Guaranteed income proposal to lift all from poverty
Editorial argues for a federal guarantee of a minimum income for every person or family, about 3000 dollars for a family of four, costing at least 11 billion dollars a year. Cites support from National Commission on Technology and Economy, Office of Opportunity, and White House conference. notes activist groups organizing poor communities and planning welfare rights actions.
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Gatherie
National Commission On Technology, Automation and Economic Progress
Sup
Office of Ie Opportunity
White House
Washington
Sa Pt el
Ghts
Martin Luther King Jr
Chicago
Poverty Rights Action Center
Washington, D.C
Local students earn awards amid calls for action
The paper celebrates hundreds of city and county students who earned college scholarships and various honors in fields from science to library work. It notes critics exaggerate juvenile delinquency and highlights demonstrations planned nationwide on June 30, including a welfare march from Columbus to Cleveland. The piece cites a Cloward article urging aid recipients to press for broader welfare rights.
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Times
Columbus
Cleveland
Ohio Steerin Fang
Plan Aims Universal Cash Aid and Welfare Overhaul
The proposal seeks to replace means tested public aid with a universal cash benefit for all below the poverty line. It envisions fostering crisis events to pressure courts and agencies, and hopes to shift to income guarantee legislation to reduce local costs and win broad political support. Welfare staff may back scrapping means tests in favor of cash income criteria.
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Washington
Tually
Family thanks helpers in drowning recovery
The Harrington family thanks all who aided the search for William Francis Harrington, drowned May 15 1966 in Slippery Rock Creek. They praise the Civil Defense Rescue Squad and divers, identify Mr John Cassidy, bless rescuers from New Castle Fire Department Lyndora Zeilenople and others, and note gratitude from 611 Court St New Castle.
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William Francis Harrington
Slippery Rock Creek
Pamela
John Cassidy
Bill
Lawrence County Civil Defense Rescue
C.D
Clarence C. Frampton
Boros
City of
Hubert Wilson
Paul Fleeger
Dave Rishel
Mary Lawrence
Yeoman
Lenny Oberleitner
New Castle
Tag day conflict raises VFW questions in letters
A reader laments a Tag Day clash on Memorial Day weekend noting Buddy Poppy Day traditions in Pittsburgh and New Castle. He recalls family veterans, urges unity, and critiques Post 522 for moving its fundraiser ahead of others while stressing ongoing war support.
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News
Welshimer
Post 214
Pittsburgh
VFW
New Castle
Buddy
Post 522
M.S
Taxpayers League criticized over Union High School tax cut
Joseph F. Park urges prudence after a Taxpayers League push to reduce school millage damaged morale and risked academic and nonacademic programs at Union Area Schools. He notes private meetings and incomplete data, and calls for evaluation of tax policy and township supervision.
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the News
Taxpayers League
Union High School
Union
Union Area
Joseph F. Park
Union Area Schools
Canitol Can Do The House Budget Humor And Waste
A satirical tally notes next year’s House operating cost at 81.6 million with the cafeteria losing over 300000 yearly. It cites salaries as 64 percent of expenses, no rent, and jokes about a non worker masseur in the law library.
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House of Representatives
House Law Library
Law Library
State Department
Lloyd Hand
California
Washington
Richard Neuberger
Ore
Portland Zoo
Moscow Zoo
Oregon
U.S
China
Alabama
Stray dog crusade urged after Pittsburgh boy’s death
A two year old boy dies on the operating table in Pittsburgh while being treated for dog bites. Neighbors’ dog is blamed and police recover ten other strays. The piece urges strict dog law enforcement to prevent roaming dogs in Brentwood and similar towns.
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Pittsburgh
Brentwood
New Castle
Antipoverty Funds Questioned In Federal Program
The National Observer reports a $61 786 federal antipoverty project in St. Clair County Illinois to fund cultural social and entertainment activities for the poor and others twice monthly. Critics argue tax money should not underwrite such programs suggesting cultural exchanges should occur without federal funding.
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Economical Opportunity Commission
St. Clair County
Ill
National Observer
Uncle Sam
Advertising and Credit Manager Exchange Notes
Fragmentary OCR text references a manager exchange and names Oliver A. R A1 but provides no clear event or facts for a coherent summary. Unable to determine specific persons or organizations or a dates-based story from the fragment.
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Baitureee
Oliver
Dale Oliver A
COPOTMI 1970 Moon Protest Folds Back in Satirical Plan
A humorous call for a moonflight protest mocks a motion to reach the moon. The spoof committee seeks a damp basement, beaten path gear, guitars and Beatle wigs, a mimeograph, protest literature, and volunteers for Cape Kennedy picketing. It teases tax deduction doubts and a counter movement while lampooning space romance.
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Copotmi
New Castle News
Cape Kennedy
Gemini
Mercury
Apollo
Moon
Internal Revenue Service
Poets Corner Selections From Our Readers
Poems submitted for publication in this column are screened by judges and may be altered. The sample verses include a peaceful nature piece about a garden and a winter fog poem. Signed by authors with addresses, submissions are limited to 30 lines and published as space allows.
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Richard A. Cloward
Columbia University
the Nation
Francis J. Nolte
Bettylou E. Harrington
Court St
Tag Day Conflict
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Everett Dirksen
LBJ
Dirksen
Hudson County
N.J
Dulles
Charlie
Agriculture Department
USDA
Hiram Fong
Hawaii
Senate
Kalakaua
Richard & Rentz
Jessie Ya Anderson
Fred
Eleanor Tresdwell Payson
Leonard T. Kolasinski
Ap W. Trevitt
the News Company
North
Mercer Street
Castle
Ent
Manapes
Treas
Ass't
Treas Ass't
Lawrence
Butler
Beaver Counties
Len Kolasinski
Niagara Falls
Dopotmiks
Poet’s Corner
Yvonne
Josephine Mooney
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