No-Fault Auto Insurance Expands To Florida Illinois and Delaware
No fault auto coverage spreads after Massachusetts success with a 27.6 percent policy cost cut. Florida Illinois and Delaware adopt plans paying medical and wage losses to accident victims from their own insurer within about 30 days. Delaware remains able to sue for serious injuries only. The U.S. Transportation Department backs a federal no fault for all owners.
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New York
Massachusetts
Florida
Illinois
Delaware
U.S. Transportation Department
No fault auto insurance gains state by state push
The Nixon administration backs state by state no fault implementation for now while proponents praise prompt payments fair losses avoidance of overpayments and cost stabilization. Massachusetts officials say their 1971 no fault plan worked and ordered a 27.6 percent cut in compulsory bodily injury premiums for 1972 and a reserve for a further 27.6 percent cut if court approved. They also extended no fault to property damage coverage in 1972 and aim to neutralize industry excess profits.
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Massachusetts
U S Bombers Launch Major New North Vietnam Campaign
A force of 350 U S planes carried out multiple raids around the clock against North Vietnam from Saigon to the gulf. The attack aimed to cripple anti aircraft defenses and retaliate for recent U S losses, with reports of American aircraft missing and some pilots captured or rescued. 150 planes from carriers Constellation and Coral Sea supported the operation. The same day a Christmas holiday traffic toll reached 544 deaths nationwide as snow and rain hindered travel.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Quang Binh
U.S
Tass
Phm van Dong
Nghe An
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
Plain of Jars
Laos
Nixon
Radio
Constellation
Coral Sea
Tonkin Gulf
Shapp eyes tax cut by trimming welfare costs in Pa
Gov. Shapp says 1972-73 general fund budget will balance without new taxes. He cites welfare loopholes and federal rules as major abuses. Relief rolls reach 865,200, costing about $1 billion annually with 55 percent paid by the state. Proposes a no fault auto policy, a consumer affairs super-agency, ending price controls, and a statewide drug control council. Continued on Page 2.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
Dole
Business Review Task Force
General Assembly
Pennsylvania
Army Plans To Concentrate Drug Program Among Youths
In Saigon the US Army signals possible changes to its drug testing program aiming to focus on younger soldiers. Officers and senior NCOs might be exempt from urinalysis while unit spot checks increase. No final decision yet as lawmakers press for streamlined testing and broader youth coverage.
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Army
Saigon
Military Command
GTC Detour Advisory for Somerset Traffic Upgrades
GTC asks motorists to detour via Patriot Street and Route 281 in Somerset starting Monday. New underground conduit on Center Avenue at Catherine Street and multiple Main Street intersections will see traffic signal upgrades. Route 219 partial daytime closure. project cost exceeds 11 000 dollars.
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Somerset
General Telephone Company
Center Avenue
Catherine Street
Borough of
Main Street
Patriot Street
Pleasant Avenue
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Main
Rosina Avenue
Franklin and
Hotel Blaze in Seoul Death Toll Tops 150
The Taeyonkak Hotel fire in Seoul on Christmas Day left 157 dead with charred remains possibly human bones found amid debris. Police arrested hotel president Kim Yong-san and two other managers on negligence charges as rescue workers recovered victims from elevator shafts and tubs.
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Seoul
South
Taeyonkak
Winecoff Hotel
Atlanta
Kim Yong-san
Song Yung-chan
Lee Wolshik
1972 Optimism From Nixon Aides On Economy
Washington three top Nixon officials forecast better times in 1972 with a 6 percent plus gain in GNP, fewer unemployed, higher farm income, and a possible balance of exports and imports. They cautioned on wage price controls and noted potential impacts from strikes, policy shifts, and youth wage differential ideas.
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Washington
United States
Nixon
Nnson
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Earl Butz
Laurence H. Silberman
Rockwood Boy Hit by Auto In Sunday Accident
A four year old Rockwood boy was listed in fair condition at Somerset Community Hospital after being hit by a car on West Main Street extension in Rockwood. Jeffrey Barron, son of Mr and Mrs Ken Barron, reportedly ran into the street in front of his home near Jarmco Poultry Company and was struck by a westbound car driven by Chester Baker Jr. of Rockwood RD 3. He was detained overnight for observation of a possible head injury.
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Rockwood
Somerset Community Hospital
Jeffrey Barron
Ken Barron
Jarmco Poultry Company
West Main Street
Chester Baker Jr
Barron
Mitchell Miller
Springs
Borough of
Menno Yoder
Meyersdale RD 1
Miller
Meyersdue Community Hospital
Phillippis Thank Somerset County for Support After Fire
Mr and Mrs Roger Phillippi and family of Markleton thank Somerset County residents for food clothing and money donations after a trailer fire destroyed their home shortly before Christmas.
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Roger Phillippi
Markleton
Somerset County
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G.W
Sonny” Montgomery
D-Miss
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U.S. Command
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Wilbur
Ruth Burkett
Joseph
South Park Ave
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Silberman
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Rhonda II. Dively
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