Military spouses and moonlighting curb food stamp eligibility
A Pentagon study finds about 38 000 active duty members rely on food stamps and 62 000 could qualify under current pay rules. Moonlighting and working wives reduce potential eligibility. overseas stations also limit access. The analysis warns constraints on pay raises push more families to seek aid as defense costs rise.
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Congress weighs rebates in Carter stimulus plan
Congressional tax staff outlined options to reshape President Carter's $31.2 billion stimulus proposal with $50 per return rebates while phasing out for higher incomes. The Ways and Means Committee prepares to examine the plan’s two year package, aiming to extend general tax cuts and boost rebates for low income earners. Changes could raise deficits and adjust business tax portions.
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Ohio House advances Civilian Conservation Corps pilot plan
Ohio lawmakers move today on a bill to create a demonstration Civilian Conservation Corps using youths age sixteen and up to work on natural resource and community projects. The program would start with a regional center in Appalachia and employ about 200 youths at one hundred dollars monthly plus lodging and meals for at least six months.
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Weather outlook with clear tonight and cool low
Tonight skies clear with a low between 5 and 10. Thursday will be cloudy with a high in the upper 20s and a 20 percent chance of precipitation. Yesterday’s high 26 and overnight low 7, with no measurable precipitation. extended outlook shows occasional rain today and Sunday, fair Saturday, with highs mid 30s to mid 40s and lows upper teens to mid 20s.
Drought Strains Albion Families Water Use In California
In Albion California a drought squeezes life as Rich and Mirna Sharp and neighbors ration water to essentials. The privately run supply is idle since the owner’s death leaving 70 residents with no steady supply for a year. Families reuse bathwater and cook with minimal dishes while driving long distances to fetch water, missing social life and daily chores. Local efforts press to restart a public supply.
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Rhodes urges large scale gas well drilling expansion in Ohio
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes calls for doubling self help gas well drilling and aims for 5,000 new wells a year. He appoints Peter Susey to lead expansion, seeks Ohio gas use, more pipelines, interstate access, shale demos, and PUCO rule reviews to remove barriers.
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