Pepper presses retirement bill to curb forced retirements
Washington AP reports Rep. Claude Pepper pledges swift action to move a proposed law to allow workers to stay in jobs until age 70. The bill would end mandatory retirements in private work and bar post enactment age rules, while Senate plans differ on federal worker retirement and certain exemptions.
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Washington
Carter
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Supreme Court
Congress
Pepper
House Senate
Warren E. Burger
Burger
House
Senate
Returning prisoners freed under Mexico exchange plan
SAN DIEGO RP Today is freedom day for at least 30 American convicts among the first to return from Mexican prisons under the inmate exchange treaty. Up to 44 may be released with $100 for transportation and suitable clothing. Most qualified were convicted on drug charges.
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San Diego
United States
James Meko
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
U.S
Meko
Metropolitan Correctional Center
Mexico City
Tijuana
Mexico
U.S. Parole Commission
Robert Ladoon
Robert Lee Jackson
Nashville
Tenn
Braniff International
US Japan Trade Talks Stalled Over Surplus
Washington reports indicate deep gaps between the United States and Japan on handling Japan’s trade surplus. Robert Strauss says Japan’s tariff-cut proposals fall short of U.S. demands while discussions continue with Nobuhiko Ushiba, Mondale, and Blumenthal.
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Washington
United States
Japan
U.S
Robert Strauss
Nobuhiko Ushiba
Strauss
Walter Mondale
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
Birth of Charles Gregory Stowers in Centralia
Mr and Mrs Charles Stowers of Centralia announce the birth of a son born Monday at 6 34 p m at Audrain Medical Center weighing six pounds ten ounces and named Charles Gregory Stowers. Father is employed by Brada Miller Freight System Inc and also farms.
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Charles Stowers
Centralia
Audrain Medical Center
Charles Gregory Stowers
Stowers
Brada Miller Freight System Inc
Farms
Proxmire derides Treasury for abroad tax loophole award
Sen William Proxmire labels Treasury a target of his Golden Fleece award for backing a plan to delay the 1976 foreign earned income tax cut until 1978. He says about 150,000 Americans abroad benefit from the exemption of up to 20 000 per year, while foreign presence secures a 25 000 exemption for three years. Treasury offered no comment.
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Washington
William Proxmire
Treasury Department
Wisconsin Democrat
Department
Congress
Senate
U.S
Tanker Truck Explodes In Flame Near Warrensburg
A gasoline tanker carrying 7900 gallons ran off U S 50 in Warrensburg and burst into flames before dawn. The King Oil Co Kansas City truck was destroyed but the driver escaped serious injury. Frederick Winfrey 53 of Lee's Summit crawled from the cab and was treated for cuts. Firefighters from Warrensburg Johnson County and Whiteman AFB battled the blaze for about two hours.
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Warrensburg, Co
King Oil Co
Kansas City
Highway Patrol
Frederick Winfrey
Lee’s Summit
Warrensburg
Johnson County
Whiteman Air Force Base
State Budgets To Get Scrutiny
Gov. Teasdale will closely review university and college budget requests along with other state agencies before finalizing next year's budget. He described proposals as tentative and said the people of Missouri are not ready for a tax increase. Bruce Robertson urged adopting Higher Education Coordinating Board figures, which call for 11.2 percent increases for 10 institutions, but OA cut to 7 percent citing frugal tax resources. Officials cited insufficient funds for salary hikes as a major issue.
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Jefferson City
Joseph Teasdale
Teasdale
Office of Administration
Missouri
Bruce Robertson
Coordinating Board For Higher Education
Coordinating Board
Robertson
Hermit Crab Trend Gift Hits Christmas Stores
In St Louis AP report shoppers flock to the pet shop as hermit crabs become a quirky holiday gift. A clerk calls them ugly yet popular with neighbors, noting easy care and no winter walks, just an aquarium splash and bread weekly. A local ad lists Ledger want ads for gift cash.
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St, Louis
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