Welfare reform plan faces changes after Senate hearings
Three days of Senate Finance Committee hearings on Nixon's welfare reform proposal suggest the bill will be altered further. Welfare Secretary Richardson defended the plan as the best effort, but key Republicans and Democrats pressed for stronger incentives, with hearings resuming next Tuesday. The package would guarantee a $1600 yearly income for a family of four, provide $110 monthly to eligible elderly or disabled adults, and rely on federal funding to cover 100 percent of benefits plus 30 percent of any shortfall, with states covering the rest. The 1972 cost is projected at $9.1 billion. The plan would add about 14 million people to welfare rolls, totaling 24 million, and face questions on incentives to work.
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Nerve gas to move by rail across North Carolina
Rep. Richard D. McCarthy says the Pentagon plans to ship leaky M55 rockets containing nerve gas by rail from Kentucky to Alabama and Georgia then to Charlotte and Sunny Point near Wilmington for sea burial. The Defense Department has not commented.
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Crime And Punishment Report From Frontline Action
A report describes an incident as troops advanced on Kim Rom about 50 miles west southwest of Phnom Penh. The enemy held the area and the offenders were forced to crawl 500 yards in this manner.
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Draft reform unlikely this year says Rivers
Washington AP report cites House Armed Services Chair L Mendel Rivers saying Congress will not push major draft reform in the current session. Defense Sec Melvin Laird says monthly draft calls will stay under 10,000 for the year as Nixon pushes toward an all volunteer force. Senate hearings on deferments unclear.
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