Pensions growth far outpaces inflation costs taxpayers
Washington AP reports a 1 percent bonus added to federal pension adjustments since 1969 compounds annually. The measure, meant to cover living-cost delays, pushes retiree checks ahead of inflation, risking a potential $100 billion impact by 1990 and erasing time-lag losses after two to three years on the rolls.
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Spy probe details reveal cross agency spying
The report outlines FBI informants traveling abroad to monitor revolutionary groups and CIA operatives infiltrating domestic antiwar groups as part of a plan to penetrate Soviet intelligence. It notes overlapping roles between the FBI and CIA and cites upcoming Rockefeller Commission testimony from former CIA officers and an ex-security director. Amazons of antiquity are described as female fighting warriors.
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Rockefeller Commission
Thirty paintings stolen from Milan modern gallery
Police report twenty eight paintings by French and Italian impressionists were stolen overnight from Milan Municipal Museum. Total value estimated at 1.5 million dollars. Thieves broke a window and vanished with works by Renoir Cezanne Gauguin Van Gogh Bonnard Corot and Italian masters.
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Police chief hanging up his spurs in Eudora
Wal ton H. Mathis, 83, retiring as Eudora police chief March 1 after 58 years in the post and 64 years in law enforcement. He started as Chicot County deputy sheriff at 19 and has led a six man force since 1917. He plans hunting and fishing but would help the sheriff if needed, noting the town’s growth and the absence of night coverage.
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Walton H. Mathis
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Chicot County
FBI
Louisiana
Houston youth goes before court today in mass murder case
David G. Brooks aged 19, one of two youths charged in the 1973 Houston mass murder case, is slated for trial on one murder count in state district court. Jury selection may take about a week with testimony expected to begin February 24. Brooks faces the Lawrence murder count while Elmer Henley, 18, already convicted on multiple counts, awaits sentencing. The case involves the deaths of 27 youths linked to Dean Corll, who was killed by Henley in 1973. The article also notes the U S Canadian border length as context.
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Senate may act this week on oil price increase
The Senate may block Ford's oil price hike this week but faces a veto and a tight vote to override. House action includes Penn Central funding and a CIA FBI intelligence committee, with readings of Washington's Farewell Address to start the week.
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Dash
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Vows renewed in Puerto Rico ceremony
Pablo Casals widow Martita and pianist Eugene Istomin renewed their marriage vows in a Roman Catholic ceremony at Nuestra Senora de la Providencia church in San Juan. The Sunday service followed a civil marriage in New York. About 200 relatives and friends attended, including former Puerto Rico governors Luis Munoz Marin and Luis A. Ferre.
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Pablo Casals
Martita
Eugene Istomin
New York
Nuestra Senora de la Providencia
Puerto Rico
Luis Munoz Marin
Luis A. Ferre
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