Divers target Andrea Doria wreck for $2 million haul
Ex aquanauts Donald Rodecker and Christopher Delucchi plan a 10 day saturation dive living in a chamber named mother to recover cash and valuables from the Andrea Doria wreck off Rhode Island. They hope to retrieve about 1.1 million dollars in cash and other items while attempting 8 hour work shifts daily. The 1956 collision with the Stockholm left 54 dead and 1,661 rescued.
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Los Angeles
API
Andrea Doria
Rhode Island
Mt. Everest
Donald Rodecker
Navy
Rodocker
Christopher Delucchi
DeLucchi
New York
San Diego
Rodecker
Rolls-Royce
Mercedes
Stockholm
Nantucket
R.I
Nixon signs Social Security hike for 30 million Americans
President Nixon signed a compromise bill raising Social Security benefits by over five percent starting June 1974 and increasing the wage base for taxes to 12 600. The move targets cost of living with checks beginning in July and widens benefits for over six million aged blind and disabled recipients with monthly payments rising to 140 for individuals and 210 for couples starting next July.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Senate to Question Dean on Nixon Pardons in DeCarlo Case
Senate investigators will question former White House counsel John W. Dean III about the Nixon pardon of gangland figure Angelo DeCarlo. The probe also targets attorney general at the time Richard Kleindienst while seeking details on the residential commutation.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
Angelo DeCarlo
White House
John W. Dean
DeCarlo
Kite House
John W. Dean III
Dean
Pardon
Richard Kleindienst
California state workers seek 5.5 percent immediate raise
California State Employes' Association leaders ask the Cost of Living Council in Washington to approve a 5.5 percent pay hike for state workers now while the council reviews the suspension of 12.9 percent raises for 111,000 civil servants. The group argues the higher hike would be lawful under guideline exceptions and address inequities and salary catchup.
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Sacramento
UPI
Cost of Living Council
LeRoy A. Pemberton
Walter Taylor
California State Employes’ Association
CSEA
Washington
Nixon
Taylor
Taylor and
Pemberton
Council
California
State receives federal youth job funds despite veto
California gains $24 million in federal aid to save summer youth employment programs after a New Jersey court ordered release. Governor Reagan vetoed SB700 proposing $24 million in state funds, noting the federal funds now cover the effort and signaling possible future state support if needed.
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Sacracento
UPI
California
Ronald Reagan
Milton Marks
San Francisco
Assembly
Bob Moretti
D-Van
Reagan Administration
Reagan
Former Nixon re election aides take high FTC posts
Six former employes of the Nixon re election committee gain high ranking roles at the Federal Trade Commission. The list, requested by Rep. Harley Staggers, shows former campaign workers now serving as lawyers, trial attorneys and information officers at the FTC.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Federal Trade Commission
Harley Staggers
D-W.va
Special Investigations
FTC
Bureau of National Affairs Inc
Subcommittee
Arthur L. Amolsch II
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Martha H. Duncan
Lewis A. Engman
Watergate Grand Jury
Senate Committee
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