House panel backs 12 percent Social Security hike for 1974
A House Ways and Means subcommittee recommended a 12 per cent Social Security benefits rise in 1974 funded by higher taxes on upper income earners. Stephen Kurzman cautioned Nixon veto risk. Proposals split on timing with 7 and 5 per cent installments or a 10 per cent rise, both offsetting the 1975 cost of living adjustment.
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UPI
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Ways and Means
Stephen Kurzman
Health, Education and Welfare
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Fulk House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Escape leaders sentenced in East Germany refugee case
Western officials said East Germany may press the West to ban escape organizations after a show trial that convicted three refugee helpers. Two West Germans and a West Berliner received prison terms up to 11 1/2 years for charging fees as high as 6700 dollars to smuggle refugees out. The judge noted the role of West Berlin and West German authorities in aiding the escape networks.
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Heinz Hugot
West Berlin
Astronauts End Rehearsals For Skylab Mission
Astronauts Gerald P. Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue finished last ground rehearsals before a planned eight week stay aboard Skylab in Earth orbit. A Saturn 1B rocket atop the launch pad was set to lift them at 11 41 a m EST Saturday with countdown held until Thursday. Doctors will monitor the crew as they aim to begin eight week mission and then up to 85 days of research.
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Cape Canaveral
UPI
Gerald P. Carr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
Skylab Space Station
Carr
Gibson
Pogue
Supreme Court retroactively extends right to counsel in misdemeanors
Washington based ruling makes retroactive the 1972 decision that no defendant may be imprisoned for a petty offense without attorney representation. Richard Berry of Cincinnati urged the retroactivity in an unsigned Berry v. Ohio opinion noting disabilities from prior conviction and potential harsher sentences on reoffense.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Ohio
Richard Berry
Cinncinatti
Berry
California cuts 70 mph limit to 65 on 1450 miles of freeways
Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke heads a new Energy Planning Council ordering the nationwide 70 mph maximum on rural California freeways to drop to 65 in a bid to save about 10 million gallons of fuel annually. Enforcement may rise briefly as motorists adjust. Reinecke hints at further cuts and promotes a voluntary energy conservation push including turning off every other light bulb.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Ed Reinecke
State Energy Planning Council
Highway Patrol
Sacramento Comstock Club
State Department of Transportation
Reinecke
Brother acquitted of mercy killing in New Jersey trial
Lester Zygmaniak 23 was found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity after shooting his paralyzed brother George in a hospital bed. The jury rejected murder charges though testimony described a mercy killing amid demands not to be kept alive. Jeannette Zygmaniak testified to pleas for death. George died 27 hours later.
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Freehold
N.J
UPI
Lester Zygmaniak
George
Lester
New Jersey
Winter Weather Alerts Spread Across Northwest States
United Press International reports heavy snow warnings for northwest Wyoming Montana with ongoing gusty winds and travel advisories in Idaho, northern Wyoming, western Oregon and northern California. Snow totals include two inches in Penderyore over six hours and one inch in Havre and Helena.
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California
Penderyore
Havre
Missouri
Helenaont
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