Ford seeks multibillion Social Security tax and health reforms
President Ford asked Congress for a multibillion dollar rise in Social Security taxes, new catastrophic illness insurance for older Americans, and higher Medicare contributions. The plan would cost workers under $1 weekly per employee, with a maximum increase of $49, lifting the yearly tax to about $1,014 in 1977, aiming to raise roughly $4.4.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Medicare
Florida
David Mathews
Roswell Real Estate Sales Climb Above 1975 Totals
Roswell real estate sales rose by more than 1 million dollars in 1976 versus 1975. January 1975 sales were 1,102,828 while 1976 reached 2,125,612, with listings up from 166 to 175 and 26 more homes sold.
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Marian McQuiddy
Roswell
Roswell Board of Realtors
Board of Realtors
Paul Dollahan
Dollahan
Fred Gibson
Plane crash kills three crew as two stewardesses survive
A four engine charter DC6 owned by Mercer Aviation crashed after takeoff from Hollywood Burbank Airport, killing pilot James R. Seccumbe 38 copilot Jack Finger 55 and flight engineer Arthur Bankers while stewardesses Jan Butte 24 Susan Masters 25 and part time employee Guy DeMeo 16 survived. Firemen were badly burned during rescue when flames reignited in the wreckage after the front section could not be entered. The plane attempted an emergency landing at Van Nuys Airport and plunged into a waterlogged field near the Woodley Golf Course as debris scattered along the runway.
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Stephen Fox
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Jan Butte
Susan Masters
Guy DeMeo
George Douglas
Los Angeles County-Usc Medical Center
Sherman Oaks Community Hospital
James R. Seccumbe
Glendale
Jack Finger
Carpenteria
Arthur Bankers
Torrance
Federal Aviation Administration
Hollywood-Burbank
van Nuys
Woodley Golf Course
Roswell Woman Dies In Cliff Accident Near Tinnie
A Roswell woman, Willem Dianne Grassie Tessier, 22, died Sunday after her car left U S 70 380 east of Tinnie at high speed and rolled multiple times. Her body was found at 10 30 a m at the base of a cliff near Tinnie. The crash ended when she was ejected about 80 feet from the vehicle.
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Roswell
Willem Dianne Grassie Tessier
Barnett Drive
Tinnie
Wagon Train arrives in Rodeo as Bicentennial event greets crowd
The 12 wagons and 40 riders of the Bicentennial Wagon Train reach Rodeo New Mexico from Pasadena with 1,500 cheering locals. The train, averaging 30 miles daily, travels toward Las Cruces and Santa Fe while state safety measures ease and water is supplied by the National Guard. A separate Roswell motorcycle crash leaves one dead, bringing New Mexico highway fatalities to 42 for the year.
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New Mexico
Pasadena
Calif
Valley Forge
Penn
New Mexico Highway Department
New Mexico National Guard
David Jones
Albuquerque
Jones
Santa Fe
Colorado
Raton Pass
Rodeo
Bill Howard
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Stella F. Zamora
Ninth St
W. McGaffey St
Baxter Blount
S. Missouri Ave
Oval Office
Gibson
Bill Carrigan
Center
Mercer Aviation
Road Forks
Lordsburg
Las Cruces
Fort Selden
Mrs. Tessier
Dyan’s House of Fashion
James D. Grassie
Dexter
Rowland L. Tessier
Tesco Signs, Inc
Ketner
Robert D. Ketner
Ingram Funeral Chapel
Willem Dianne Tessier
Reford C. Ketner
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