Real Culprit in Inflation Is Government
Editor notes that automatic federal pay raises boost inflation more than labor costs or management profits. Citing Rep Wilbur Mills and a Wall Street Journal paragraph, it highlights federal salaries and benefits forecast to exceed $59 billion in the coming fiscal year, more than double 1964.
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Wilbur Mills
D.-Ark
House
Ways & Means Committee
Wall Street Journal
Tax Foundation
Treasury studies taxpayer reward plan for large next year refunds
Treasury under congressional pressure studies a plan to reward taxpayers who lend the government their expected large refunds from withholding. The idea aims to ease inflation by offsetting a surge in spendable funds while keeping the nation’s tax collection on track.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Congress
Last American unit leaves South Vietnam after furled colors
In a brief ceremony without speeches the last U S combat unit in South Vietnam furled its colors and prepared to return home led by Gen Creighton Abrams and Lt Gen Nguyen Van Minh. Brig Gen James F Hamlet received the Distinguished Service Medal. A residual force of about 2 000 troops remains to guard Bien Hoa Air Base.
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Bien Hoa
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Nguyen van Minh
3Rd Military Region
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
James F. Hamlet
Long Khanh
Binh Tuy
Saigon
Senate push for passage of 3 billion child development bill
Senate leaders pressed for approval of a revised 2.9 billion child development bill, claiming a family strengthening program with voluntary services beyond day care. Mondale cited serving 4.5 million mothers with preschool children and noted 5 million children need full or part time care while mothers work. The plan would offer free care for poverty-level families with scaled fees for higher incomes and include nutrition education medical and social services.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Walter F. Mondale
Dminn
Minnesotan
Lon
McGovern Humphrey Feud Deepens in 1972 Race
New York AP report summarizes a heated exchange between Democratic rivals George McGovern and Hubert H. Humphrey. McGovern accuses Humphrey of misrepresentation and credibility harm as they clash over Vietnam war positions and domestic issues. Humphrey urges voters in New York to back undecided or independent delegates amid talk of liberalizing the party platform, including marijuana legalization and abortion.
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New York
George McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
McGovern
South Dakota
Humphrey
Sen. Humphrey
Washington
Democratic Party
Hempstead County Memorial Hospital to expand X ray and lab wing
The Hempstead County Memorial Hospital board voted to add about 1650 square feet to the X ray and laboratory wing. A new laboratory will be installed with an automated chemistry machine handling 10 to 17 tests per sample, enabling faster diagnoses. A Profex X ray unit was purchased, and a butt in computer will guard the control panel. The expansion aims to keep pace with medical progress and meet community needs.
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Hempstead County Memorial Hospital
Raymond Byers
Byers
China blocks Vietsup shipments from So viet ships at southern ports
London AP reports China closed southern ports to ships from the Soviet bloc carrying war supplies to North Vietnam while allowing other Communist nations to dock. Beijing cites Soviet reluctance to risk ties with the United States amid Nixon's mining and calls for a broader settlement approach. Moscow counters that China seeks a more flexible policy and less Hanoi aid.
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China
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
United States
Nixon
U.S
Soviet Union
Washington
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