Welfare rolls soar with 3.4 million yearly rise
Washington AP reports the AFDC program shows November 1970 gains of 282000 recipients, with annual growth projected at 3.4 million. Officials cite winter increases, unemployment, and court rulings while noting a temporary GM layoff spike. President Nixon seeks a family assistance plan with guaranteed income and work requirements.
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AFDC
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
General Motors
Michigan
Altars Rights
Nixon
Parochial School Aid Faces Supreme Court Challenge
Pennsylvania argues state aid to parochial schools must continue citing public schools’ limits and bankruptcy risk. Opponents call it unconstitutional and a means to fund church schools, while the case tests limits on nonpublic school assistance and secular use of aid. Also notes SB 298 tax exclusion for servicemembers buying vehicles outside state lines and a Navajo helicopter pilot from Albuquerque joining Vietnam duty.
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Pennsylvania
J. Shane Creamer
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Henry W. Sawyer II
R. Budd Dwyer
Meadville
Creamer
William B. Ball
Harrisburg
Ball
Sawyer
Albuquerque
N.M
Army
Clarence Gatewood
Gatewood
Vietnam
Ft. Defiance
Ariz
Sterling Milk Names Ex Corryite Carl E Anthony Treasurer
Sterling Milk Company of Erie announced the appointment of former Corry resident Carl E Anthony as treasurer. Anthony joined in 1969 as assistant controller after serving as controller at Ajax Iron Works. He worked with the late Dr J H Castor, lived on East Bond Street Corry, now resides at 1587 West 41st Street Erie with wife and daughter in Mexico City.
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Sterling Milk Company
Erie
Corry
Carl E. Anthony
Anthony
Ajax Iron Works
J.H. Castor
Tex
Sterling
East Bond Street
Burglars Take 150000 From Venango County Home
Police say burglars who knew what they were after removed about 150000 in cash from Genevieve Spishock's Venango County home while she was away. Two safes and about 1000 in small bills were also taken, with most money found in a basement freezer. Spishock, a former Oil City business owner and motel proprietor, had sold her machine and tool company last year.
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Reno
U S Cuts Back Defense Against Bomber Attack
Washington reports a sharp reduction in air defenses against bomber attack as the Army deactivates half its Hercules missile batteries and the Air Force plans to thin and spread interceptor squadrons. The move signals an economy measure and a shift in air defense strategy since the early sixties amid Soviet focus on ICBMs.
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Washington
United States
Neve
Army
Air Force
Soviet Union
America
AWACS
Absenteeism Rising as Flu Surges in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh schools absentee rates Wednesday ran about 25 to 30 percent as health officials linked the rise to a flu outbreak identified as type B. Dr. Virginia Washburn warned the pattern could resemble an epidemic, noting fever and headaches typical of the flu and predicting the siege might last two to three weeks.
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Pittsburgh
Virginia Washburn
Allegheny Gay
Maternal and Childth
Washburn
Nixon Seeks 2 Billion For State Job Programs
President Nixon asks Congress for a manpower bill to steer about 2 billion dollars a year in federal revenue sharing to states for job programs. The plan favors time limited public service jobs and job training, with unions warning not enough jobs will be created and voicing opposition to revenue sharing. AFL CIO says immediate creation of 500,000 public service jobs is needed and questions guarantees on money usage.
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Nixon
Congress
White House
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Cliff Buelink Ford, Inc
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