8 Percent Social Security Increase Across Checks
The government announced an 8 percent automatic cost of living rise for 35 million Social Security and SSI recipients, effective in July and paid in June. The package totals $5.7 billion in the first year, linked to CPI, with Congress urged to adopt a 5 percent target to curb the deficit.
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Mandatory jail terms urged in Ford crime talk
President Ford urged in a Yale Law School speech that virtually all those convicted of violent crimes should be sent to prison. He said this should apply especially when a gun or prior records indicate danger, and noted the national need to restore domestic tranquility amid protest outside the event.
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Connecticut
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Colorado
Yale
Vietnam
Cyprus
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Ron Nessen
Congress
Desperate bid to spare Saigon Huong offers to resign
President Tran Van Huong told a joint National Assembly session he would step aside for a leader acceptable to the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese. He named retired Gen Duong Van Minh as a neutralist successor who could be named president if the assembly approves. Minh had earlier refused the premiership.
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Minh
Senate
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Assembly
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
Viet Cong
Senate Approves Vietnam Mercy Aid Bill Amid Evacuation Focus
The Senate adopted a 327 million dollar mercy aid measure aimed at limited military evacuation if needed and urged President Ford to remove all Americans from Saigon at once. The vote was 46 to 17, with House conferees having earlier approved the bill and a delay expected before signing.
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Washington
Ky accuses fleeing South Vietnamese as cowards at Saigon rally
Ex Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky speaks to thousands at Hung Loc Church in Saigon on Friday branding those who flee the country as cowards.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
Hung Loc
Saigon
Drunk hijacker takes United jet to Atlanta with 67 aboard
A inebriated man identification Francis Page Covey 43 of Richmond Virginia claimed a bomb on board United Airlines flight 344 from Raleigh to Newark and forced an emergency landing in Atlanta. The crew and passengers left the aircraft while Covey remained with the three crew members waiting for the FBI.
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UPI
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Newark
N.J
Washington
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Richmond
Cuba
Covey
Florida
United States
R.A. Branch
Senate approves six billion emergency job package in U S
The Senate passed a 6 billion emergency jobs bill 53 to 14 to fund about one million jobs through public service work and public works programs. It includes 310000 public service jobs through June 1976 and 920000 summer youth jobs plus 250000 part time student jobs.
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Washington
Senate
Johnston
Zodiac style killer may interview victims before choosing them
Sonoma County Sheriff says a mass killer possibly linked to California crimes may interview victims to decide if they should die. He describes a 30 year old Caucasian loner with witchcraft ties and notes similarities across at least 14 California cases and deaths in other states.
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UPD
Don Striepeke
Western States
Sonoma County
Zodiac
California
San Francisco
Kennedy autopsy review sparks CIA probe panel
A panel reviews the John F. Kennedy autopsy as part of an ongoing CIA investigation. The public processing of findings raises questions about findings and handling of evidence. The report underlines institutional scrutiny and historical debate.
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