Pension reform poised to protect worker retirement benefits
Senate hearings reveal gaps in pension plans allow workers to lose promised benefits upon job change merger or bankruptcy. Javits Williams proposal would create a federal insurance scheme, require disclosure, set fund manager standards and make benefits transferable, with payroll costs rising about two percent. The column notes broader Middle East tensions and cites a Bible verse at end.
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Senate Labor Committee
Javits-Williams
Cable TV's city gold sparks bold municipal bids
John Chamberlain notes Lindsay fears FCC overreach as cities push cable franchising. Newark negotiates terms for educational and public access channels while others like Boulder Memphis Knoxville Louisville and Birmingham woo cable bids. Growth could reach 30 million homes by 1980 amid pay TV and satellite prospects.
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New York
John Lindsay
Handsome John
Federal Communications Commission
Lindsay
Washington
Dean Burch
FCC
Burch
Nixon
Newark
N.J
Teleprompter
Raymond Shafer
Pennsylvania
Kenneth Gibson
Cable TV
U.S
Boulder
Colo
Memphis
Knoxville
Tennessee
Birmingham
Ala
Louisville
Canada
Connecticut
Zenith Radio
Journal subscription rates and delivery options
The Middletown Ohio News Journal lists subscription prices and delivery methods. Rates include 25 cents per copy on weekdays, 80 cents weekly home delivery, motor route at 3.47 annually or 3.20 in four week periods, and a 15 cent monthly service charge. Mail rates are 30 dollars per year in the trading area, 38 outside the U.S. The ad mentions a history line and stray garbled text at the end.
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The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Time to blow the whistle on Vietnam declassification
John Roche urges declassifying and releasing the full texts of Senate Foreign Relations Committee executive hearings from 1964 to 1966. He argues those records, stored in committee safes, would reveal how openly officials discussed Southeast Asia risks and policy options with Congress, challenging retroactive amnesia about the Tonkin era.
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Pentagon
Ellsberg
Executive Branch
Congress
Southeast Asia
Tonkin Gulf
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell Taylor
William Bundy
Vietnam
Johnson
Fireman's life not fun not games letter
The writer argues against viewing emergency crews and Red Cross volunteers as merely sensationalists. She stresses that firemen face grave dangers and life and death duties, sharing personal observations of rescues, fatalities, and the emotional toll on responders. She identifies as the mother of a Franklin firefighter.
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Deborah Kopp
Dp&l
Red Cross
Deborah
Mrs. Smith
Tricate
Franklin
Sam Steadman
Park Ave
MARK MY WORDS Speech for Fonda fans
Jim Fiebig argues that returning POWs share strong same emotions and criticize America and Nixon. He notes a contrasting draft-dodger group praising Canada, then asserts media coverage shows no signs of programming. He claims POWs’ views reflect shared experiences and antiwar sentiment.
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Jim Fiebig
Fonda
America
Nixon
Pro abortion? Three questions
A speaker questions abortion rights, calling abortion immoral and a tragedy while urging consideration for those unsure. The piece asks three direct questions about aborted babies crying at night and whether the reader can hear them, urging reflection or offering alternatives like keeping or rehoming a child.
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