Public hearing panel aims to gauge pay hike sentiment
In our opinion the Commonwealth Compensation Commission is busily scheduling five hearings to measure taxpayer views on pay increases for state officials judges and legislative leaders. We view the hearings as window dressing while condemning the panel for seeking a perpetual pay upgrade.
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Polls show strong support for industry pollution cleanup
Harris poll finds most Americans view pollution as a serious problem and want industry to finance depollution through corporate taxes. 87 percent favor forcing industry to clean up, 74 percent oppose passing costs to the public, and 64 percent favor corporate taxation to fund cleanup.
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Social Security benefits bias favors men over women
Millions of women who have earned long enough to qualify for retirement benefits qualify for dependents. A wife's 65 benefit equals half the husband's retired amount, with adjustments if she is 62 to 65. The system adds the higher of her own benefit or the dependent amount, but not more than if she had never worked. The critique notes wage gaps and job interruptions, causing many couples where both work to receive smaller benefits than a single earner couple with similar total earnings.
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Inequities in Social Security Target Women and Wives
A detailed critique shows how Social Security favors men and working husbands while discriminating against women in widow and dependent benefits. It cites cases where divorced or homemaker wives lose rights after long marriages and highlights calls for equity, with a Supreme Court challenge noted.
Burke papers theft fuels CIA blame talk of government breakins
The article reports on missing Burke papers found in a Naval Investigations Service file. It says Burke, a Kennedy policy critic and Medal of Freedom recipient, suspects unauthorized entry and possible CIA involvement. It notes Demetracopoulos and Burke’s secretary knew of the interview and the raw transcript, later edited in Burke’s handwriting, and hints at a broader pattern of government surveillance and alleged burglaries.
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Mary Tyler Moore Show Ends After 7 Hit Seasons
Mary Richards prepares for her final WJM TV newscast in Minneapolis studio in Friday’s finale. Moore says the last episode marks the end of a groundbreaking series about a career woman, which sparked spinoffs Phyllis and Rhoda.
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