Retirement age sparks mixed views in reader letters
Readers from Minnesota to Oklahoma debate Social Security age changes with opinions ranging from lowering to extending retirement. Individuals like R C P and T N R share contrasting views on 50 versus 68, while concerns about health and funding shape calls for or against change.
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R.C.P
Social Security Advisory Council
T.N.R
Salt Lake City
South Bend
Ind
Moorhead
Minn
Long Beach
California
Ray
Congress
Supreme Court
G.E.D
FBI admits counter spying on KKK in 1960s program
Documents released under FOIA show the FBI used infiltrators and fake groups to disrupt the Ku Klux Klan and other extremists. Hoover says informants penetrated all 14 Klan groups and helped curb violence, with actions including anonymous mailings and false news stories.
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KKK
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UPI
Ku Klux Klan
Communist Party
America
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Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
Marvin Watson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hoover
South
Klan
Cointel
American Communist Party
National Intelligence Committee
Chicago
Korea Marks Liberation Anniversary Amid Tensions and Mourning
South Koreans observed the 30th anniversary of liberation from Japan with ceremonies and public programs. President Park Chung Hee urged North Korea to pursue talks and warned of decisive retaliation if invasion resumes. Park did not attend a theater ceremony where his wife’s death anniversary was noted. the assassin Moon Sekwang was later executed.
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South Korea
UPI
Korea
Japan
Park Chung Hee
North Korea
South
Park
Kim Jong-pil
Parks
Moon Sekwang
Supreme Court
Park Chung-hee
Upifoto
Turks Pressure U S Forces After Base Takeover
About 7,000 American troops face growing friction at Turkish bases seized in retaliation for U S aid cut. Ankara orders closure of military exchanges and commissaries, stops mail to Sept. 15, while maintenance continues. Officials call the impact emotional though the near term security role remains manageable.
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UPI
U.S
Pentagon
Ankara
Smit
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Turkey
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Cyprus
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NATO
Penta
GOP Convention Narrowed to Three Cities for 1976
The GOP cut the 1976 national convention sites to Miami Beach Cleveland and Kansas City with Cleveland and Kansas City favored for their central locations and GOP governor ties while Miami Beach stays viable for its convention handling record. A full committee endorsement is required with other bids from San Francisco Los Angeles New Orleans and New York City.
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UPI
Miami Beach
Cleveland
Kansas City
Florida Beach
Cochairman Ed Middleton
GOP
GOP National Committee
Republican National Committee
San Francisco
Los Angeles
New Orleans
New York City
Pope Paul VI Calls Assumption a Promise of Destiny
Pope Paul VI told about 30,000 at St. Peter's Basilica that the Feast of the Assumption proves mankind's destiny and future life after death. He described Mary's ascent as the light of Christ and the gift of hope, noting the Assumption was proclaimed by Pius XII in 1950.
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Upi
Paul VI
Mary
St. Peter’s Basilica
Portugal
France
Pope Paul
Vatican
Castel Gandolfo
St. Peter’s
Rome
St. Mary Major
Pius XII
Viking Mars mission delayed again to fix batteries
NASA announced a 48 hour delay for the second unmanned Viking launch to Mars from Cape Canaveral to replace batteries and switch an orbiter after a switch was found in the on position draining power. The overhead door delay and a final readiness check push the Sept launch to Kennedy Space Center.
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Fla
UPS
Viking
Mars
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Kennedy Space Center
NASA
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