Gas and groceries help curb March price rise in U S
Washington AP report notes consumer prices rose just 0.2 percent in March as gasoline and grocery costs fell. Three month inflation at 2.9 percent, lowest since June 1972, with food prices easing and beef declines boosting shoppers. Purchasing power slipped month by month but rose 4.3 percent year over year.
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Labor Department
Ford Administration
Maynard Comiez
Commerce Department
Tornado safety tips and pet care appeal prompt aid
A reader asks about separating two stuck 9 by 9 inch baking dishes, and another outlines safe actions for tornado sighting. It covers shelter choices, steps during warnings, and a Greensboro tornado of 1936 with its toll. It also requests readers ensure pets have water and proper care from children.
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Social Security Checks Increase 6.4 Percent Beginning July
Washington says 36.3 million Social Security and SSI beneficiaries will see a 6.4 percent cost of living rise starting with July payments. The average retired worker benefit climbs from 204 to 218 dollars, the maximum at age 65 in 1976 rises from 364 to 387.30, and the minimum goes from 101.40 to 107.90. An aged widow’s average benefit also increases.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Rubber Workers Strike Amid Firestone Offer Impasse
United Rubber Workers strike nationwide against Firestone and the Big Four auto tire firms after failing to agree on cost of living adjustments. About 60,000 URW members of 190,000 are affected as talks continue. Goodyear Goodrich Uniroyal and Firestone face stalled negotiations..autor
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United Rubber Workers
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
B.F. Goodrich Co
Uniroyal Inc
URW
Peter Bommarito
URW International
Big Four
U.S
Goodyear
Cincinnati
New York
Goodrich
Columbus
Ohio
UAW
Massachusetts
Los Angeles
Akron
Federal ruling lets workers sue for sexual discrimination
A federal judge ruled that a worker who resists sexual advances by a boss may sue for discrimination if job loss or denial of advancement occurs. The decision, in a female worker case, applies to male workers and to homosexual supervisors, marking a 1964 Civil Rights Act invocation in such claims.
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Washington
U.S
Charles Ritchey
Supreme Court opens suburbs to low income housing
In an eight to zero ruling the Supreme Court held that federal housing policy can order creation of low income housing in white suburbs to remedy segregation tied to HUD funding and Chicago practices. The decision could affect six counties and about 4000 square miles surrounding Chicago.
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Supreme Court
Chicago
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Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Chicago City Limits
Ford Receives Quick Tax Refund After Reporting
President Ford got an $11,631.07 refund from the IRS within weeks after filing details show 1975 gross income of $251,991.24 and taxable income of $204,605.85. Press secretary Ron Nessen noted Ford paid $38,200 more in federal taxes than in 1974, with the refund following a faster processing claim.
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Ford
Internal Revenue Service
Ron Nelsen
Nelsen
IRS
Nessen
Princess Anne Injured After Horse Flips at Blandford
Princess Anne, 25, fell from Candlewick at the Portman horse trials near Blandford, buckling a spinal bone and briefly losing consciousness. She was hospitalized overnight in Poole. husband Capt. Mark Phillips aided her. The queen was at Windsor celebrating her 50th birthday.
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Barbara Walters May Join ABC Evening News With Reasoner
NBC and ABC both confirm Walters negotiations for a five year 1 million dollar yearly contract to co anchor ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner. Walters would be the first woman to regularly anchor a network evening newscast and become TV's highest paid news personality.
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