Income hike approved to ease Social Security limits
The House Ways and Means subcommittee backed a plan to raise the earnings limit for Social Security recipients. Retirees could earn up to $1,500 more before benefits are cut, with the ceiling increasing to $6,000 in 1979. Experts warn up to a million could be affected.
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House
James A. Burke
Ina
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Overdraft Abuse Tied to Bank Failures Warns FDIC Official
Federal banking official testifies that overdraft abuses by officers and directors are widespread in troubled banks and a common factor in bank failures, a pattern not usually found in sound banks. Charles M. Pickett, regional counsel for the Dallas FDIC, notes the connection.
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Washington
Charles M. Pickett
Dallas
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Carter Barre discuss Concorde and global economics at White House
President Carter and French Prime Minister Raymond Barre begin two days of talks at the White House. Discussions cover Concorde landings in the United States and international economic issues. Barre will meet Secretary of State Vance and attend a White House working dinner.
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Washington
Carter
Raymond Barre
United States
Barre
White House
Cyrus
Vance Barre
Jaworski Doubtful on Seoul Offer to Aid Park Probe
Leon Jaworski and House ethics chair John J Flynt weigh Seoul's conditional proposal to help obtain Tongsun Park's testimony in the committee's inquiry into alleged South Korean influence buying in Congress. Jaworski said he has not decided and has no bags packed.
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Washington
Leon Jaworski
House
Ethics Committee
John J. Flynt
South Korea
Jaworski
Tongsun Park
Seoul
Park
Wage floor debated as youth unemployment tops the agenda
In Washington the House weighs raising the minimum wage with 1.6 million unemployed teens seen as pivotal. Observers anticipate an increase, while Bogota faces a dusk to dawn curfew after deadly riots tied to a nationwide strike demanding higher wages. Police report injuries and hundreds arrested amid sabotage and looting.
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Washington
House
Bogota
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Warren deputy guilty in grand theft and falsification
Ralph Todd a special Warren County deputy and emergency police commander was found guilty of grand theft and two counts of falsification after a three hour jury deliberation. He drew a disability pension while working for pay at various sites and signed his son's name on a W 4 form to hide employment.
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Lebanon
Ralph Todd
Warren County Emergency Police
Todd
Warren County Common Pleas Court
William Young
Young
Todd Todd
Sheriff's Department
National Cash Register Corp
Kings Island
James Flannery
Paul Herdman
Lebanon Raceway
McAlpin’s
Dayton South Union Oil Truck Plaza
Mel Ray
Sheriff's Posse
Dayan questions Arab acceptance of new peace draft
Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan left for New York with a draft peace treaty he said Arab ministers would likely reject. He described it as a basis for negotiation, not fully accepted by Arabs, and noted the plan mirrors earlier Israeli offers. Dayan then traveled to Brussels for European meetings.
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Israel
Moshe Dayan
New York
Dayan
Ben- Gurion International
Cyrus AK. Vance
Sinai Peninsula
Golan Heights
Menahem Begin
Brussels
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