Cost Of Congressional Pensions Rise Fast As Costs Soar
AP reports that congressional pensions grew from 2.1 million in 1957 to 40.5 million last year, a 1,900 percent jump. Retired figures include William Miller, Carl Albert, and Hugh Scott. Pension costs outpace the cost of living and other federal expenses, with rising coverage and changed formulas boosting bases for calculation.
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William
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Associated Press
U.S
Commission
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Congressional
House
Senate
Capitol
Edmund J. Henshaw
Coal Miners Stage Wildcat Strike Across Regions
About 23,000 southern Appalachian coal miners halted work in a wildcat strike protesting health benefit cuts tied to United Mine Workers funds. The action, led by district officials in West Virginia Kentucky and Ohio, costs the funds millions in royalties and threatens a two week vacation shutdown. Leaders warn further wildcats may prolong financial strain on the miners' health and retirement program.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers Health and
Dan Fields
West Virginia Coal Association
Fields
West Virginia
UMW
J.B. Trout
Kentucky
Trout
Ohio
Meigs No. 8
Pomeroy
Bill Wooten
Wildcats
Alabama
Lloyd Baker
John Gizek
UMW District 6
Guzek
Body Of Basque Industrialist Found Kidnapped 32 Days Ago
The Basque industrialist Ybarra, kidnapped 32 days ago by ETA, was found murdered in a northern Spain forest 65 miles from Bilbao. He was chief of a steel plant, head of El Correo Espanol and El Pueblo Vasco, and owner of a major shipping firm. ETA had demanded a 14 million dollar ransom by Saturday.
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Bilbao
Spain
Davier Ybarra
ETA
Ybarra
Bilboa
Europa Press
Yarra
San Sebastian
el Correo Espanol
el Pueblo Vasco
Luis Carrero Blanco
Twenty Persons Die In Canadian Jail Fire
A jail fire in Saint John New Brunswick killed twenty inmates and injured seven prisoners six police officers and a firefighter. Investigations focus on a padded security cell where the blaze began and questions are raised about lack of sprinkler protection.
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Saint John
Canada
Gordon Janes
Gary
Justice Department
Janes
Robert Lewis Barton
Sint Joan
New Brunswick
Bay of Fundy
Bangor
Maine
Virginia and North Carolina Weather Outlook Through Friday
Virginia shows showers likely with possible thunderstorms in southwest areas through Friday. Elsewhere, variable clouds and a chance of showers or thunderstorms spreading northeastward Thursday night or Friday. Highs near the mid 90s in parts of Virginia, lower 80s to mid 90s elsewhere. North Carolina mixed skies through Friday with scattered thundershowers in the west and southeast, highs mostly in the 80s and 90s. Downtown weather log notes calm winds and 0.02 inch precipitation.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Artful Prosthetist Bends Beasts and Boots Dental Budgets
Albuquerque tale notes Dr. Irving Goldman, a 74 year old prosthetist, crafting dentures for a cow and dog and even a chimpanzee. In New Mexico, dentists urge substitutes for sweets as library ice cream rewards irk the profession. Wildlife notes discuss skunk handling myths and tail grabs, with scientists redefining spray mechanics.
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Miami
Irving Goldman
Goldman
Albuquerque
The
New Mexico Dental Association
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