Nixon welfare plan drawn as devastating secret study
Washington UPI report notes a private congressional analysis labeling Nixon proposed minimum income plan as devastating. It argues extending welfare to working families could encourage desertion and allow two college brothers to qualify, with risks of asset manipulation such as buying a color TV to meet transfer rules.
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Senate moves toward passage of drug penalties reform bill
Bipartisan Senate approval moves toward passage of a bill reducing penalties for using or selling drugs from marijuana to heroin. The Nixon administration backs the measure to curb crime syndicate trafficking while targeting professional criminals. If approved, states may mirror the federal changes.
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UPI
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Dodd
Justice Department
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Weather City Brief Winds Up To 25 MPH
Northerly winds 15 to 25 mph today and yesterday. Yesterday’s high 73 and low 45. Today’s high 65 and low 45. Noon humidity 34 percent. Sunrise 6:47, sunset 5:00.
Nevada's 104 year old resident Granny Wilson dies
Nevada's oldest resident, Alice Granny Wilson, died Friday in a Las Vegas hospital at 104. A Boulder City retiree, she celebrated her 104th birthday with family and was among Social Security's oldest registrants. Born in Princeton Missouri on November 26 1864 she called herself one of the first war babies and remarked at her centennial celebration that she started a mess.
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Granny” Wilson
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King Girdner
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Wilson
Dramatic Rescue Of Child From Narrow Well Shaft
In Miami a two year old boy named John Reynolds Ill was trapped for nearly seven hours in a 10 inch wide irrigation well shaft in a south Miami tomato field. Sheriffs Deputy Bil Team and construction worker Fred Knecht reached him from a parallel shaft and tunneled to safety. The boy was revived with oxygen and rushed to a nearby hospital, mother expressing relief.
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UPS
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Sheriffs Depuy Bil
Fred Knecht
Knecht
Gas Line Explosion Leaves Three Dead in Houma
A gas line explosion at 4:50 p.m. in downtown Houma, near Latours Jewelry Store, killed three city employees and injured about 25 others. The blast demolished half a city block, wrecked nearby shops and offices, and sent residents fleeing as police cordoned off the area.
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UPI
Latours Jewelry
Terrebonne General Hospital
Ray Saadi
Mara Currie
Mounting Racial Tension in U S Military Study Warns
A U S military study warns of rising confrontations between black and white soldiers, especially off duty, calling racial discord the greatest morale problem and urging action at squad and platoon levels. It notes overseas tension higher than at home, with Germany highlighted as a trouble spot and Long Binh Jail riot as a key incident in 1968.
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UPI
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United States
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Long Binh
Three Convicted In Stolen Credit Card Swindle
Tina Barzie former manager of Frank Sinatra Jr Jackie Gleason and Tommy Dorsey and two men accused of murder were found guilty of conspiring to use stolen credit cards to buy airline tickets. Barzie was found guilty on 22 counts and faces up to 110 years in prison and $31 000 in fines.
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Jimmy Poppo
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