Locating Hand Controls for Disabled Drivers
Guidance for finding second hand or new hand control auto equipment. Manufacturers like Gresham Driving Aids and Drive Master Corp offer hand brake throttle left foot accelerator and related devices with prices around 115 to 125 dollars. Installation by a mechanic takes about two hours. Another reader asks about a delayed Illinois tax refund and is advised to contact the Illinois State Department of Revenue in Springfield for inquiry.
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Public Library
Gresham
P. O
Michigan
Drive Master Corp
Montclair
New Jersey
Illinois State Department of Revenue
Springfield
Ill
Community query on substitute pay and regional pro football telecasts
A reader questions when substitute teacher pay will rise. Evelyn Thompson says raises depend on the State Legislature. current rate is $15 daily, with five sick days paid by the state and normal teacher pay after 20 days. No near term increase expected due to a freeze. The piece also reports TV stations have no direct control over pro games. telecasts are negotiated by networks and the league, with CBS and ABC listing limited Redskins games. The Falcons' remaining home games and ticket office address are provided.
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Evelyn Thompson
Thompson
General Assembly
Wsjs-Tv
NBC
Wfmy-Tv
CBS
Bailey Hobgood
North Carolina
Redskins
Channel 2
Washington Redskins
Chicago Bears
Wghp-Tv
ABC
Chris Shaw
National Football League
Washington
Price rules target 2.5 percent ceiling on postfreeze costs
The Price Commission outlines guidelines to keep average post-freeze price increases at 2.5 percent or less, thawing prices slightly after Saturday to offset higher business costs. The Pay Board finishes end of freeze rules with a 5.5 percent pay ceiling, to be published in the Federal Register. Rents stay frozen on existing homes and apartments. Retailers must display conformance details.
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Washington
President’s Price Commission
Federal Register
The
Price Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Burns
Rent Board
Public price controls shape a new pricing landscape
The article describes a price freeze ending with guidance that some prices will rise or fall based on cost increases and productivity, with limits on profit gains. It notes Henry Ford II seeking permission for increases after studying the guides and outlines how firms from manufacturers to retailers will be monitored. Burns anticipates reductions in wage guidelines as inflation cools.
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Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II
Commission
C. Jackson Grayson
America
Internal Revenue Service
Search Ends Without Suspect in Deputy Shooting in Newton
Nearly 100 officers scoured a mile square swampy area near Newton for a gunman in the deputy shooting incident. No suspect was found as the search ended. one man was arrested for malicious assault on deputy Ted Elmore after a Georgia tag car was found abandoned near the swamp.
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Ted Elmore
Elmore
Georgia
Robert Brown
Atlanta
New York
Catawba
T. Dale Johnson
Catawba County
Daniel Perry Johson
Chattanooga
Hickory
Brown
Victim in Serious Condition After Incident at Winston-Salem Hospital
Elmore remained conscious since an operation Thursday and lay in the hospital’s ICU with wounds to the spine, elbow and stomach. Sheriff Johnson said a deputy might be paralyzed. About $2,000 in change was reportedly involved.
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Elmore
Winston-Salem
Johnson
Mariner 9 Sends Mars Pictures From Dusty Orbital Approach
Mariner 9 has sent back 31 pictures as it nears Mars on a rendezvous. The images show features such as the south polar cap Hellas and Syrtis Major through dust haze, and scientists hope to photograph the surface and track the storm's dissipation.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 9
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
South Polar Cap
Hellas
Syrtis Major
South Pole
Mare Australe
Brad Smith
New Mexico State University
Mariner
Harold Masursky
U.S. Geological Survey
Flagstaff
Ariz
Price Guidelines After Freeze Amid US Price Commission Rules
Washington AP reports the Price Commission outlines post freeze rules to guide price rises, aiming for an average annual increase of 2.5 percent. Rents on existing housing stay frozen, while many new and commercial properties are unregulated. Enforcement is voluntary for small firms with spot checks for larger firms. Retailers must post price ceilings for foods and other items by January 1. About one-fifth of items remain exempt with new allowances for used goods and other hard to price items.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
Senate votes loom on Nixon tax cut bill in Senate
The Senate prepares opening votes on a $15.5 billion tax cut plan sought by President Nixon to boost the economy and create jobs. Liberals push to shift relief to individuals while House passed the measure with business incentives intact.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Exemption Sought for Low Paid Workers in Wage Debate
AFL-CIO Textile Workers Union urges Pay Board to exempt workers earning under 3.50 an hour from the 5.5 percent wage cap. Board votes 10 to 5 for the limit while some labor leaders press for action or withdrawal, arguing the disparity with federal minimums. George Meany weighs in on AFL-CIO board role at convention.
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Miami Beach
Afl-Cio Textile Workers Union
Floyd Smith
Afl-Cio International
Pollock
Smith
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Father Blames LSD for Son's Rampage and Death
Spokane AP The father E Glenn Harmon claims his son Larry 21 was killed by LSD not police bullets after a Thursday rampage at Gonzaga University in which Larry smashed church statues with a sledge hammer fired at caretaker Hilary Kunz and wounded Michael Clark. Several others were injured before Larry was shot dead by police outside the St Aloysius church where he had earlier attacked. Harmon lauds his son as brilliant in math and a MIT prospect while blaming LSD for turning him into a religious fanatic.
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Gonzaga University
Hilary M. Kunz
Larry
Michael J. Clark
Robert D. Schroeder
Robert A. Fees
Thomas C. Brass
Young Harmon
Consid
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harmon
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