States Have Cost Social Security 1.1 Billion
GAO report says states withheld Social Security taxes, delaying transfers to Washington. If payments were monthly since 1961, the trust fund could have earned 1.1 billion in interest. next five years face similar losses unless payments move to biweekly or monthly timing. States oppose due to higher admin costs and cash needs.
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UPI
Social Security Trust Fund
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HEW
GAO
Memorial fund drains Evansville team loss tally
Evansville donations to the University of Evansville memorial fund for the plane crash victims show 334255 raised through November 30 with 261546 spent mainly on a campus plaza and memorial. Parents of victims voiced dissatisfaction over fund use details.
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UPI
University of Evansville
Wallace Graves
Graves
Alitalia DC9 wreckage may be found off Palermo
Italian search teams believe submerged wreckage of the Alitalia DC9 lies about 164 feet deep near Palermo after a deadly crash that killed 108 of 129 aboard. Warships divers and a submarine are aiding the hunt as sonar probes detect the seabed remains and a ship collision disaster is investigated.
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Palermo
Sicily
UPI
Italy
Strait of Messina
Weather and life events in area with births marriages deaths
Mostly cloudy with light snow today bringing less than an inch. Tonight and Wednesday cold with 15s lows and mid 20s highs, 20 percent precip chance. Winds NW around 10 mph. Monday temps 32 to 19 and trace precipitation. Marriage license reports list five couples in or near Willard and Norwalk. Births include three local families with mention of Fisher-Titus, Good Samaritan, Sandusky Memorial, and Willard Area Hospital. Obituaries note five local residents' deaths with ages. A 1843 note credits the first modern Christmas card to J C Horsley for Sir Henry Cole.
Cleveland in feud as Kucinich seeks tax collateral plan
Mayor Dennis Kucinich and City Council clash over a proposed ordinance to use city income tax receipts as collateral to refinance 15.5 million in defaulted notes. With 16 of 17 members present, action stalls. Potential layoffs of up to 2,000 workers loom if the plan fails, including police and firefighters, while a special Feb 27 election asks voters to approve a 0.9 percent income tax hike and possibly sell the Municipal Light Plant. The police union vows to seek court relief against layoffs amid budget strains and recreation centers face closure if the debt issue remains unresolved.
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Cleveland
UPI
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Kucinich
George Forbes
Basil Russo
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Russo
Robert Getz
William Sullivan
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Order of Police
FOP
Jeffrey Fox
FDP
William D. Gallagher
Gallagher
Fox
City Properties
Peter Pucher
Burglars Steal Million Rembrandt from San Francisco Gallery
Thieves entered through a skylight not on the alarm, taking a $1 million Rembrandt Portrait of a Rabbi and three other Dutch works plus a second Rembrandt worth about $1 million. The gallery loss is the museum’s largest, with two guards on duty when the theft was only discovered Monday.
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San Francisco
UPI
Golden Gate Park
Rembrandt
Fine Arts
Delorme
van de Vale
van der Neer
M.H. DeYoung
Jan White
White
Gallery 12
Joris de Caullery
Parents Fear Their Kids In Death House
CHICAGO police handling the John Wayne Gacy case report hundreds of worried parents calling in about missing children. They opened a central query line and asked for dental charts while investigators resumed searching the crawl space and Des Plaines River for victims. Gacy, 36, faces murder charges in the disappearance of Robert Piest, 15, as officers link him to at least 26 bodies under his home and six more dumped in the river near Chicago.
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Chicago
UPI
John Wayne Gacy
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Australia
Gacy
Robert Piest
Norridge
Des Plaines River
Piest
Suburban
Des Plaines
Nissan
Joseph Kozenczak
Chicago Sun- Times
Iowa
Kozenczak
Elderly Health Costs Rise as Medicare Outlay Increases
Washington reports higher out of pocket bills for seniors as inflation and Social Security boost costs. Beginning Jan 1, Medicare Part A deductibles rise from 144 to 160 dollars for the first 60 days of hospitalization and 36 dollars per day for days 61 through 90, expanding bills for millions of elderly and disabled beneficiaries.
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Washington
UPI
Know Your Carriers Reflector Route Run By Walker Family
A brother and sister team Jeff and Margie Walker deliver 65 Reflector papers daily on Clifton and North Hester streets. Their parents Tim and Tammy Walker family has kept the route for over 50 years, with customers becoming friends and the pair taking over from an elder sister. The piece notes broader Medicare Part A and Part B changes including a 50 cent monthly Part B bump to 8.70 next July and reserve day charges rising from 72 to 80 dollars after 90 days, plus ongoing Part A coverage for the first 20 days with a patient share increasing to 20 dollars after 100 days.
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North Hester Streets
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Margie Walker
Tim Walker
N. Hester St
Margie
Tammy
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Monroeville
Good Samaritan
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Barbara Caudell
Sandusky Memorial
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Susan Cochran
Willard Area Hospital
Thomas L. Anderson
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Fitchville
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