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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1972
Page
3
A longtime liberal conservative woman reflects on near emancipation and the equal pay movement. She values women's capabilities yet worries about full equality and the impact of the equal rights amendment on home life, roles, and freedom.
Ruth Bell 65 a bookkeeper at Humphrey's Auto Supply for five years died last Monday in Fruita. Services were Thursday at Holewick Funeral Home with burial at Oshkosh Cemetery. Pallbearers included Stanley Belieu Bennie McAllister Larry Noetzelmann Earl Noetzelmann Bill Vaughn and Bill Eddy. Hart 90 buried Saturday at Greenwood Cemetery after a morning service at First Christian Church. pallbearers were Robert Rexroth Paul Pearson Francis Butterfield William Frerichs Edme Flessner and LaVerne Coach. Both women were long time church members with ties to local chambers and civic groups. Memorials designated for The Cancer Fund and First Christian Church.
Governor Exon transfers the Nebraska Comprehensive Planning Agency from Administrative Services to the Health Department by executive order. A Westinghouse study on health care needs, funded largely by a federal grant, will be shared with the legislature and the Health Department in 60 days. The agency, led by Calista Cooper Hughes, has not been a statutory body and may be folded into the health department to improve care delivery.
The nation's welfare rolls rose to 15,070,000 in March, a record, but the growth rate slowed to about one third of the prior two years. HEW said AFDC enrollment reached 10.9 million, with 120,000 added. disabled aid up 18,000 to 1.1 million. non federal general assistance up 74,000 to 938,000. Welfare expenditures hit 1.6 billion dollars for the month.
Richard P. Vinal, IRS District Director for Nebraska, announced under the Revenue Act of 1971 that political contributions made after 1971 to federal state or local candidates may be claimed as a tax credit or an itemized deduction on 1972 returns. The credit covers half of contributions with limits of 25 dollars for joint filers and 1250 for single filers, while the deduction caps at 100 dollars for joint filers and 50 dollars for separate filers. national party committee contributions are included.
Summer orientation for incoming freshmen at Kearney State College drew 136 students to campus for a day of advising class registration campus tours and introductions to college life. Local participants included Maliszewski Runion Mikoloyck Cox and other Sidney Oshkosh Kimball Bridgeport and Newcomb residents. Chappell Scholarships awarded to 316 SDSM&T students for 1972-73 and others from the area received merit grants and scholarships including Montana-Dakota Utilities awards.
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