Senate Finance Committee Backs 10 Percent Social Security Hike
Democratic leaders push a 10 percent across the board Social Security increase next January with a $3.7 billion higher cost than the House plan. A minimum $100 monthly payout is set for about 40 percent of retirees earning under that threshold, while welfare reform would ride as an amendment to the Social Security bill. The panel aims to finish by Oct. 9 but a vote may wait until after the November elections.
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Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
White House
Russell B. Long
D-La
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Nixon
Long
Senae
Sanctuary Set At Age 26 For Draft Avoidance
Washington AP report that Selective Service assigns age 26 as a sanctuary beyond combat eligibility and protection against conscription. Draft Director Curtis W. Tarr says at 26 a man is too old for combat and drafting him could risk other soldiers.
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Washington
Selective Service System
Curtis W. Tarr
Tarr
Congress
Kidnapper Halseth Believed Crossing Into Canada
Police fear Harold Halseth, linked to several kidnappings including a missing South Dakota deputy, may have escaped into Canada after a car fitting a police squad description was sighted near the border. The search was called off as the vehicle crossed into Manitoba area near Mai da North Dakota.
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N.D
Harold Halseth
South Dakota
Canada
Emmons Christopher
Grand Forks
Halseth
Maida
Christopher
Minnehaha County
E.C
Sheriff's Department
North Dakota
Manitoba
Judges rule New York antibusing law unconstitutional
A three judge federal panel ruled New York State anti busing legislation unconstitutional as it violates the equal protection clause. The law, aimed at requiring involuntary busing for racial balance, targets appointed boards and disadvantages a racial minority in politics. The ruling was prompted by a suit from six Buffalo parents including Donald Lee of the local NAACP chapter.
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Buffalo
New York State
Supreme Court
New York
Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Donald Lee
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Asphalt Spill Could Slow Toccoa Waterworks
In Toccoa Georgia 55 gallons of asphalt spilled into a creek feeding the city water supply. Officials fear the slick could reach the lake and gum up pumps at the treatment plants. City Manager Charles Bell said the material spilled from a traffic crash Wednesday and crews tried to dam or burn it off.
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Toccoa
Charles Bell
Nasser Funeral Sparks Worldwide Reactions
Egypt mourns as 20 000 mosques offer prayers for Gamal Abdel Nasser after his heart attack death. Crowds pack Cairo streets for his funeral cortege, while speculation grows on a presidential council to lead Egypt. Brezhnev hails Nasser and pledges Soviet support as Sadat and Sabry are said to have fainted at the service. Page 2.
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Sadat
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Hussein Shafi
Farouk
Mohammed Fawzi
London
Daily Telegraph
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
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Caspian Sea
Viet Cong
Liberation Radio
Sabry
Nixon greeted by record Madrid crowd in Franco Spain
President Nixon arrived in Madrid to a record crowd estimated at 1.3 million by officials and about a million along the motorcade route, as Gen. Francisco Franco welcomed the U.S. leader in the Spanish capital. The enthusiastic reception was described by radio as the most intense ever for a visiting chief of state.
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Dona Carmen Polo
Pat
Barcelona
Belgrade
Tito
Nixons
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
U.S. Senate
Diocese May Reconsider Closing St. Joseph Home
La Crosse Diocese weighs reversing September 18 plan to end nursing services at St. Joseph's Home for the elderly. Bishop Freking notes real need could keep nursing care active if costs and remodel hurdles are managed, as Catholic Social Service monitors feasibility and opposition persists.
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la Crosse Tribune
St. Joseph’s
Catholic Social Service
Frederick Freking
la Crosse
Social Service Board
Glen Maher
Grandview Hospital
Freking
Norbert Dall
Catholic Charities
Msgr. Dall
Speltz
Reversal of Nursing Service Faces Cost Pressure
Remodeling costs drive the debate over reversing the phase-out of nursing service. Doors to patient rooms must widen to wheel beds out in fires, with depreciation and reserves debated as part of the funding, as church and social service leaders discuss the budget gap and staff continuance.
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Chancery
Country Western Acts Spark Oktoberfest Crowds in La Crosse
Grant Blum reports a moderate but enthusiastic crowd at Oktoberfest events in La Crosse. Seven polka bands performed outside the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium while Sonny James and Barbara Mandrell led two country shows inside. About 800 to 900 attended the 7 p.m. show and roughly 600 for the 9:30 p.m. performance, with strong audience response. The festival grounds featured beer tents, carnival rides, and the Dunk The Monkey fundraiser. Saturday highlights include the Maple Leaf Parade with 115 units and a Blue Angels air show at the La Crosse Municipal Airport.
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Anthony Armstrong Jones
Barbara Mandrell
Jones
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Johnny Cash
Flip Wilson
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Lions Club
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