Kennedy pushes 50 percent boost for Social Security benefits
Senate action backed by RFK aims to raise the minimum monthly Social Security payment from 44 to 90 with a government contribution and higher payroll deductions. The plan would auto-adjust benefits with CPI increases and would be financed partly by federal revenues. Co sponsors include Hart Yarborough Prouty Metcalf Morse Neuberger Mantoya McGovern and Kennedy.
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D- Mich
Ralph Yarborough
Dtex
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RVL
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Wayne Morse
Maurine Neuberger
D-Ore
Joseph M. Mantoya
D-N.m
George 5. McGovern
D-S.d
Edward M. Kennedy
D- Mags
William L. Springer
R-Ii
Chicago teens gangs vow truce after seven years of bloodshed
Chicago police report two rival gangs the Blackstone Rangers and Fast Disciples agreed to strengthen a shaky truce after a week of shootings that left two 15 year olds dead and several wounded. Leaders from both groups and a YMCA juvenile unit urged restraint and to avoid violence amid a violent era. William Cannon, 17, of the Dell Vikings, faces murder charges in the latest shooting.
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Springer
Blackstone Rangers
YMCA
O. W. Wilson
Wilson
Englewood
East Side
William. Cannon
Dell Vikings
Mixed Race Marriage Ban and Powell Payment Dispute
The article reports on a Virginia loving case challenging anti miscegenation laws as unconstitutional and outlining a pay order dispute involving Powell. It notes the couple Loving and companion cases about equal protection and civil rights, with the Lovings married in Washington, D C and arrested in Va. The piece mentions Judge Saypol and the broader context of constitutional rights and state bans.
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Supreme Court
Virginia
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Press-Telegram
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Washington, D.C
Fredericksburg
American Civil Liberties Union
Coupte
Rates on conventional home mortgages hit new highs in June
Washington report shows average rates on new conventional home loans rose to 6.07 percent in June, the sixth straight monthly increase, with existing home loans averaging 6.18 percent. FHFA chair John Home cites money market rises and slower savings growth as factors. FHA and VA insured mortgage rates edged to 6.25 percent.
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Federal Home Loan Bank Board
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Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
No. 1 Song on South Africa Hit Parade
The Daily Mirror reports that the No 1 song on the South African hit parade is the Rolling Stones tune Paint It Black. This item appears in the London UPI dispatch.
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