Social Security Reserves and Stability Discussed by Experts
A group including five former Health and Welfare Secretaries presents a paper praising Social Security as sound and durable. They note reserves provide stability and time for reforms, acknowledge potential short term deficits, and urge careful study by colleagues in the Senate.
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Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Arthur Flemming
John Gardner
Common Cause
Wilber Cohen
Robert Finch
Elliot Richardson
Social Security Cost of Living Increase Claimed by Public
Recipients of Social Security payments look to a cost of living escalator clause once promised in the program. After long waits, individuals on Social Security expect the anticipated increase to be honored.
Astronaut and cosmonaut etymology origins noted
The term astronaut derives from Greek words for sailor among the stars while cosmonaut comes from Greek roots meaning sailor of the universe. The phrases reflect historic language about space explorers and their roles.
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Whence
Texas House approves HB 679 on presidential preference bill
After two days of fierce debate the Texas House passed HB 679 proposing direct district level votes for 75 percent of national convention delegates and 25 percent at state conventions. Supporters say it gives voters a stronger voice while opponents fear loss of proportional representation and favor the reform convention system. The bill moves to the Senate for consideration.
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Austin
Texas
House of Representatives
Tom Schieffer
Fort Worth
U.S
Lloyd Bentsen
George Wallace
Bentsen
Senate
Briscoe backs school finance plan with weighed pupil funding
Gov Dolph Briscoe endorses a weighed pupil funding plan costing 589.9 million for the next biennium and 919.9 million overall. He favors raising teacher salaries to 7430 next year and 7840 the following year, contrasting with TSTA and Kubiak proposals. Senate weighs truck weight increase to 80,000 pounds to align with federal limits and allows suspensions of incorrigible pupils up to a year after due process.
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Dolph Briscoe
Bentsen
Briscoe
Texas State Teachers Association
Dan Kubiak
Rockdale
House Education
TSTA
Kubiak
Texas
State Senate
A. R.schwartz
Galveston
Kent Hance
Lubbock
Senate
Texas Supreme Court rulings and appointments summarized
The Texas Supreme Court ordered new trials for two fathers in Dallas and Taylor counties and for two San Antonio men given 600 year terms for a store manager shooting. It upheld rulings on a Beaumont woman’s $5,000 false arrest damages and blocked Empire Life Insurance from Texas business. It also affirmed a teacher retirement repayment ruling and listed multiple gubernatorial appointments to corrections, parks, universities, and state commissions. The APPOINTMENTS and AG OPINIONS sections note guards’ armory use, public pollution data, and other agency interpretations alongside short news briefs on rebates, funds, and agricultural product transport.
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Dallas
Taylor
San Antonio
State Supreme Court
Optometry Board of Texas
High Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Beaumont
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Empire Life Insurance Company
Texas
Austin
University of Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Ruben Montemayor
Huntsville
Briscoe
State Department of Corrections
Lester Boyd
Vernon
James Marvin Windham
Livingston
J. Pearce Johnson
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Joe Kirk Fulton
Lubbock
W. Smythe Shepherd
Lamar University Board of Regents
David K. McKie
Tyler
B. Hunt McVicker
Lufkin
Dean Walton Turner
Henderson
Tyler State College Board of
L. T. Faircloth
Carrollton
Sam C. Naifeh
Orange
Charles Truett Smith
Wylie
Texas Industrial Commission
Adjutant General of Texas
National Guard
John Hill
Hill
Texas Air Control Board
Board of
Robert Bullock
John C. White
White
Taxes guidance for two federal payments and extensions
Questions cover paying two federal taxes with one check, self employment tax on home hairdressing income, extension of time to file using Form 4868, and filing deadlines. Key points include separate checks, social security numbers on checks, self employment tax applies at $400 net earnings, wage bases for 1974 and 1975, automatic two month extension with Form 4868, and 1975 estimated tax due by April 15 alongside 1974 return.
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U.S
Internal Revenue Service Center
IRS
Critics Clash Over Teaching Ideas From Hopkins to Holt
New York opinion echoes James A. Garfield Mark Hopkins bench metaphor alongside John Holt Fuller and Buckminster Fuller. Critics debate whether teaching should guide learning or be left to the learner, with teachers accused of impractical methods and schools labeled prisons.
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James A. Garfield
Mark Hopkins
John Holt
Mark
O.K
Holt
Hell
R. Buckminster Fuller
Fuller
Estimated tax payments and refunds guidance for individuals
The text explains four equal installments for estimated tax payments with dates in 1975 and January 1976, and notes refunds from overpayments can be applied to next year’s estimated tax. It instructs how to indicate refund versus credit on Form 1040 and 1040A and mentions mailing of refunds if IRS computes the tax.
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IRS
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