Washington summer lunch funds extended and postal rate hike
Washington measures extend federal summer lunch subsidies for poverty area children by one year and raise regular school lunch support. The package also expands breakfast programs and raised lunch prices. Postal rate increases totaling 1.37 billion dollars become permanent, with consolidation efforts and large personnel cuts planned to offset costs.
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Unemployment list widens gap between big cities and small towns
Labor Department data show 54 major cities with 6 percent or more unemployment in June, unchanged, while small areas on the list rose to 844, an all time high. Fifteenth consecutive month with substantial joblessness, nine new small areas added and three dropped.
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Disaster loan interest cut by emergency bill in 1971
A late Thursday House vote near midnight passed emergency legislation to slash federal disaster loan interest retroactive to July 1, 1971. The measure offers two options: 1-1/2 percent interest if fully repaid or 3 percent with a forgiveness plan reducing repayment to $500 of the first $5,000. The bill moves to the Senate.
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Justice Dept official cites 27 wiretaps in effect
A Justice Department official testified that 27 wiretaps remain active on individuals and groups under federal authority. Kevin T. Maroney, deputy assistant attorney general, told a Senate subcommittee that eavesdropping devices were removed only where required by the Supreme Court ruling against domestic wiretapping without proper authorization.
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Unemployment aid bill sent to Nixon for signature
President Nixon received for signature a bill extending to December 3 a special program granting 13 extra weeks of unemployment compensation for workers in states with jobless rates of 65 percent or higher. The measure also raises the unemployment insurance tax for a preyear period from 0.5 percent to 0.58 percent on the first 4200 of earnings, paid by employers.
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Angela Davis trial fundraiser draws diverse audience
A crowd hailed a verdict as a People's victory and cheered wildly. Tickets ranged from two to fifty dollars to fund the costs of her recent trial at an event titled An Evening With Angela Davis.
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Spotlight on Sunday Review Highlights in Daily Review
A fragmentary summary notes Sunday features including a study on self guidance, references to ancient temples dating 2400 years, submerged ruins by erosion, and a city profile of Privoville Oregon with 4380 residents, paved streets, a public pool, and a large property tax amid a 19 mile railway link to PrincyMe.
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Antipoverty Extension Advances Amid Political Clash
The Senate approved a bill to extend the antipoverty program to June 30, 1974, with $8.6 billion for the Office of Economic Opportunity and related efforts. It also creates a private nonprofit legal services corporation for the poor, to be partly governed by presidential appointees, while prohibiting staff political activity.
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