Congress approves social security boost and tax hikes
Congress approves an 11 percent increase in Social Security benefits to 185 for singles and 310 for couples, with 7 percent in April and 4 percent in July, plus a higher wage base to 13 200 and a $140.40 rise in payroll tax for high earners and employers. The measure also boosts welfare payments to 146 for singles and 219 for couples, preserves food stamps and Medicaid eligibility, suspends certain state rules, and extends 13 weeks unemployment benefits for high-unemployment states.
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Congress
Nixon
Senate
No Compromise On Energy Bill Congress Winds Down
The 93rd Congress, after a last minute snag, faces adjournment with energy legislation blocked. House and Senate plans shifted to routine sessions and recesses into January 1975, as leaders blamed oil interests and political brinkmanship for the impasse. The Senate passed a stripped bill invoking emergency powers, while other measures on Social Security, rail salvage, and highway safety were moved forward.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
House
Congress
White House
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Massachusetts
O’neill
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Conference Closes With Agreement On Disengagement Plan
In Geneva the Middle East peace conference ended its two day opening phase with a pledge to form a military working group of Israeli and Egyptian experts under UN oversight. The group will discuss disengagement in the Suez Canal area and is to begin work within days. Russia hinted at broader representation while Syria boycotted, calling the talks biased toward Israel. Kissinger, the US envoy, expressed happiness over the outcome.
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Suez Canal
United Nations
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Mideast
Syria
Israel
Eban
Egypt
Ismail Fahmy
Beirut
Jordan
Kurt Waldheim
Waldheim
United States
Soviet Union
Fahmy
Palais Des Nations
Zeid Rifay
Nine-year-old Bernadette Brumfield killed in hunting accident
A nine-year-old girl, Bernadette Brumfield, was killed Friday in an apparent hunting accident in Allen County after her brother's .22 rifle discharged as he slipped on ice. Coroner Dr. T. O. Osburn will rule the death accidental. The incident was investigated by the Anderson County Sheriff's Department and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Farris Memorial Chapel.
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Welda
Bernadette Brumfield
Allen County
T. O. Osburn
Guy Brumfield
Chris
Osburn
Anderson County
Christmas shoppers and local events in Ottawa 1900
The Ottawa Daily Republican described Toy Land at 318 S Main as a holiday hub of glittering displays and Santa Claus creations while Franklin County residents prepared for Christmas. Reports covered theater arrests in Topeka, a ragtime ball at K and P Hall with a tackiest-suit prize, and advertisements for Rochester Radiator and musical instruments. Nearby, smallpox cases troubled Anderson County and a train passenger, Mrs. King, was quarantined in Garnett before escaping. News touched on Santa Fe telegraph workers' wages strike threats, a Parsons incident involving two tramps and a holed well, and broader items from national politics to the 1903 World's Fair plans.
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Toy Land
S. Main Street
Ottawa Daily Republican
Santa Claus
Saunders Music Company
S. Main
E. B. Peck
Anderson County
National Live Stock Association
MacArthur
Manila
St. Louis
Congress
Brigham Roberts
Utah
Grover Cleveland
Missouri
Early Morning Blaze Destroys Rural Home in Ottawa
Fire at the two story home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hawley at Ottawa RFD 1 started in the back, likely from faulty wiring after a remodel. The blaze, reported around 4 a.m. by Mrs. J. W. Selby to the sheriff and Ottawa REACT, quickly engulfed much of the house, blowing roofs and windows and forcing evacuation. No injuries were reported. residents Karla Roller and Janice McMillan occupied the second floor. Mrs Hawley had previously run Fivian’s Pet Shop at the location.
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Sheriff's Department
Ottawa React
Gerry Didde
REACT
Kansas City Power and Light
Didde
Hawleys
Karla Roller
Janice McMillan
Schoonover Trial Set For Feb 19 For Murder Charge
Nellie Rutledge Schoonover faces first degree murder charges in the Oct 24 killing of her husband J W Schoonover, 80, on a farm near US 50. Trial set for Feb 19 after defense plea of innocence. bond $150000. change of venue motions not filed.
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Nellie Rutledge Schoonover
Here
Franklin County District Court
Floyd H. Coffman
Steere
Nations feel fuel crunch hit the poor hardest
A United Nations report says developing countries feel the energy crisis more than industrialized nations. In India, millions choose between cooking and heating as prices rise. 80 countries lack safety valves and depend on imports. Air National Guard flights grounded as fuel diverted. Shultz says crisis may ease next year with demand cuts. County forecast notes increasing clouds and cold with highs 38.
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India
U.N
United States
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