratic candidate for Wilson County Commissioner District 3 to enter Creighton University School of Dentistry in Omaha. He would have faced Republican Tom Adams for the post.
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Neodesha
Michael Berrigan
Wilson County
Berrigan
Creighton University School of Dentistry
Omaha
Tom Adams
Commission
Wilson County Joins See Kan Regional Planning Commission
Wilson County commissioners approve sharing in establishment and operation of the See-Kan Regional Planning Commission. Nine counties participate including Bourbon Cherokee Crawford Labette Neosho Allen Montgomery and Woodson. The board also unanimously accepts the Four-County Mental Health Plan with Elk Chautauqua and Montgomery.
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Wilson County
See-Kan
Bourbon
Cherokee
Crawford
Labette
Neosho
Allen
Montgomery
Woodson
Oter
Elk
Chautauqua
Protests Roil Miami Beach as Nixon Delegates Renominated
Police lines squared off with protesters around Convention Hall in Miami Beach as 216 people were arrested during a day of demonstrations against President Nixon’s renomination. injuries included a police lieutenant, a protester, and two bystanders amid rock throwing, window smashing, and vehicle pelting through afternoon and night.
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Fla
Nixon
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Ryun Says No Interviews Until Olympic Run Ends
Jim Ryun announced at the Olympic Village that he will not grant interviews until the Olympics conclude. The Kansas distance runner stated he made the decision two months ago and plans to stay silent through his 1,500-meter final on September 9, the eve of the games closing.
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Jim Ryun
Olympic Village
Kansas
Ryun
Eugene
Ore
U.S
McGovern vows defense cuts but pledges deterrence
Senator George McGovern told the American Legion that while he will slash about 32 billion from the defense budget, no hostile power will threaten the country if he is elected. He made the remarks at the Legion national convention and planned a meeting today with Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley.
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George McGovern
The
American Legion Today
Richard J. Daley
FBI kills robber at Kennedy as duo planned flight
FBI agents fatally shot one of two bank robbers at Kennedy Airport and captured the other as they prepared to board a private jet out of the country. Seven hostages held for more than 14 hours were unharmed. The robbers had robbed a Brooklyn Chase Manhattan branch of 29,000 dollars earlier that afternoon and then seized an employee.
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FBI
Kennedy
Brooklyn
Chase Manhattan Bank
Fighting reported at Que Son Valley and Da Nang shelling
Heavy fighting was reported at the mouth of the Que Son Valley Tuesday. North Vietnamese forces shelled Da Nang for the third time in less than a week, about 30 miles north.
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Saigon
Que Son
da Nang
Strong leads in Bristow Sapulpa and Okemah bombing probes
Sapulpa Oklahoma AP District Attorney Davie Young says investigators have strong leads in bombings at Bristow, Sapulpa and Okemah. He cautions arrests will wait for confirmation. Jim Welch of ATF notes a common denominator linking the Bristow bank blast and an Okemah fuel bottling plant explosion.
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Okla
Atty
Davie Young
Bristow
Okemah
Jim Welch
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
Treasury Department
Bristow Bank
Okemah Fuel
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