Health insurance for the unemployed stalls in Congress
As the 94th Congress ends its first session prospects for 1975 action on extending health insurance to the jobless are nil with 25 million affected by layoff gaps. Kennedy backed subsidies face a veto fight while Medicare routes and House priority clash hinder progress. AFL-CIO and providers previously pressed for action amid budget and administration opposition.
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
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Lloyd Bentsen
Senate Finance Committee
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Rostenkowski
Rules Committee
Afl-Cio
House
Revenue sharing faces uncertain renewal endangering city funds
Long Beach Lakewood and Bellflower say federal revenue sharing, begun in 1972 to distribute 30.2 billion with no strings, may lapse before 1976 end. Cities warn of tax hikes and service cuts if renewal fails, while Rep. Mark Hannaford expects a five year extension with new spending rules.
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Long Beach
Police Department
Lakewood
Bellflower
Mark Hannaford
Hannaford
House
Senate
Congress
Government Operations Committee
Long Beach Paper Adopts Home Delivery Price Change
The Independent Press Telegram announces home delivery rates with Sunday issue priced at four dollars monthly. No further details available in readable text.
Reagan links U S Soviet trade to slavery critique
At a Houston banquet closing the Southern Republican Conference Ronald Reagan argues U S grain sales to the Soviet Union sustain its slave economy. He proposes studying withholding grain as leverage to curb Moscow’s arms buildup. He notes American products prop up the Soviet system and mask its economic failures.
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Houston
California
Ronald Reagan
U.S
Soviet Union
Reagan
Southern Republican Conference
GOP
Reagan Seen Rallying Southern Republicans for Nomination
Reagan spoke at the Southern Republican Conference appealing for GOP nomination support. He warned federal spending and taxes burden Americans as delegates from 13 Southern states expressed growing backing for his candidacy. Polls cited by the article show mixed sentiment about his lead over Ford.
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Reagan
Ford
Off-duty L A officer shot to death near home
Off-duty Long Beach patrolman Franke Neal Lewis 28 was found shot in the street near his Cantel Street home at 2 50 a m while reportedly trying to aid a badly beaten man. The victim and a Torrance man Denis Gitschier 29 both suffered major injuries and no suspects are named.
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Long Beach
Franke Neal Lewis
Cantel Street
Lewis
Linda Marie
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Denis Anthony Gitschier
Torrance
Gitschier
Los Altos Hospital
Fountain Valley High School
Moslem ring of fire tightens around Holiday Inn siege
Beirut battles intensify as Moslem gunmen encircle the Holiday Inn where Christian Falangists hold out. Snipers and mortars kill and wound dozens across Beirut and nearby towns while cease fire efforts fail to curb eight months of civil strife over Palestinian and reform issues.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Bayside
Tripoli
Zahle
Conservative landslide sweeps Australian elections led by Fraser
SYDNEY Australia AP conservative coalition led by Mal colm Fraser won a historic landslide reshaping Australian politics. Projections based on 40 percent of votes show the Liberal National Country coalition likely to hold about 90 of 127 House seats while Labor is left with the rest. Senate margin expected similar to House results.
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Sydney
Australia
Malcolm Fraser
Gough Whitlam
Labor Party
House of Representatives
Labor
Senate
Reward Offered for Killer of Twin Babies Found Died
Two newborn twins, a boy and a girl, were found dead in a plastic bag near Lakewood locations on November 28. Coroner rules homicide by suffocation after birth. investigators seek pregnant-woman informants as mystery extends. Secret Witness offers 2000 dollars for arrest and murder conviction information.
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del Amo Boulevard
Lakewood
P.O
Long Beach
Calif
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