Congressmen Cost More Than Salaries in Congress
Washington AP report details the full cost of Congress members beyond salaries. Average annual costs exceed 188000 per representative and about 30000 per senator, covering staff, travel, office space, fringe benefits, and pensions. It notes allowances for staff, stationery, communications, travel, and health and life insurance with generous pensions for long-serving members.
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Washington
House
Treasury
Congressional
Congress
Indians declare war at Wounded Knee siege
AIM led occupation of Wounded Knee declares sovereign nation status seeking UN recognition. FBI agent Curtis Fitzgerald wounded. six white men arrested and exchanged fire with FBI near the 40 acre compound. Means and AIM supporters vow to shoot on entry. US marshals placed on standby as grand jury indictments loom.
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Wounded Knee
8.D
UPI
Oglala Sioux Reservation
United States
United Nations
FBI
Dians
U.S
Curtis Fitzgerald
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Russell Means
American Indian Movement
AIM
Means
William Clayton
Sioux Falls
S.C
Sacred Heart Mission
Pine Ridge Reservation
New York
U.S. Cavalry
Richard Wilson
Wilson
FTC Sues Aspirin Makers For False Ads
The Federal Trade Commission charges Bufferin Excedrin Excedrin PM Anacin Arthritis Pain Formula Bayer Cope Vanquish and Midol with false aspirin ads. It seeks 25 percent of future ad spend on corrective messages approved by the FTC, to confess past errors and state the truth. Surveys under FTC control could lift ads if the public is clearly informed.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
Bayer
Cope
Vanquish
Midol
FTC
Next prisoner releases set for Hanoi list of 108
Saigon reports North Vietnam delivered a list of 108 American prisoners to be released in Hanoi on Wednesday while the United States suspends troop withdrawals to press the Communists to free 287 Americans.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
U.S
Washington
Defense Department
Bermuda governor and aide slain in Government House
Scotland Yard detectives joined Bermuda murder inquiry as Gov Sir Richard Sharples and Capt Hugh Sayers were shot near Government House after a dinner party. Police questioned several people, no arrests made, a state of emergency declared to curb suspects fleeing the island. The attack also killed the governor's dog Horsa.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Scotland Yard
Richard Sharples
Hugh Sayers
Government House
Sharples
Horsa
Air strike averted in North Central Airlines dispute
The National Mediation Board announced a settlement between North Central Airlines and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers after marathon bargaining. Board chair David H. Stowe said talks continued through the weekend with federal mediators, extending the strike deadline to 7 a.m. This ensures normal operations today.
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Washington
North Central Airlines
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
National Mediation Board
David H. Stowe
North Central
Minneapolis
International Association of Machinists
Buffs oppose Civil War themed park near Manassas battlefield
Civil War Round Table of Washington leaders protest Maj. Trott Corp rezoning of over 500 acres in Prince William County Virginia for a Great America style park. They warn the site one mile from the Manassas battlefield would desecrate the first and second Bull Run locations and house important Civil War era sites.
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Washington
UPI
Virginia
Manassas
George E. Hill
Prince William County
Bull Run
Hill
Howard County
Marriott
Lee
Common Market to let currencies float
Six of the nine Common Market nations agreed to a joint partial float against the dollar ending obligatory dollar purchases. Britain Ireland and Italy planned to join later. West Germany revalued the mark 3 percent. The float starts March 19 with 2.2 percent max fluctuation among the six currencies.
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Brussels
Britain
Ireland
Italy
West Germany
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Switzerland
Sweden
Norway
Austria
Helmut Schmidt
Willy DeClercq
OSU students endure dog food protest to fund steak feast
Two Oklahoma State University seniors, Terry Arnall and Jerry Dizmang, eat only dog food for a week to protest high food costs. They spent about 3 on meals, saved the money, and plan a steak celebration, receiving hundreds of letters and calls from around the world. Dizmang dreams of Hawaii restaurant plans.
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Stillwater, Okla
UPI
Terry Arnall
Oklahoma State University
Michigan
Dizmang
Hawaii
Census predicts sharp drop in high school youths by 1985
The Census Bureau forecasts an 8.5 percent decline in high school ages 14 to 17, from 16.4 million in 1972 to 14.3 million in 1985, after a peak of 16.8 million in 1975. A similar trend may hit 18-21 year olds, from a 1980 peak of 16.8 million to 15 million by 1985, amid falling birth rates and later marriages.
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Washington
Census Bureau
U.S
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