Major Provisions of Welfare and Social Security Plan
Washington AP outlines key parts of a House bill to raise Social Security benefits and taxes while reforming welfare. It covers automatic cost of living benefits, payroll tax base and rate increases, minimum guarantees, widows benefits, earnings rules, Medicare expansion, an income floor for families, and new federal welfare programs with work and training requirements plus sanctions and job funding. It projects changes through 1974 and beyond.
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Washington
House
Social Security
Medicare
Lishing
Labor Department
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Prisoner Faison Escapes Jail With Notable Improvements
Stanley G. Faison, once dubbed the second story man for leaping 20 feet from a courthouse window in 1967, reportedly escaped again. Now 28, he lowered three stories to ground, climbed a 35 foot nail to Warden Hiram Schoonfield’s yard, and scaled an 8 foot fence to gain freedom from Baltimore City Jail.
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Baltimore
Stanley G. Faison
Faison
Hiram
Schoonfield
Nixon Maps Busy Midwest Tour Amid Nonpolitical Pretenses
President Nixon travels the Midwest in a pre campaign year, stressing nonpolitical duties while heading to Indiana and Illinois after a trip to New York and Florida. He avoids political questions at news conferences and promotes his health care plan during an AMA convention in Atlantic City, claiming Kennedy backed proposals would cost taxpayers billions. He also meets New Jersey Republican county chairmen before departure of his jet.
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Washington
Nixon
Midwest
New York
New Jersey
Florida
Indiana
Ilinois
Atlantic City
American Medical Association
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Legislative Council Split On Cutting Judicial Funds
Annapolis AP A Legislative Council committee agreed to study whether the General Assembly may cut the judiciary budget. Constitutional lawyers dispute the governor legislature power to reduce court funds after the District Court system saw a 379,600 cut and 38 clerks eliminated. Del John E Hargreaves urged clarity while Chief Judge Robert F Sweeney urged living within the adopted budget and warned against conceding legislative authority.
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Annapolis
Legislative Council
General Assembly
Judicial Branch
John E. Hargreaves
Dcaroline
Council
Hargreaves
House Appropriations Committee
Robert F. Sweeney
District Court
Sweeney
Hall Hammond
Court of Appeals
Fort Meade Names Bias Negotiator
Fort Meade appoints Capt Samuel DuBose to handle racial bias complaints full time representing the post commander. Soldiers and WACs accused discrimination on base and at nearby civilian facilities after clashes with MPs during a demonstrat ion.
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Fort Meade
Ft, Meade, Md
Army
Ft. Meade
John E. Saunders
Samuel DuBose
Black Brothers and Sisters For Equality
Meade
Wacs
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Rae
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Frederick
Saunders
Soo
Towncraft
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