Weinberger urges Congress to tackle Social Security money problems
HEW Secretary Caspar Weinberger told the House Ways and Means Committee that Social Security faces cash shortages as benefits outstrip income, urging careful consideration of any tax hikes while noting the Ford administration opposes changes affecting 1975 or 1976. He warned against revenue measures before 1977, with payroll tax at 5.85 percent on incomes to 14100.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
HEW
Caspar Weinberger
Weinberger
House
Ways and Means
Ford
Youngsters outrun weekly freight in Sleepy Eye
In Sleepy Eye Minnesota youngsters regularly outpace the weekly Chicago Northwestern freight between Sleepy Eye and Redwood Falls a 50 mile round trip. The derelict rails force speeds of five miles an hour with crew overnighting in Redwood Falls. Veterans recall faster service in 1925 when four trains ran daily. now harvest season brings a temporary bump to twice weekly.
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Sleepy Eye, Minn
UPI
Here
Redwood Falls
Chicago-Northwestern
Fred Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer
Nebraska overrides Exon veto on penal institutions plan
Lincoln Neb UPI lawmakers vote 31 9 to override Gov Exon and approve LB417 replacing aging penal facilities with a priority list including Lincoln men's reformatory Omaha second medium minimum security unit and possible rebuilding of maximum security unit The override of the $700000 appropriation measure passed 34 13 Judiciary Chairman Roland Luedtke urged completion of the five year study and urged lawmakers to back the override over Exon's veto The bill originally passed May 16 on a 38 6 vote.
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Lincoln, Neb
Upi
J. J. Exon
Nebraska
Judiciary Committee
Men’s Reformatory
Lincoln
Omaha
Third
Judiciary
Roland Luedtke
Exon
Luedtke
Kissinger and Gromyko Seek Joint Peace Effort
In Bonn Kissinger and Gromyko agreed to pursue a cooperative atmosphere for a Geneva Middle East conference. A senior U.S. official said the plan envisions a joint Soviet American peace effort and a timely conference to advance negotiations.
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Bonn
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Andrei A. Gromyko
Middle East
U.S
Kissinger
Vienna
Geneva
Nebraska Governor Proclaims 50th Anniversary American Legion Baseball
Gov James Exon proclaims June 1 to August 31 1975 as American Legion Baseball Season in Nebraska to mark the program’s 50th anniversary since adoption at the 1925 Omaha Legion Convention. The ceremony at the signing included Mark Haas Duane Bokemper Tony Sharpe and Herbert Gish among participants.
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Nebraska
James Exon
American Legion
Omaha
Mark Haas
Legion
Lincoln
Gov. Exon
Herbert D. Gish
First Department
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Duane Bokemper
Nebraska Department
Tony Sharpe
Cambodian gunboat crew defects amid Mayaguez seizure dispute
Cambodian ten man crew defected to Thailand claiming involvement in the Mayaguez seizure then recanted. The vessel arrived at Sattahip port flying a white flag, possibly with Vietnamese aboard, while Thailand sought to manage the incident without provoking Khmer Rouge relations.
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Bangkok
UPI
Thailand
Mayaguez
Sattahip
Here
Sattahip Complex
U Tapao Air Base
Cambodia
U.S
Washington
Ford vetoes strip mining measure
President Ford vetoed the bill setting federal standards for surface mining. It was his second veto in five months and faces a House override vote Wednesday. Senate GOP leader Hugh Scott warned of job losses and higher oil imports if overridden.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Capitol Hill
House
Congress
White House
Senate Gop
Hugh Scott
Senate
Frank G. Zarb
NBC Today Show
Nebraska Weather: Warm Monday Then Cold Front Brings Rain
United Press International reports Nebraska's weather system turning hot and cold as a cold front moves southeast across central areas. Moisture triggers light drizzle in the western Panhandle while the National Weather Service forecasts possibly severe thundershowers in eastern Nebraska tonight. Early temps ranged from 38 in Sidney to 72 in Omaha with Monday highs from 93 in Omaha and Norfolk to 81 in Sidney. Tonight's lows expected from the upper 30s in the west to the upper 60s in the east.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Panhandle
National Weather Service
Sidney
Omaha
Norfolk
GNP Faces Sharp Drop in First Quarter 1975
The Commerce Department reports steep recession in early 1975 with a 11.3 percent annualized fall in output, a 22 percent drop in after tax corporate profits, and six straight quarters of inflation-adjusted GNP decline. The January March decline was the largest since 1947.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
U.S
Department
Busy agenda for Council Wednesday
City officials preview a long Columbus City Council meeting at 8 p.m. in City Hall. Bids open Wednesday afternoon for a new police cruiser and the solid waste treatment building, plus trash compactor installation, with action expected. The civil service commission favors Chris Lewes, Lonnie Anderson, and Pat Foust to replace retired Captain Jack Florendo. the mayor will select and the council must ratify.
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Leo Boettcher
Columbus
City Hall
11Th Street
23Rd Avenue
Civil Service Commission
Jack Florendo
Columbus Police Department
Chris Lewes
Lonnie Anderson
Pat Foust
CIA tied to Mafia in Castro assassination plot
Rockefeller Commission sources say FBI evidence links the CIA with Chicago figures Sam Giancana and John Roselli in a 1961 plan to kill Fidel Castro. The file, from the DOJ, questions whether Kennedy approved the project and if any action occurred. CIA denies formal approval, comments were not provided.
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Washington
UPI
Rockefeller Commission
FBI
Central Intelligence Agency
Fidel Castro
Commission
CIA
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Department of Justice
John F. Kennedy
John Roselli
Lakeview awards night honors many students and donors
Lakeview High School held its annual awards night, with seniors and other students receiving scholarships and honors from local businesses and service clubs. Notable awards included a $2,800 Becton-Dickinson scholarship to Tom Melcher, $600 to Kathy Kinzer from Behlen Manufacturing, $400 Platte Agricultural Society scholarships to four students, and $100 Bee Line scholarship to Sheri Dirks.
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Lakeview High School
Columbus Beauty College
Kelly Saalfeld
Platte County Home Extension Council
Mark Kuhn
Midland College
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