Justice Dept targets bar association minimum fees
The Justice Department moves to challenge long standing bar guidelines on minimum attorney fees citing antitrust concerns. Deputy Atty. Gen. Bruce Wilson says investigations are under way into hundreds of bar groups and warns that fixed fee schedules raise costs and limit pricing. The ABA argues defenses say compliance is voluntary and antitrust laws may not apply.
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Washington
Justice Department
America
Presidential pressures on Agnew denied amid Watergate crisis
The White House denies pressuring Vice President Agnew to resign amid a Maryland corruption probe and a looming federal grand jury in Baltimore. Agnew backers fear silence serves to prod resignation while officials insist no policy endorses such a move.
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Whitehouse
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Pension reforms approved in Senate 93 to 0 vote
The Senate passed a private pension plan reform bill by 93 to 0, aiming to set minimum standards for private plans and ensure benefits for about 40 million Americans. Key sponsors Williams Javits Nelson hailed the move, with House committees now tasked to act and a Nixon signature possible this year.
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Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N. J
Jacob K. Javits
R-N. Y
Gaylord Nelson
Dwis
Education and Labor and
Ways and Means
al Ullman
D-Ore
Nixon
Wage raise hopes dimmed after veto override fail
Congress could not override President Nixon’s veto on a minimum wage bill. The House failed by 23 votes, killing a measure to raise the wage from 1.60 to 2.00 this year and 2.20 next July 1, while expanding coverage to millions of workers. Nixon called the plan inflationary and opposed teenage wage carve outs.
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Congress
Nixon
House
Weapons bill advances as Nixon warns of crisis
Senate debate opens on a 20.4 billion weapons procurement bill with administration cutbacks. Nixon warns against rapid Trident submarine production and major force reductions while defending deterrence, with a potential weeklong fight over Navy Trident, Air Force B1, and overseas force levels.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S
Community tragedy as Middletown girl dies in house fire
Fourteen year old Linda Easterling died in a fire at a Franklin home rented by the Outlaws gang. She had run away from her Middletown home multiple times since June and was in juvenile court for marijuana possession. Two men linked to the Outlaws were held on bond for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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Middletown Weather Forecast Cloudy With Showers Possible
Cloudy skies and a chance of showers are forecast for the Middletown area tonight and tomorrow. Lows tonight in the upper 40s and highs tomorrow in the 60s. Weather details are on page 33.
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