Senate votes to raise retirement age to 70 for most
The Senate approved a bill raising the mandatory retirement age to 70 and eliminating mandatory retirement for federal workers, awaiting President Carter's signature. The measure, backed by House approval, aims to align with inflation, birth rates, and longer life expectancy. It allows older workers to stay employed while maintaining benefits, with broader plans to remove all mandatory retirement.
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U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Carter
United States
Congress
Carter Eyes Broad Solar Home Push With Tax Incentives
The plan would urge builders to install solar energy in new homes, favoring passive systems to keep costs down. Officials weigh how to implement the program, considering FHA financing rules and potential tax incentives to broaden adoption.
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Carter
Energy Department
Congress
Public forum urges protection of NM specialized adoption services
Community members urge lawmakers to reject reform plans that would erase NM adoption expertise. The plea warns untrained case-workers may delay permanent homes for waiting children and those freed by Foster Care Review. Citizens are asked to send concerns to HSSD Director Fernando C deBaca and state officials before March 30.
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New Mexico
Fernando C deBaca
HSSD
Pera
Santa Fe
N.M
Home extension clubs briefed for April pillows topic
Chaves County leaders from home extension clubs met Friday at the Chisum recreation room with Mrs. Mary B. Nelson in charge and Mrs. Billye Sue Abercrombie assisting. The April meetings will cover Making Decorative Pillows. The article also notes a separate sports result and a political item titled In Congress.
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Chaves County
Chisum Recreation Room
Billye Sue Abercrombie
New Mexico Military Institute
Nmmi Broncos
Arafat questioned on PLO terrorism and control
In a Damascus meeting transcript Arafat denies PLO terrorism and says the group does not engage in violence. The piece contrasts his stance with Al Fatah actions and notes unresolved questions about his authority over the PLO and regional policy.
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Washington
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yassir Arafat
Middle East
Arafat
Congress
PLO
al Fatah
Israel
Israli
Lebanon
Paul Findley
R-Ill
Helen Meyner
D-N.j
Leo Ryan
D-Calif
Larry Winn
R-Kan
Damascus
Syria
Munich
The
Carter
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Consumer Product Safety Commission
John Byington
Lobbyist reports fall short in New Mexico push for registration
A New Mexico column rails at weak compliance with the Lobbyist Registration Law. It notes missing expenditure reports, misfiled items, and odd political contributions as officials delay reform while computer errors and stalled data hinder state operations. It also jokes about upcoming hearings on Round House doors.
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Santa FE
Bureau of Elections Division
Secretary of State’s Office
Association of Executives
New Mexico
Round House
Department of Education At
Highlands University
Board of Educational Finance
Human Rights Commission
Legislative Council
Oil race and Cold War flare in Middle East clash
Secretary Harold Brown warns the Soviet Union of U S intervention to protect Middle East oil supplies while Brown notes Soviet expansion into Iraq Syria and South Yemen amid rising prices and Northward oil exploration. The piece frames a super power struggle over 1980s oil access and regional alliances.
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Harold Brown
Soviet Union
America
Russia
State Committee On Prices
Nikolai T. Glushkov
Samotior
Siberia
Alaska
Glushkov
Brown
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
South Yemen
Red Iraq
Syria
United States
Iran
Persian Gulf
Egypt
Africa
Muamma el-Qaddafi
Middle East
Ethiopia
Aden
Moscow
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Wwe
ON Carter
Small Society
Matuge
Bae
Jack Anderson
White House
Commission
Consumer Protection Agency
Capitol Hill
House
Esther Peterson
Harrison Welford
Donald Kennedy
Douglas Castle
Federal Trade
Michael Pertschuk
Ernie Mills
Duke City
Henry J. Taylor
Fertile Crescent
Europe
Asia
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