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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1977
Page
12
A reader-sourced summary highlights U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel boosting prices amid inflation concerns. President Carter criticizes raises while proposing a federal gas tax hike, prompting debate over who bears inflationary costs and the politics of taxation. The piece hints at ongoing public discussion and future installments.
A House Commission study cited by the Independent Press-Telegram shows top male staffers earning 18 to 228 percent more than women with the same titles. Lawmakers reject applying anti discrimination laws to themselves and would not empower a enforceable panel, raising questions about equal opportunity rules for Congress.
Washington reports the FBI quietly joins an revived inquiry into Abraham Lincoln's 1865 murder at Ford's Theatre. The investigation centers on Booth's diary pages said to detail plots, possible conspirators including Edwin Stanton, and a possible Booth escape. Experts test the diary's authenticity while researchers pursue further artifacts from Stanton's heirs.
A column argues that the United States has quietly tolerated Soviet telephone taps on Americans while White House and government lines are shielded. It cites presidents Ford and Carter, the Rockefeller report, and Senate probes, urging new legislation to require notice, halt spying, and even expel foreign officials if needed.
During the campaign President Carter voiced disapproval of mandatory retirement at 65. He cited his mother Lillian Carter’s Peace Corps service at 68 in India and discussed the Pepper-Findley Bill HR 6383 to raise retirement age to 70 and end mandatory federal retirement. The bill, with 115 co sponsors, faces committee review while Carter says he will study its provisions before public endorsement.
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