Flood declines chance to manage baseball history
Curt Flood, back with the Washington Senators at $100,000 a year, says he has no interest in becoming baseball's first black manager. He cites fear of a blackball and the thankless life, even as he discusses his career, the Senators, manager Ted Williams, and his decision to sit out 1970 for court actions on the reserve clause.
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Hubert Mizell
Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Curt Flood
Flood
Frank Robinson
Henry Aaron
Washington Senators
Senators
Washington
Denny McLain
Ted Williams
Curt
Denmark
NBA Title Payouts Rise With Playoff Pool Increase
The NBA board approved a 700000 dollar playoff pool, nearly double last season, boosting per-player potential to over 16000 dollars if a team wins the title. Knicks last year earned about 118000 total. individual shares vary by round, with top prizes in the 90000 range. The new structure assigns seedings and best-of-7 series across Eastern and Western brackets, aiming to reward teams for performance and progression through rounds.
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NEW York
National Basketball Association
NBA
Board of Governors
New York Knicks
Knicks
Central
Midwest
Pacific
Social Security Q and A From Ken Hargis Column
The column answers readers questions on when benefits start if working, how retirement payments are reduced at age 62, children's benefits after parental death, correcting earnings estimates, and domestic workers’ Social Security coverage. It explains income thresholds, age rules, and tax obligations for domestic workers.
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Ken Hargis
Social Security Administration
P.O
Texarkana
Texas
Ozarks Toll Expressway Costs Proposed at $359 Million
An Ozarks Regional Commission study. costed a 445 mile toll expressway at 359 million dollars. The route would run from near Kansas City to near the Louisiana line, crossing Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas. Five toll plazas proposed. finance and state approvals needed.
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Little Rock
The
Ozarks
Young
Missouri Highway Commission
E. L
Bud” Stewart
Ozarks Regional Commission
Commission
Oklahoma
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
Cochairman
Hearnes
Kansas
U.S. 69
Kansas City
Kansas-Missouri State Line
Arkansas
Stillwell
Mena
Arkansas 29
Arkansas-Louisiana
Gravette
Maysville
Decatur
Highfill
Tontitown
Fayetteville
U.S
Lincoln
Dutch Mills
Evansville
Hatfield
U.S. 7
Vandervoort
U. S
Gillham
King
de Queen
Lockesburg
Ben Lomond
Louisiana
Arkansas 134
Arkansas 160
Bradley
State Line
Hatton
Ashdown
Texarkana
Recipients of Welfare Get Their Chance
Welfare recipients testified before a Senate hearing to offer reform ideas and criticized President Nixon and his dogs. A Philadelphia woman questioned the $2,700 annual cost to feed Nixon's three dogs versus proposed $1,100 less for a family of four, asking who imagined a $1,600 gap.
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Associated Press
wWr
Washington
Congress
Nixon
Tricky Dick
Roxanne Jones
Philadelphia
Senate
White House
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
University of Pennsylvania
Edward V. Sparer
Long
Ribicoff
John V. Lindsay
New York
Eastland
Johnny Tillman
WWRC
Head Start Cutback Targets 10 000 Children
Associated Press reports that budget cuts in Head Start may reduce funding by 7 to 10 percent for the coming year, potentially turning away about 10,000 children. HEW officials say 350 million dollars is needed to sustain current services for 263,000 full-year and 209,000 summer program youngsters.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
House
Edward F. Sigler
Health, Education and Welfare
Office of Child Development
Sigler
Congress
Senate
HEW
Elliot L. Richardson
New York
Jacob K. Javits
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R. D. Moore
J. W. Rowe
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