Senate Debates Rent Subsidy Bill
The Senate opened debate on a $6.3 billion housing bill to create direct federal rent subsidies for public housing tenants. It would authorize HUD to pay part of tenants rents, limit by 25 percent of income, and allow higher construction costs with a 45 percent room-cost boost, potentially lowering rents in some cases.
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Washington
Senate
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
Brooke
HUD
New York
Cancer Foe Kills His Family and Self in Montclair
In Montclair New Jersey Dr J T Stevens a 79 year old cancer specialist killed his wife Grace 78 and their son J Thompson 49 then himself. A nurse found the bodies police called it a mercy killing noting the wife was treated for cancer of the throat and the doctor who suffered emphysema felt they would die soon. The son was described as Mongoloid and there would be no surviving relatives to care for him.
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Montclair
N.J
J. T. Stevens
Grace
J. Thompson
Stevens
Blount Pushes Postal Reform Against Union Pressure
Washington AP Blount and postal unions battled to back or block the first congressional test of a business like postal system plan. Blount pressed lawmakers and unions urged a vote against the corporation concept while alternative reform backed by Thad Dulski favored keeping the department but tighter business control. The dispute focused on labor provisions and the proposed compulsory arbitration versus the right to strike amid wage and benefit dispute fears.
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Washington
Winton M. Blount
Blount
House Post Office Committee
Thaddeus J. Dulski
D-Ny
Dulski
Post Office Department
Congress
Armed Bandit Robs Minute Man Service Station
A lone armed bandit robbed the Minute Man Service station of 210 dollars last evening in Franklin. He forced two attendants and a customer onto the floor in a rear storage room and ordered them to lie still.
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Franklin
Minute Man
Corry teacher named Area Fund drive chairman
Richard C. Farrer of Corry Area High School will chair the Area Division of the 1969 United Fund campaign for the Corry area. His division covers Columbus Concord Spring Creek East Wayne West Wayne and Elgin. He has lived in Corry 13 years at R D 3 Corry. Barbara Suitor becomes first woman jockey to win a recognized Alberta track race at Exhibition Park before 2 000 fans. She earned her license last Friday and also placed third in another race. A bandit robbed a station after attendants Terry Wymer and Robert Smith had just completed sales with William Howard.
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Richard C. Farrer
Corry Area High School
United Fund
Corry Area
John Rossbacher
Columbus
Concord
Spring Creek
East Wayne
West Wayne
Elgin
Farrer
Corry
R.D.3
Terry Wymer
Robert Smith
Franklin
William Howard
Bandit
Erie Lackawanna Sues Penn Central for 4.3 Million
Erie Lackawanna Railway filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a claim for 4.3 million dollars against Penn Central, alleging a flagrant breach of merger protections and ongoing decline in service. It says losses reach 35,000 dollars daily on traffic via Maybrook interchange, cites embargoes on flatbed and open top trailers, and seeks restoration of premerger service, Maybrook access, and icing operations for Erie.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Penn Central Co
Erie Lackawanna Railway Co
ICC
New Haven
Penn Central
Maybrook
N.Y
Eric Lackawanna
Erie
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Edward Zarger
Jack Downey
Russell Brant
Eaton
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Kraft Philadelphia
Rome
Crystal Coal CO
Maple Ave
Molded Fiber Glass Boat Company
Fourth Avenue
Union City
Buick
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