The Solvers Part of the Problem Congress Gave and Took
Las Vegas residents face pension reductions after two Congresses changed rules on veterans and Social Security payments. Increases intended for veterans and widows boosted by seven and ten percent, yet outside income exclusions altered need determinations. Complex laws, aging programs, and administrative burdens create unfair outcomes.
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Veterans Administration
Hrone
Dear John: Sleep Talk From an Infantry Sergeant
A reader asks how to understand a husband who shouts and talks in his sleep after years as an Infantry drill sergeant. The columnist replies that if he held the drill sergeant role you may not want to understand him, and notes letters should be signed regardless of ink.
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Labor by Victor Riese on railroad strike fever politics
Washington columnist Victor Riese examines labor leader H F Gilbert of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers as railroads seek about 190 million dollars a year in wage and benefit increases. He questions public interest and warns of potential national rail strikes amid broader labor and political tensions.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
New York
H. F. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Ginemen
Gilbert
Mike Oil
the Barbed Brother
Quill
Congress Faces Opportunity and Danger for Republicans
The assembled Congress offers the GOP both chances to gain seats in next November's elections and risks from potential cutbacks to Johnson era welfare programs. The party must avoid mere opportunism while weighing public support for welfare measures and President Johnson's Vietnam policies.
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GOP
Viet Nam
GOC
Johnson
Sen
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Illinois
Washington debates guaranteed income and Thanksgiving date
A column critiques a proposed guaranteed minimum income funded by a negative income tax and notes the Democratic Study Group backing. It warns of a share the wealth program via tax policy and discusses Thanksgiving being moved to November 23, 1966 by the GSA. It also covers filing deadlines for July 20 and potential reapportionment court decisions with Judge Roger Foley commenting on delays.
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United States
Sam
Washington
Congress
Democratic Study Group
House
Treasury Department
Johnson
Almanac in Brief for Jan 19 1966
On January 19 1966 the almanac notes the date as the 19th day with 346 to follow and lists notable facts including Edgar Allan Poe born in 1809 and Robert E Lee born in 1807. It recalls Georgia secession in 1861 and Francoist bombing of Barcelona Valencia in 1938. It mentions Eisenhower's 1955 televised news conference and ends with a Wilde quote.
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Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Edgar Allan Poe
Robert F. Lee
Stratford
Georgia
Union
Rancho High selects Quill and Scroll trio
Shirley Grayson Carol Halseth and Larry Kifer were elected to Rancho High School’s Quill and Scroll chapter, a national journalistic society, in a historic school year. Fire Chief Filmer Gates was named civil defense coordinator for Las Vegas city, 109 years ago.
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Shirley Grayson
Carol Halseth
Larry Kifer
Rancho High School
Quill and Scroll
National Journalistic Society
Filmer Gates
Las Vegas
Inquiring Photographer readers air local gripes
A collection of reader opinions on recurring issues in town. complainants cite disorganized grocery stock, ongoing street construction causing traffic jams, and library access concerns. A source from Whitey Newton adds a note on hiring out-of-town architects by city and county officials.
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U.S
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Outer
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Almanac
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Spain
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Sun
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Mike Gordon
Hayden Green
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Whitey
Newton
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Lath & Plaster Institute
Don
LS. Gypsum
Pat Clark
Pontiac
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