Pay Board Extends Rules On Merit Raise Caps
The Pay Board issued a revised rule set for merit raises affecting pay standards. It tightens limits to ensure no more than 7.7 percent total pay increases annually, with pre November 14 plans needing defined ranges and clear raise standards. Corporate executives may still seek larger raises while workers face the 5.5 percent ceiling, officials told Congress.
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Washington
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Demonstrators Protest War Across Nation
Demonstrators planned to move protests from campuses to streets nationwide against the resumption of bombing in North Vietnam. Mass rallies were scheduled in New York and California with campus clashes reported at five universities including Stanford and Michigan.
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U.S
North Vietnam
New York
California
Columbia University
New York City
National Peace Action Coalition
Federal Building
Provo
Utah
Oberlin
Ohio
Hollywood Beach
Fla
Jacksonville
Moscow
Idaho
Stanford University
University of Michigan
ROTC
University of Texas
Syracuse University
University of Maryland
Boise State College
Princeton University
Boston University
Colby College
Waterville
Maine
New Orleans
Tulane University
U.N
George Bush
Apollo 16 Moon Drive Probes Volcanic Rocks at Stone Mountain
Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke drive the lunar rover up a 1500-foot peak near Descartes, gathering rocks they describe as volcanic lava remnants. Scientists see potential clues to the moon’s formation as Mission Control tracks a six hour activity including rock collection and crater study.
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Space Center
Houston
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Descartes Plateau
Stone Mountain
Young
Duke
Mission Control
Howard Wilshire
U.S. Geological Survey
Craters
Flag
Spook
Plum
Buster
John Young Races Lunar Rover For Moon Speed Record
Apollo astronaut John W Young piloted Lunar Rover 2 across a cratered moon course on Friday. He hit a 6.82 mph average over two 150 foot laps, failing to beat the 7.75 mph Apollo 15 rover speed, while Duke photographed the rugged run and praised the vehicle’s handling and wild roostertails.
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Space Center
Houston
John W. Young
Indy
Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Earth
Duke
Slaughter in Dak Pek Camp Kills About 100 Montagnard Civilians
North Vietnamese and Montagnard forces killed an estimated 100 civilians including women and children in a revenge attack in Dak Pek Camp near Laos. A government ranger battalion found the bodies after driving back North Vietnamese forces from two frontier hamlets. Reports say civilians were slain with knives for cooperating with Saigon.
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Saigon
2Nd Corps
Fron
Dak Pek
Laos
Pleiku
U.S
Democrats Map Platform Focus In North Carolina Hearing
In Charlotte the North Carolina Democratic platform committee planned a hearing to shape the party program ahead of the June 20 state convention. Testimony urged education support with kindergarten to 12th grade reforms, and calls to end the Vietnam war, expand voter registration, and combat drugs.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Democratic Party
Raleigh
Craig Phillips
Earl Shepherd
Vietnam
B. B. Felder
Greenville
GAO cites Medicaid policy maze harming nursing home patients
Federal auditors say inconsistent state Medicaid policies shortchange nursing home patients and raise costs as HEW has failed to set guiding criteria. GAO reviewed payment methods and rates in Colorado Michigan New York and Oklahoma and found daily rates from 4.53 to 68.17 dollars, with wide variation risking care quality.
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Washington
Federal
General Accounting Office
Fed
Eral
GAO
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Colorado
Michigan
New York
Oklahoma
British couple first to row Pacific from San Francisco to Hayman Island
British adventurers John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook, in the 35 foot Britannia II, became the first people to row 8,000 miles across the Pacific. They reached Hayman Island in Queensland after 199 days at sea facing sharks, near-drownings, and a broken anchor rope. Fairfax also previously soloed the Atlantic.
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Brisbane
Australia
John Fairfax
Sylvia Cook
Pacific Ocean
Fairfax
Hayman Island
Queensland
San Francisco
Calif
Miss Cook
Atlantic Ocean
Hollywood Beach
Fla
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Associated Press
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Shepherd
Nick Ganfiankis
Pacific
Las Palmas
Aewer Islands
Great Barrier Reef
Island
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Hayman Island Hotel
Andre Meestracci
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