Welfare cutbacks broaden across 22 states in HEW survey
Washington AP reports 22 states are reducing or planning welfare cuts as HEW finds a 30 year rise in public assistance reversing. States like Alabama, Maine, Rhode Island and Kansas implement or plan cuts while only four states plus DC show increases. The survey lists cut plans in Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Idaho Illinois Minnesota New Hampshire Oregon Pennsylvania Vermont among others.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
New York
Minnesota
Alabama
Maine
Rhode Island
Kansas
Georgia
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District of Columbia
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Mississippi
Nevada
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Maryland
Ohio
Wisconsin
Arizona
California
Connecticut
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Idaho
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Pennsylvania
Vermont
Convicted Murderer Gets Life in Miami Case
Johnnie Lee Jones, 21, was found guilty of first degree murder in Dade County for strangling Cloyce Cook, 17, son of a Piedmont pastors family. The jury recommended mercy and Judge Gene Williams imposed a life sentence after Jones repudiated his signed confession claiming police coercion. The all white jury included seven women and five men.
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Miami
Dade County
Johnnie Lee Jones
Mercy
Circuit Court
Gene Williams
Cloyce Cook
Calvin Cook
Piedmont
S.C
Young Cook
Jones
Cook
NASA Chief Fears U S Space Lapse At Cape Kennedy
NASA administrator James C. Fletcher warns of a potential gap in U S manned spaceflight after Skylab with no flights possible until 1978 or 1979. He proposes options including a second Skylab mission or Earth resources surveys with leftover Apollo hardware and possible docking with a Soviet station in joint studies.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
James C. Fletcher
NASA
America
Skyland
U.S
Fletcher
Earth
Spivey's Corner Plans Caterpillar Race Visit to England
Spiveys Corner in North Carolina announces its entry in the Royal Caterpillar Race at Hove England this August. Chairman Ermon Godwin Jr. says the town will send a caterpillar named Bob to compete on an eight inch string following a hollerin contest success with John Lawrence of Oxford as runnerup.
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Spiveys
Spiveys Corner
Bob
England
Senate expresses concern over morals of state university students
In Raleigh the North Carolina Senate approved a resolution urging concern about student morality at state universities. Sponsors argued for legislative input, while others said the measure misframes the issue and questions university leadership.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
Sen
J. C. Crawford
D-Buncombe
Claude Currie
Durham
Phil Kirk
R-Rowan
Insurance Problem Emphasized in North Carolina Session Debate
Raleigh AP reports House Speaker Phil Godwin and Lt. Gov. Pat Taylor clash over whether a fall special session should address auto insurance reform in addition to higher education. Taylor insists rates are high and the issue may require broader action. Godwin wants only higher education reform. The Insurance Committee had just rejected proposals to repeal compulsory auto liability and to change rate setting.
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Raleigh
Phil Godwin
Pat Taylor
Godwin
Taylor
Washington
House Insurance Committee
Major Military Shakeup Avoided
AP analysis notes civilian leaders dodged a clash with top generals by reorganizing rather than major changes. The Strike Command was abolished and remade as a Readiness Command at MacDill Air Force Base, with limited impact on joint chiefs. Civilian leaders kept control while rejecting a three-command restructure.
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Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Intelligence Agency
Joint Chiefs
Blue Ribbon Defense Panel
New York Insurance
Gilbert W. Fitzhugh
Cine
Fogg Oy ‘Oal
Pentagon
United States
Strike Command
MacDill Air Force Base
Fla
JCS Ato
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D-Wake
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Sears
Kenmore
Kenmore Electric
Sears, Roebuck and CO
S. Wrenn St
High Point, N.C
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