Social Security Finance Bill Advances in Congress
The House passed the Social Security Financing Amendments of 1977 by a 275 146 vote, with promise of Senate action and presidential support to secure long term funding. The measure aims to eliminate trust fund drain, allow treasury loans for emergencies, and reassure elderly residents their benefits are safe as payroll taxes and demographics shift. Florence Sherlock reports.
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Sparta Area Funeral, Society News and Local Visitors
Sparta events note a funeral service for Sparta Events Funeral Home Union City Tuesday at 2 pm with interment in Wattsburg cemetery. Reported are visits by Herbert Miller Ripley NY and Elmer Frankenfield plus Frances Frankenfield and Ruah Smith. Community gatherings include Sparta Senior Citizens meeting October 26 with 16 present and quilt block work. Also mail carrier retirement Vernal Torrey replaced by Phillip Northrop and a visit by Rev Futrell to Huntington County. Ted Hutchison recovering after a stroke and the death of Charlie Armstrong aged 92.
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Florence Sherlock
Sparta
Platt
Melvin Lassie
Clovis
New Mexico
Phillip
Mildred) Northrop
Sassie
Dorothy
Paul Northrop
Florence Snapp
Methodist
Meadville
Phil
Mildred Northrop
Sparta United Methodist Church
Gerald Sherlock
Oil City
Isaac
Dan
Union City
Wattsburg
Herbert
Rae) Miller
Ripley
Elmer
Doris) Frankenfield
Frances Frankenfield
Ruah Smith
Howard
Merribelle) Blakeslee
Corry
Isaac Sherlock
Lenah Clute
Don
Evelyn) Merkle
Clute
Sherlocks
Walter Rogers
Erie
Georgia Kinney
Michael Kearns
Lockport
N.Y
Vernal Torrey
Phillip Northrop
Norwood Futrell
Becky
Jim Oberman
Huntington County
Futrell
Spartansburg
Ted Hutchison
Hamot Medical Center
Ted
Charlie Armstrong
David
Sherri) Anderson
Kathryn Tillotson
United Methodist Church
Tillotson
Paul Sheldon
Joan Morgan
Cornelia Andersen
Alliance
Military Pensions To Hold Forth On Cost Study
Washington panel on military pay signals no cut to current retirees. Commission members consider pension changes bundled to avoid immediate effects, with total annual pension costs over 4 billion dollars and projected growth around 15 percent yearly unless pay increases or inflation occur. Critics say pension costs threaten defense funding. final recommendations due in five months.
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Wis
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Codes on Food Packages Vary
Newark Delaware consumers are urged to distinguish open dating from coded dating on packaged foods. Open dating shows freshness with pack, pull, expiration, and freshness dates while coded dating reveals packaging and production details for manufacturers and stores.
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Del
Sue Martusiak
Delaware
Home Economist
Ms. Matusiak
Relaxation studied shows varies by person says Temple team
Philadelphia AP reports Dr Louis Dubin of Temple University School of Dentistry led an 18 month four person study on relaxation. They found relaxation is individual and can be achieved through pleasant thoughts or activities like tennis or scuba diving, with deep relaxation measurable but not distinguishing hypnosis from simple positive thinking.
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Louis Dubin
Temple University School of Dentistry
Dubin
Fancy
Donald Morse
Temple
Dental School
Morse
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