Food Stamp Reform Proposal Targets Higher Income Families
Washington AP The Ford administration urged Congress to deny food stamps to four person families earning over 6250 a year if all members are under 60 and up to 6550 with one senior. The plan seeks to curb middle income eligibility while keeping aid for the neediest, projecting annual savings of about 1.2 billion.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Congress
Administration
Senate
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Census Bureau
Grain Oil Deal Reaches Cash Terms With USSR
The United States and the Soviet Union agreed on a long range grain sale to stabilize purchases over several years. The deal calls for about 5 to 6 million tons annually with 8 to 10 million tons in some years, mainly wheat and corn, paid cash on the barrel head. The Soviets also intend to supply oil to the United States, with no undercutting of OPEC prices.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Charles W. Robinson
Moscow
Bismark
N.D
Mark Andrews
Andrews
United States Petroleum
U.S
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
White House
Ron Nessen
Russia
Nessen
Department of Agriculture
USDA
Robinson
Israel
Europe
State Department
Paris
Beame Warns Of Unpaid NYC Bills
Washington reports Mayor Abraham Beame warned Congress that a NYC default would leave hundreds of millions of dollars in bills unpaid nationwide, harming cities where holders are based. He said the situation could become a national urban tragedy if federal aid is not provided.
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Washington
Abraham Beame
Congress
New York City
Beame
Six Die In Nebraska Family Massacre At Sutherland
In Sutherland Nebraska six members of the Henery Kellie family were shot to death in a frame house. Erwin Charles Simants a 29 year old neighbor was arrested Sunday on six counts of first degree murder. Police recorded the victim’s friend June Lindstrom recalling the bloody scene and the accused’s capture at a relative’s home about 11 hours after the killings.
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David
Paulman
Charles Simants
Amos Simants
Kellie
Simants
Lindstrom
Erwin
Lincoln County
Ronald Ruff
Milton Larson
Keith Bystrom
Leonard Byhnalek
Ruff
Nebraska
Charles Starkweather
Starkweather
Americans Move Into Big Cities Reverses Trend
Washington AP: Census Bureau findings show urban centers lost 1.6 million migrants 1970-75 versus 352,000 1965-70. Mobility remains high overall at about 20 percent yearly, but migration slowed since 1950s and 1960s with 51.5 percent of Americans over five changing residence 1970-75. South gains 1.8 million, West steady at 700,000. Northeast and North Central see more moving out. Larry H. Long notes puzzling decline in mobility despite higher education. Recession impact not determined.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Europe
Japan
South
West
Larry H. Long
Long
More Rabbit Hunters Than Squirrel Hunters In Missouri
A state Department of Conservation survey shows rabbit hunting draws the most small game hunters in Missouri with about 212,029 rabbit hunters, 207,068 squirrel hunters, and 167,961 quail hunters. Rabbit habitat and population have declined, and the number of rabbit hunters fell from 223,000 in 1973-74.
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Jefferson City
State Department of Conservation
Missouri
Missouri Might Weather 10 Percent Gas Cut Says Survey
A Missouri Department of Natural Resources survey finds a 10 per cent natural gas shortfall can be absorbed if alternative fuels are available. About 56 per cent of users rely on oil and 20 per cent on propane. heat loss would largely shift to residual oil. The plan calls MEA fuel allocation, church aid, and outreach to interruptible users to pursue conservation and fuel switching.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
James L. Wilson
Department
Wilson
Missouri Energy Agency
MEA
Department of Social Services
Semi-trailer Sliced In Two On Crossing
An empty semi trailer stopped on Norfolk and Western tracks on Seminary Street in Paris was cut in two by an N W freight engine at 7 55 a m Sunday. The driver Jim Shrader escaped serious injury after the collision halted at the Quincy Soybean Co elevator to load beans. Shrader was treated for minor injuries.
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Paris
Norfolk and Western
Seminary Street
N&w
Jim Shrader
Quincy Soybean Co
Quincy
Shrader
Main Street
Walnut Street
Mr. Shrader
US GNP Surges 11.2 Percent in Third Quarter
The Commerce Department reports Gross National Product rose at an 11.2 percent annual rate for the third quarter ending September 30, the sharpest gain in 20 years and signaling a strengthening recovery amid prior declines. The quarter’s GNP totaled 1,497.8 billion dollars, up 56.9 billion from the prior quarter, with inflation measured in GNP remaining higher.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Commerce
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Nyc
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Arthur F. Burns
House Committee
Red Cross
Mexico
United Methodist Church
Jackson
Clay
Greene
Jasper
Cole
Dunklin
Boone
Buchanan
Scott
Laclede Gas Co
Laclede
Christopher Wayne Peak
Gary Peak
Route 4
Audrain Medical Center
John Paul Peak
Bob K. Hopkins
Garvin Guy
Cordie Hopkins
Peak
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