Food Stamp Price Hike Draws Bipartisan Fire
Washington lawmakers from both parties oppose Ford administration plans to raise food stamp costs by 650 million dollars. About 62 congressmen urge abandoning the rise set to start March 1, arguing the higher rates fail to aid the poor and would strain elderly recipients.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Ford
Congress
W.R. Poage
Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Donald M. Fraser
Dminn
Ten Giants Pay No United States Taxes Revealed
A staff study by the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation shows ten of the nation’s largest corporations paid no federal income taxes last year despite profits near one billion dollars. The report cites UAL, TWA, Consolidated Edison, American Electric Power, Freeport Minerals, Texas Gulf, Western Bancorp, Chemical NY, Bankers Trust NY, and Continental Illinois as examples with zero or minimal tax payments. The study notes an average 23.6 percent tax rate among 143 companies vs the 48 percent statutory rate.
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Washington
Congressional Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Charles A. Yanik
D-Ohio
Securities and Exchange Commission
Vanik
House
Ways and Means
UAL Inc
United Airlines
Trans World Airlines
UAL
TWA
Consolidated Edison
New York
American Electric Power Co
Freeport Minerals Co
Texas Gulf Inc
Western Bancorp
Chemical New York Corp
Bankers Trust New York Corp
Continental Illinois Corp
School Board Trio Faces Court Action Over Integration
In Boston, chair John Kerrigan and members John McDonough and Paul Ellison risk civil contempt for voting against a stronger school integration plan. Judge Garrity set a Dec 27 hearing to determine readiness to comply with current and future orders, while noting sanctions depend on their stance. The plan would bus 31,000 pupils next fall. violence has troubled schools since the order began.
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Boston
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
Garrity
John J. Kerrigan
John J. McDonough
Paul Ellison
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ex Addicts To Tell Of Their Drug Cure Program
Ex addicts share how Mid America Teen Challenge Center helped them overcome addiction through Christ at a 7 20 p m program in Cape Girardeau. Ten teens will attend a Mexico Optimist Club breakfast and teens will visit local homes. a Sunday rally at Full Gospel Assembly of God Church features Rev Philip Breithaupt and the Teen Challenge team.
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New Creations
Mid-America
Mexico Optimist Club
Monterey
Mexico
Full Gospel Assembly of God
N. Wade St
Philip Breithaupt
Breithaupt
Revivaltime
ABC Radio
Teen Challenge Center
Herb Meppelink
Detroit
Teen Challenge
David Wilkerson
Pat Boone
Herbert Albright
Assembly of God Church
Saturday Vote May End Pickets At Coal Mine
Washington AP report says striking mine construction workers will vote Saturday on a tentative contract already approved by negotiators and the union bargaining council. Ratification results may come in as early as Sunday night. The pact covers 4,500 workers and was endorsed by the bargaining council. Picketing shut mines in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, and Alabama, with more than 50,000 miners staying away from work.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
Alabama
UMW
Lawyers Fault Ford Clemency Program Draws Few Applicants
ACLU plans to sue to strike down the military clemency section asserting it violates constitutional rights. Despite 100000 eligible, only about five percent have applied as the program nears its 12th week. Deserters see a small uptick while dodgers number in the hundreds. processing at Ft. Benjamin Harrison shows daily returns rising from 13 to 28. Prince Charles to attend Nepal coronation represents a separate regional item.
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Los Angeles
Ford
American Civil Liberties Union
U.S. District Court
Washington
Scott J. Tepper
ACLU
Maj
Thomas Kallunki
Joint Clemency Processing Center
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Kallunki
Senate backs permanent 55 mph speed limit bill
The Senate approved a measure to permanently set the speed limit at 55 mph on all public highways and sent it to the House as part of compromise highway legislation. States may still impose lower limits when justified, with the bill totaling $15 million this year and $60 million next year for highway and rural mass transit projects.
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Washington
Senate
House
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Senate Public Works Committee
Highway Trust Fund
Different Guns Used To Kill Two Victims
Two Florissant radio store employees Fred Gent and Todd Friedman were found shot in a wooded area. Tests indicate Gent was killed with a .22 caliber weapon and Friedman with a .32 caliber pistol, suggesting possibly two killers. Police connect the case to a broader double slaying in St. Louis County.
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Clayton
Florissant Radio Store
Fred Gent
Todd Friedman
Gent
Friedman
Donald Brecksmith
St. Louis
Bernard Grossman
Susan Psaris
Grossman
Miss Psaris
Harry Baker
James Baker
Grossman-Psaris
Hi Way R 3 Achieves A Rating for 1974 75
Hi Way R 3 school board learned at its December meeting that the district earned an A classification for 1974 75 from the State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, an improvement from prior years. The rise followed an expanded curriculum and fully certified staff, with July 1 next year bringing stricter AA standards to avoid unclassified status.
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Hi-Way
R-3 School Board
State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
State Department of Education
Supt
Dayton Kings
R-3 Boosters Club
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