Viet veterans gap calls for bigger GI Bill benefits
A Special Veterans Opportunity Committee says Vietnam era veterans are worse off than their fathers. It urges substantial increases in GI Bill educational benefits citing a funding gap since World War II and reports that many veterans cannot afford to use the GI Bill.
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Special Veterans’ Opportunity Committee
Silvio O. Conte
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Seattle
Tele-Care links volunteers to lonely elders in Bay Area
In Berkeley, Herrick Memorial Hospital runs Tele-Care, where daily teams of volunteers call elderly residents in the San Francisco Bay area. Tele-Pets provide daily chats and check on health, with emergencies referred to relatives or police if needed.
Nixon signals openness to tax increases amid inflation talk
Federal Reserve chief Arthur Burns testified Nixon discussed possible tax hikes with him. Burns said the president showed sympathy for curbing spending and raising taxes as an anti inflation move, and he would not be surprised if a tax increase is requested.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Nixon
Congress
Burns
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Chile junta consolidates power after coup and curfews
Santiago reports scattered resistance and gun battles as the military seizes control. The junta swears in a 10 member cabinet and declares congress in recess while promising to break relations with Cuba. Official counts of dead and missing vary amid curfews and evacuations.
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Chile
Santiago
Bernardo O'Higgins
Adm
Ismael Huerta Diaz
Junta
Congress
Alarm System Blamed After West Philadelphia Nursing Home Fire
A predawn fire at the Washington Hill Nursing Home in West Philadelphia killed at least nine elderly residents and injured three. Fire Commissioner Joseph Rizzo attributed the deaths to a malfunctioning alarm system as firefighters battled flames in a three story building with 52 patients. Police and fire units evacuated patients as more than 150 firefighters and 75 police officers responded to the blaze.
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Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Joseph Rizzo
Washington Hill Nursing Home
Rizzo
Wycliffe Jangharrie
Colson Excused From Testifying Before Senate Panel
Charles W. Colson was excused from testifying before the Senate Watergate committee after his attorney said Colson expects indictment. Senate sources said Colson believed a federal grand jury would indict him in the break in at Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office.
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Washington
Charles W. Colson
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Colson
Senate
David I. Shapiro
Committee
Samuel Cash
Daniel Ellisberg
Shapiro
Middletown Weather Turns Showers Then Clears
The National Weather Service forecasts clear weather in Middletown may be interrupted by showers tonight with lows from 55 to 60. Friday's high should reach the 70s under cloudy skies and a 60 percent chance of rain. The Watergate committee met in a closed session on Wednesday and voted to resume public hearings on September 24, planning three hearings weekly and to wrap up by November 1.
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Middletown
National Weather Service
Watergate Committee
Aronoff warns October session on election reform could harm
Ohio State Senator Stanley J. Aronoff said a governor called special October session to act on election reform laws may generate anger and resentment. He noted both parties oppose the move and fears substantive legislation will suffer, with hearings set for October and votes likely in January.
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Columbus
Ohio
Stanley J. Aronoff
Cincinnati
Aronoff
Senate
Cincinnati Judge Investigated Over Estate Handling
The Cincinnati Bar Association probes Domestic Relations Court Judge Paul George over his conduct as attorney and executor in the 1959 Eliza Cowquill estate in probate court. The inquiry followed Enquirer reports that he failed to file a current account of the estate.
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Cincinnati Bar Association
Paul George
John Wirthin
George
Eliza Cowquill
Wirthin
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cowquill Estates
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