Pay raises for Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board members
The state House of Representatives votes to raise the chairman’s pay from $18,000 to $25,000 and the other two members from $17,000 to $24,000, proposing $7,000 yearly increases for all three. Opponents note unemployment is high and criticize the board’s performance and high liquor prices, questioning constitutional eligibility for raises during current terms.
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Veterans' Education Benefits Overpaid by Veterans
The House Veterans Committee orders a GAO probe into $329.6 million in education benefits paid to veterans who did not attend classes. Some colleges aided the scheme by keeping nonattending students on rolls to boost state aid. instances in Maryland show dozens receiving full benefits despite no coursework. Prosecution possible for the savviest offenders.
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Jackie Onassis settlement and Mayaguez rescue debate profiled
The article surveys a potential twenty point five million settlement for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis from the Aristotle Onassis estate amid transfers between London and New York. It notes banker moves, official comments, and the lack of a will, while also detailing Ford’s Mayaguez rescue decision, hospital land disputes, and a town column on summer joys and woes.
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Problem Solving Lessons From UCLA Course
Paul Harvey discusses the UCLA course on problem solving, its growth across MIT USC and others, and the value of systematic approaches. Prof Moshe Rubenstein advocates checklists, evaluating total problems, weighing alternatives, and openness to doubt to improve decision making. Eisenhower quotes frame the point about decisive judgment.
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Economic doubts shadow postwar recovery prospects
New York reporting discusses falling rates and slowing inflation but notes no relief or celebration as unemployment hovers around 8.9 percent. Analysts warn deficits and capital shortages could stall expansion, with Seidman estimating 10 million new jobs needed by 1980 and Saulnier fearing higher rates and inflation if deficits swell.
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