New Center Opens for West End Park Senior Citizens
The West End Park Senior Citizens Services Center at 226 NW 81st Street opened yesterday in the West End Park neighborhood. The center expands activities for seniors and enhances the nutrition program run by the Metropolitan Office in Aging. It will provide daily hot noon meals prepared on site in an enlarged dining area.
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West End Park
Tts
Senior Citizens Services Center
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Metropolitan Office In Aging
Human Resources Department
Texas Legislature Tax Tip Clarifies Gratuities Exemption
Texas comptroller Bob Bullock explains a new law exempting both mandatory and voluntary tips from sales tax. The change aims to reduce confusion when tips are added to bills and taxed. He urges customers to review their receipts for potential overcharges.
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Texas
Bob Bullock
Comptroller of Public Accounts
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Editorial on product liability reform by Robert R Buell
Guest editorial by Robert R Buell, president of Fireman's Fund Insurance, argues that current product liability suits reflect outdated legal doctrines. He calls for reexamining the reparations system to avoid carrying antiquated law into the 21st century and warns of the consequences of not revising.
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Robert R. Buell
Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies
Vietnam era vets lead in GI Bill training participation
Nearly 17 million veterans have used the GI Bill in 23 years. Vietnam era servicemen show the highest training rate at 64 percent, surpassing World War II at 31 percent and Korean era at 43 percent. College level training is also higher among Vietnam vets at 44 percent versus 22 percent for Koreans and 14 percent for World War II.
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Ted W. Myatt
Houston
Vietnam
HEW Rules on Handicapped Students Stir Academic Friction
John P. Roche critiques HEW memos defining handicapped persons and demands practical policy for colleges. He asks how alcoholics or drug addicts fit into affirmative action in education, argues for regional centers for non ambulatory students, and criticizes applying factory rules to universities.
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Fletcher School
HEW
Califano
Clark Kerr
Greater
Hoston
Toe
Fletcher
War Of The States And Welfare Reform Sparks Debate
The essay cites Moynihan's June speech and traces a theme of regional bias in GI bill and welfare funding. It argues New York and California receive outsized federal benefits while other states lag, suggesting reform to limit social welfare to below-average income states and reduce Washington’s role.
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Sen. Moynihan
United States Army
Nicaragua
Halmier
Old South
Upstate
New York
Fort Drum
Great Southern
Moynihan
California
New
Yor
Mayathan
New York Times
Union
Washington
Central Park
Congress
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O.K
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Joe Califano
Bar and Bath
Winston Churchill
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William F. Buckley Jr
Buckley
Brickman
Slimmenia Ke
National Defense
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