Civil War Benefits Still Paid to Widows and Children
The VA spends about $525,503 yearly on 417 widows and children of Civil War veterans. 205 widows aged 60 to 118 and 212 disabled children receive support, with two thirds from the Union side and Confederates not eligible until 1958.
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Washington
UPI
Veterans Administration
Walter Williams
Houston
Angela Davalos Moran
Polanco
Mexico
Henry Moran
Mary Miller
Grove City
Ohio
Quincy Miller
Lulu Lewis
Ola
Ark
America
Phoebe Palmeter
Fresno Bee Newsmen Face Jail for Refusing Source Identity
Four Fresno Bee journalists including Managing Editor Gruner and City Editor Bort face jail until they reveal the source of information in a grand jury transcript. Judge Peckinpah cited 74 contempt counts for withholding sources, defended by First Amendment and shield-law claims amid coverage of local bribery indictments.
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Fresno, Calif
UPI
Gorge Gruner
James Bort
Joe Rosato
William Patterson
The
Fresno Bee
Fresno County Superior Court
Denver Peckinpah
C.K. McClatchy
McClatchy
Sacramento Bee
Modesto Bee
Peckinpah
Bee
Marc Stefano
Julius Aluisi
City Planning
Sioner
Norman Bains
Gruner
Rosato
Patterson
Fresno County
Fresno
Gare's Goal Carries Sabres Past Canadiens in Semifinal Opener
Buffalo wins 6-5 in overtime as Gare nets the OT winner after a late miscue by Montreal. Ramsay assists on the decisive goal, leaving the Sabres to face the Islanders in the other semifinal.
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Buffalo
N.Y
UPD
Danny Gare
Gare
Buffalo Sabres
Montreal Canadiens
New York Islanders
Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia
Montreal
Jacques Lemaire
Sabres
Jerry Korab
Lemaire
Craig Ramsay
Ken Dryden
Dryden
Rick Martin
Rene Robert
Rick Dudley
Guy Lapointe
Guy Lafleur
Canadiens
Lapointe
Yvan Cournoyer
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Jaycee
Dave Self
Sandpoint
George van Rossum
Montesano
Wash
William Calvin Batten
Moclips
Gaelisa Burton
Tina Lynn Jacobsen
Veshon Island
Puget Sound
Harold Sumpter
Batten
Grays Harbor
Saginaw
Aberdeen
Panada
Spokane
T-Bone Blue
Dennis Coats
Arthur Fairchild
Gabriel Silva
Scott Rhode
Pend Oreille
Pete & Sandpoint
Sam
South Idaho
Adrian Wilson
Lawrence Welk
Kxly
Man About Town
Mack McAlister
Actors
Playwrites
Legion of Fine Arts
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