Poverty rise prompts talk of next year tax cut
Washington reports a 10.7 percent rise last year in the number of people defined as poor, bringing the total to 25.9 million. Democrats and Republicans on the Joint Economic Committee urge another tax cut to stimulate the economy.
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Kidnap victim survives four days tied to post
Sheri Linda Jaffa, wife of Richard Jaffa, was bound to a six foot post for four days in woodland before Jacksonville police freed her. Jack McWilliams, brother of Jaffa partner, was jailed on kidnapping charges. Edith Burton led investigators to the site after breaking under questioning. Jaffa, 35, recovered with exposure and abrasions, while a ransom demand of 200000 had been made but not paid.
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Ford and Carter clash over poverty and crime policy
President Ford campaigns on conservatism from the South while Jimmy Carter pushes an anti poverty, anti crime platform in the West and Midwest. Carter cites Census poverty data as evidence of economic mismanagement under Ford, and both candidates attack each other on spending and crime.
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African presidents reject Rhodesia power plan at Lusaka summit
Presidents of Zambia Tanzania Mozambique Angola and Botswana rejected Rhodesia whites plan to transfer power but backed an interim black led government. They urged a British sponsored conference to set transition terms while Britain said talks would start within 48 hours.
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