New York Bus Strike Ends with 15-Cent Wage Rise
Three Fifth Avenue Coach Lines subsidiaries and the Transport Workers Union reach a one year contract ending a four day strike that disrupted 1.9 million riders. The deal includes a 15 cent an hour raise and 2 cents in fringe benefits per hour. Mayor Wagner threatened route transfers to private operators to secure settlement.
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Welfare fraud raids target single mothers in Santa Clara County
Sheriff deputies and District Attorney investigators raided 23 homes at 2 to 6 am, arresting 21 women on welfare fraud charges. They found 19 men in 17 homes, with one man on a porch claiming to pluck chickens for breakfast. Investigators say Aid to Needy Children requires no employed male in the home and will interview non booked men to check support. Dist. Atty. Bergna called the two month probe ongoing and said more raids may follow.
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Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to shift to 40 hour week
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Department will cut to a 40 hour work week starting April 1, reducing one workday at the same pay. Starting deputy wages rise to 2.15 per hour from 1.79, and more recruits will be hired with applications at the Personnel Office, 126 W. Madison St.
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Charge Increased Against Jordan in Wife Shooting Case
Phoenix police raised the charge against Jack Jordan 39 to intent to commit murder for the wounding of Mary Baker Jordan 3 a waitress at Bowl on New Year s Day. He was arrested in Yuma on a Phoenix warrant after earlier assault with a deadly weapon accusation. He had previously threatened his wife.
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Tax Equalization Central Issue In State Legislature
Arizona lawmakers opened the 25th Legislature with tax equalization as a central issue including a push for statewide property reassessment. Leaders Stephens and Giss framed taxation, education costs, and civil defense as priorities while Gov. Fannin urged restraint. Taxpayer groups pressed for action as lawmakers eyed capital projects and state services.
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Freeman Promotes Public Understanding Of Agriculture
Washington (UPI) Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman forms a 47 member advisory committee to broaden understanding of American agriculture and its links to welfare and national security. He urges concrete measures to communicate agriculture’s role beyond farm policy. February’s plentiful foods include potatoes carrots apples grapefruit cabbage pecans honey eggs turkeys.
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Kennedy's Communications To People Offer Contrast
Palm Beach reports show President Kennedy using a relaxed, live TV press approach. The piece contrasts his method with the old White House Spokesman system and notes the shift toward unfiltered dialogue and risk.
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City Tax Receipts Jump in November to 34 000
City sales tax receipts for November totaled about 34 000, a near doubling from 18 208 a year earlier. City Treasurer Charles Tilbrook cited the rate increase from three quarters to one percent and a higher share of state sales tax. State receipts for November reached 10 796, up from 1 445 in 1960. The 1961 rise also follows a municipal rate change from 19 to 25 percent. About 12 000 in property taxes has been collected toward a 68 400 estimate.
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UA Entry Wins Grand Championship at Arizona Livestock Show
The University of Arizona entry won the grand championship in the Ansus division at the Arizona National Livestock Show in Phoenix. The reserve championship went to a bull owned by Blue Sky Ranch of Kearny, Missouri, and Sunbeam Farms of Miami, Oklahoma. Dressed beef brought 51 cents to $1.50 per pound as judging continued with Hereford and Charolais classes and further auctions.
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Welfare Board urges $8 monthly aid for blind residents
The Arizona Welfare Board recommends a legislative amendment to raise the blind aid to $8 a month to avoid loss of federal payments. The omnibus welfare bill, approved with no dissent, includes welfare work relief projects, expanded fraud-investigation forces, and a move to replace three county boards with seven or five member advisory councils in various counties.
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Actress Shirley Jones Delivers Son by Caesarean
Santa Monica report says actress Shirley Jones gave birth by C section to her second son on Thursday. Jones and her actor husband Jack Cassidy already have son Sean, 31 percent of the family.
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Medical program lagging in Kennedy effort to aid elderly
President Kennedy faces a slow path on his elder care bill financed by Social Security taxes. House Ways and Means chairman Wilbur Mills leads a crowded agenda including liberal tariff cuts tax revision and welfare reform. Kennedy hopes Mills backs a compromise but the panel remains divided and busy through late spring.
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