Mills Says SS Benefits To Go Up
Rep. Wilbur Mills stating Social Security benefits will rise by 10 percent this year with possible further adjustments. He notes the base and rate may change, discusses a higher base to fund the increase, and mentions keeping the minimum pension around 64 dollars monthly while considering earnings limits and an escalator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Wilbur Mills
Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
U.S. News & World Report
Arkansas Democrat
Congress
Benny Concerts In 5th Million Benefit Total
Jack Benny performs as violinist with the Jacksonville symphony in Hollywood raising over 5 million dollars for serious music through benefit concerts. His first such event was Oct. 2, 1956 at Carnegie Hall in New York. One benefit was at the request of former President Harry S. Truman for the Kansas City symphony.
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Hollywood
Jack Benny
Jacksonville
Fla
New York
Carnegie Hall
Harry S. Truman
Kansas City Symphony
Gifts and Services To Home Residents
Mexico Tech health occupations students under Mrs. Viola Halpin handed Valentine favors to Coldwell Nursing Home residents. The Mexico Woman's Club celebrated multiple birthdays for Grace Bradford Bertha Rasmussen Catherine Edwards and Anna Iddington with gifts and cakes. Gifts bingo games weekly by Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Griffin with beautician services during National Beauty Salon Week. Sunday services by Revs Ostrom Hayton Weldon Forman Admire and Father Hayden with Hopewell Baptist volunteers running Sunday School. Harry Lindsey and Charles Hudwell returned home after nursing home stays.
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Viola Halpin
Valentine Favors
Coldwell Nursing Home
Dorothy Slater
Mexico
Jerry Ostrom
A. J. Hayton
Weldon Forman
Delbert Admire
Father Hayden
Hopewell
Personal News of Wellsville continues with visits and deaths
The Wellsville column reports Mrs Belot leading a Patriotism program and April meeting at Mrs Margaret Dunham's home. Capt John Hopper visits from Yokota Air Base with sister Suellen Hopper joining family. Elmer Donovan and Rosalie visit Moberly. Helen Herz, 66, dies. funeral at St Gabriel's in St Louis and burial at Mount Olivet. Farkas death in Houston with survivors and affiliations listed. John Peveler visits Hazelwood. Marcia Peery returns to Central Methodist College after spring break.
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Belot
Margaret Dunham
Addie B. Carthre
John Hopper
Yokota Air Base
Tokyo
Japan
Suellen Hopper
Murray, Ky
Helen Herz
Garland Kahne
Wellsville
St. Gabriel's Catholic Church
St. Louis
Mount Olivet Cemetery
John Peveler
Hazelwood
Raymond Peveler
Marcia Peery
Central Methodist College
Fayette
Joe Peery
Curtis
Carl A
Thant’s Flag In Quarantine
Secretary-general Thant will wait for the Apollo 14 flag as postlunar quarantine delays its arrival in New York. Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Edgar D Mitchell and Stuart A Roosa explained during a Monday visit that quarantine held up the flag carried to the moon.
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New York
Alan B. Shepard
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
Thant
FDIC Chief Blames Bank Mismanagement for Failures
FDIC chairman Frank Wille told Congress that mismanagement drives rising bank failures. He cited four banks with loan or deposit irregularities and 16 that failed due to weak loan portfolio management, plus losses from officer or owner loans and brokered deposits. Rep. Patman proposed banning brokered deposits.
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Wille
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
Jensen resigns from Missouri Commission on Human Rights
William A. Jensen, former senior field representative in the St. Louis office, has resigned to join the staff of the East West Gateway Coordinating Council. A Missouri Military Academy alumnus, he attended the junior and high schools in his youth and graduated from John Burroughs School in 1951. He will gather citizen opinion on federally funded projects in St. Louis and eight surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Jensen
St. Louis
Missouri Commission On Human Rights
East-West Gateway Coordinating Council
Missouri Military Academy
John Burroughs School
Jensen
Local Family News Highlights From Vandalia
The weekly column notes a baby born at St Elizabeths Hospital to Mr and Mrs McBride in Vandalia. Details include weights and siblings. Community items list birthdays, church events at Second Baptist and Mt Carmel District Association, Girl Scout observances, and church speakers. Blood drive plans in Vandalia are announced with details for donations and canteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McBride
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Darrell
David
White Lumber Company
Varidalia
W. ©. Hoagland
Evelyn McBride
Bowling Green
WMS
The
Second Baptist Church
C. Johnson Davis
Mexico
Mt. Carmel
Southside Baptist Church
Garland Strother
Rudolph Hribar
Vandalia
American Red Cross
First Baptist Church
Sam P. Martin
Rockefeller says he would consider 1972 GOP bid
Albany, NY AP Theorizing about Nixon stepping aside in 1972 Governor Nelson A Rockefeller says he might seek the Republican presidential nomination if the President did not run again. In an interview he declined to rule out the possibility, noting it would be a different ball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
Rockefeller
State Laws Move to Ban SST Plane Flights
Proposals to bar or limit SST flights have reached five state legislatures Maine Massachusetts New York Michigan and Illinois with an Iowa lawmaker pledging action The push includes noise limits a Logan airport ban and statewide prohibitions Critics say SST would serve the elite while supporters cite economic benefits and jobs The debate features legislators from New York Massachusetts Maine Iowa and Illinois plus opposition from Sen William Proxmire and others.
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Associated Press
Maine
Massachusetts
New York
Michigan
Mllinois
Iowa
Washington
William Proxmire
Dwis
SST
Afl-Cio
George Meany
New York State
Andrew Stein
Manhattan
Stein
Logan International Airport
Boston
James R. McIntyre
D-Quincy
Edward J. King
Massachusetts Port Authority
Logan
Robert Lee Whitson
Portland
House Environment Committee
Chicago
Robert Mann
Arthur Small
Iowa City
Jim Taylor Earns Zoology Degree at ISU
Thomas James Taylor, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Taylor Route 3 Mexico, received a B.S. degree in Zoology at ISU commencement Feb 27 in Ames Iowa. Degrees were awarded to 625 students at Iowa State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas James Taylor
Thomas Taylor
Route 3
Mexico
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State University
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