GOP Officials Deny Welfare Plan Nearing Abandonment
Washington AP GOP officials repeatedly denied that the Nixon administration plans to drop its welfare reform bill after a Senate Finance Committee hearing. Senator Williams urged approval in current form while noting concerns about work incentives. He and Senator Harris cited a lukewarm HEW briefing as fueling rumors of a potential retreat.
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Washington
Robert H. Finch
Senate Finance Committee
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Finch
Health Education and Welfare Department
Proposed Social Security Increase and Tax Hike Set
The House Ways and Means Committee nears completion of a bill to raise Social Security benefits by 5 percent across the board for retirees, adding to last year’s 15 percent boost. The payroll tax base would rise from 7 000 to 9 000 dollars next Jan 1, lifting the maximum employee plus employer tax from 374.40 to 486. The plan would directs extra revenue to Medicare and set hospital and doctor charge standards.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Indians Bid to Reclaim Tribal Beadwork and Baskets
Arizona tribal representatives from the Colorado River groups travel to Phoenix to bid on Mohave beadwork, pottery, and Chemehuevi baskets auctioned to settle an estate. They plan to store artifacts in a tribal museum and preserve ethnographic details for researchers.
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Colorado River
Phoenix
Birdie H. Brown
Parker
Ariz
Adrian Fisher
Fisher
Colorado
Dorothy Hall
Agnes Savilla
Mrs. Brown
Browns
Origin of the two bits quarter phrase in colonial money
The term two bits derives from dividing the Spanish dollar used in early American colonies. When small change was needed the dollar was cut into eight pieces called bits, yielding a quarter.
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