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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1981
Page
9
The House approved a Democratic measure to keep the $122 monthly minimum Social Security payment, 404 to 20, despite expected Senate rejection. Advocates frame the move as a stance against the budget reconciliation plan that would end the minimum benefit for future retirees and current recipients next March.
The House approved a symbolic move to restore the minimum benefit while Senate leaders expect a routine review. President Reagan will examine the safety net for the truly needy, with debate over restoring the minimum or via SSI. Former Social Security Commissioner Ball says the plan would have little long-term cost impact.
About two million devout Hindus flocked to Kurukshetra and surrounding sacred lakes to seek spiritual blessings during a partial solar eclipse. The village, 90 miles north of New Delhi, was crowded with pilgrims, holy men, and families as police patrolled the waters by boat to maintain order and safety.
In India and the Soviet Union the total solar eclipse drew large crowds and religious acts. Devout Hindus bathed in the Ganges for spiritual blessings while observers in Bratsk and other sites tracked the corona. Tass reported weather improved before the blackout as thousands gathered despite cloud cover.
Police in New Zealand formed a human wall as a crowd control measure during a football warm up where The Africans prepared to play against a New Zealand team.
In Baton Rouge, Colin Clark, 27, shackled in the death house, asked to drop appeals and die in the electric chair. A 1:30 p.m. hearing was set as federal Judge John Parker weighed defense claims that trial counsel’s heavy drinking denied him a fair trial for the 1979 Red Lobster Inn murder.
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