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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1975

Page

8

Woman named first director of Congressional Budget Office

Alice Rivlin was sworn in as the first director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. She pledged objective analysis, said the office would not set policy, and emphasized providing alternatives and budget scrutiny to Congress. Rivlin noted staff size around 150 and independence to organize the office.

Washington Alice Mitchell Rivlin Congressional Budget Office Ford Congress Rivlin James Buckley New York House Senate Budget Committees Executive Branch Office of Management and Budget Edmund Muskie Maine Senate Budget Committee Alice Rivlin UPI

Navy suspends officer and petty officer promotions

The Navy will pause promotions to lieutenant commander commander captain and admiral and delay most petty officer advancements during March due to spending ahead of plan. Officials say the slowdown is temporary and other services took no similar action.

Washington Navy

Social Security faces potential funding shortfall by early 1980s

Government actuaries warn rising unemployment and inflation could exhaust Social Security reserves by 1980 under current law. Benefits exceed payroll contributions this year by about 2.5 billion, with reserves estimated at 43.4 billion or 66 percent of a year’s outlays.

Washington Social Security Actuaries House Ways and Means Committee Social Security Congress Senate Finance Committee Social Security Advisory Council

Phone company admits taping 280000 calls

New Jersey Bell Tele phone Co secretly recorded the first five minutes of 280000 toll calls over a three year period in a nationwide toll fraud probe. The recordings led to two fraud convictions and the recovery of blue box devices. Up to three minutes of 2.6 million other calls were recorded but erased if no beeps were detected.

Newark N.J UPI New Jersey Bell Telephone Co Bell Donald J. Stevenson Stevenson New Jersey Bell

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