Postal Rates Free Of Price Controls
Washington AP The Cost of Living Council freed postal rates from price controls but said the U S Postal Service must vet any rate hikes, including a 23.9 percent rise in third class mail. The council kept pay for postal workers and all state and local employees under the Pay Board, while lifting controls on most local fees to avoid tax increases. Donald Rumsfeld said the rules aim to discipline state and local costs but could not guarantee inflation reduction goals. The Postal Service, now an independent agency, must justify rate changes by productivity, service adequacy, and cost recovery, and not rely on inflation expectations. State and local pay under the Pay Board must follow a 7 percent cap in new contracts, with reporting options for larger units. Nixon enabled retroactive payments for some workers whose freezes end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cost of Living Council
U.S. Postal Service
Donald Rumsfeld
Council
Rumsfeld
New York City
Buhl
Oklahoma
David Hall
Missouri
Kansas
James Bibb
Bhutto Retires Several Pakistani Military Leaders
President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto continued a military purge in Pakistan by retiring the navy commander in chief and eight other senior officers, replacing the navy head with Commodore Hafiz Ahmad Bhutto and purging 14 generals overall. He also announced curbs on industrialists and passport seizures for the richest families. West Bengal said nine million East Bengali refugees will begin returning to Bangladesh on January 1 with aid provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan
Navy
Radio Pakistan
Adm
Muzaffah Hasan
India
Hafiz Ahmad Bhutto
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
West Bengal
Bangla Desh
Federal Health Plan Rates Approved After 22 Percent Hike
The Federal Health Coverage Price Commission approved a 22 percent rise in Blue Cross Blue Shield federal employees plan premiums, 12.1 percent below the request. Chairman C Jackson Grayson said the increase fits guidelines after cost estimate adjustments. He noted a $60 million projected 1971 loss due to higher outpatient diagnostic use and urged tighter utilization to avoid further premium increases.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Commission
C. Jackson Grayson
Grayson
Probe Of Shutdown Requested
Sen James B Pearson of Kansas asked the GAO for an independent review of the decision to halt production at the Parsons Kansas Army Ammunition Plant. He argued Parsons had a strong record of efficiency and cost effectiveness and questioned whether the DoD choice maximized tax dollar value. He had studied actions since the December 3 closing announcement.
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Shawnee Mission
Kan
General Accounting Office
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
Parsons
James B. Pearson
Department of Defense
Kansas
Welfare woes sweep Kansas in Midwest state budget strain
The Midwest welfare debate grows as Kansas Missouri Iowa Nebraska and Oklahoma face rising costs and public concern. Governor plans and lawmakers clash over cuts and federal aid while states report 650000 total caseload and proposed 870 million annual welfare spend across the five states.
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Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Reynolds Shultz
Dale Buhl
Iowa Department of Social Services
Air Attacks Near Hanoi Escalate During Vietnam War
U S air assaults moved closer to Hanoi with fighter bombers targeting a radar site 73 miles from the capital and another 82 miles away. The 102nd attack involved Shrike missiles on a Laotian border radar. B52s hit eastern Cambodia near Highway 7 as Saigon braces for a 72 hour Christmas ceasefire and continued prisoner releases.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Laos
US Re Affirms Air War Policy in Southeast Asia
Secretary of State William P. Rogers states the United States will continue air activity in Southeast Asia amid North Vietnamese offensives in Laos and Cambodia. He declines to specify further strikes on North Vietnam, noting U S air support will back South Vietnam in Cambodia and Laos, including the Ho Chi Minh Trail and Plaine des Jarres.
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Mekong
Cambodia
Peam Chhkork
Tonle Sap
Phrom Penh
Laos
Long Cheng
Vientiane
U.S
Washington
William P. Rogers
United States
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Rogers
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Plaine Des Jarres
New Jury Process Used In Kansas Courts
Letters went out to 60 prospective jurors under a new selection system replacing township trustees and mayors. The act shifts initial jury list selection to the district court, with a public list of about 10,000 names and new excusal criteria. The draw is conducted by the district court judge, and the list includes many previously exempt professionals and residents from Pomona, Williamsburg, Ottawa and nearby areas.
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Kansas
Floyd H. Coffman
District Court
Register of Deeds
A. L. Kingery
Pomona
Ethel R. Randall
Rfd
David Link
Williamsburg
Marguerite L. Koehler
S. Locust
Bob E. _ Kleier
Wellsville
Theodore Randell
Marie R
Terry Lay
S. Elm
Gladys I. Johannes
Ruth Lancaster
Ottawa
Emil Johnson
Cheryll Gentry
N. Sycamore
Fred L. Brown Jr
S. Hickory
Patricia L. Bishop
Edith West
Princeton Rd
Velma Felty
S. Cherry
Dora Ann Lingo
Karl Eisele
Joyce Vandeventer
Betty L. Scott
Princeton
Leo Converse
LeRoy Goudie
Lane
Hattie J. Morgan
Maple
Richard Jackson
King
Max F. Bechtle
Ewing Fritz
Opal McDaniel
S. Mulberry
Evan Piersol
Larry Bones
Anton E. Rasmussen
Quenemo
Patricia Ann Payne
W. 6Th
Eldon L. Good
Meriel Patrick
Margaret Hadsall
Richmond
James G. Gladstone
Elm
Dorothy Langewisch
John Fritts Jr
Howard Lawrenz
Samuel M. Mott
S. Main
Anna A. Funk
Cleveland
Frank J. Gretencord
Glenice Brown
Mildred Foster
Ambrosia Hernandez
N. Mulberry
George W. Gass
Jonathan L. Peffly
Stephen Star
Sycamore
Genevieve Blair
Eldon Brockus
Letha Gower
Letia Bross
Peggy Rideau
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Bhutto
Pearson
Elmer B. Staats
GAO
Midwest
J.J. Exon
Highway 7
Krek
Dam Be
Central Intelligence Agency
Vang Pao
Plain of Jars
Sepuard
Jeannette Stephenson
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