Increase in Social Security benefits for long-term low-paid workers
The Senate Finance Committee voted to raise Social Security to 200 dollars monthly for workers with 30 years in low-paid jobs. The plan, urged by President Nixon, would depart from wage-based benefits and aim to aid the working poor, with phased amounts for different years of service.
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New York Times
E Wasitingter
Senate Finance “Committee
Nixon
Congress
House
Capital Hill
Russell Long
Louisiana
Senate “Finance
Mittee
Lkely
Prosecutor opens case in Angela Davis murder conspiracy trial
California prosecutors allege Angela Davis driven by passion to free her lover George Jackson staged a dramatic Aug. 7 1970 escape attempt at Marin Civic Center. They detail a romantic relationship with Jackson and say Davis aided in the Soledad Brothers plot while Jackson was killed and Mills was slain. Defense calls it political persecution.
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Sean Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
San Rafael
Albert Harris Jr
Miss Davis
George Jackson
UCLA
Jackson
George
Harris
Marin, County Civic Center
Mies
Davis
Jonathan
Sy Ineaerwane
Soledad
Fleeta ‘Drumgo
John Clutchette
California
Superior Court
Harold Haley
John Callahan
Soledad Brothers
Callahan
John Mills
Drumgo
Clutchette
Mills
Tob ’S
Trade deficit hits second-highest level in history
The Commerce Department reported February imports exceeded exports by 597.6 million dollars, the second largest monthly gap ever, with the year opening showing rising leading economic indicators for the eighth straight month. Officials cited the West Coast dock strike and a dollar realignment as contributing factors to the deep deficit.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
U.S
United States
Eckert Returns After Losing Race
AFL-CIO President George Meany testified before Price Commission members that inflation is not his sole responsibility, urging earnings restraint as wage and price pressures rise. The remarks followed Meany’s testimony prepared for opening hearings on the general subject of price controls amid ongoing inflation concerns.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
Price Commission
Meany
Senate Republicans push hearings on DOJ antitrust case fallout
Senate Republicans press hearings on why the Justice Department dropped antitrust action against AT&T. Democrats resist, saying testimony has not reached core questions. The Neb conference Monday seeks Judiciary committee action.
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Washington
Senate
Justice Department
Action
International ‘Telephone ’ & Telegraph Corp
Judiciary
Northern Ireland Faces Protest and Power Cut Amid Strike
More than 60,000 angry Protestants pressed Parliament in Belfast, marking a second day of a Protestant general strike that halted power and shut newspapers. Riot police and bomb blasts near Limavady intensified violence as Prime Minister Faulkner urged unity while William Craig led demonstrators at Stormont.
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Belfast
APY
Northern Ireland
Britain
Limiavady
S Castle
Brian Faulkmer
London
Ulster
Irish Republican Army
Ireland
William Whitelaw
Ulster- Vanguard
William Craig
Stormont
Craig
Faulkner
TRA
Northaes Ireland
Limavady
Londonderry
Striks
All Northern Ireland
King Hussein Seeks Support for Palestinian State Plan at White House
Jordan’s King Hussein met with President Nixon at the White House to press for U S backing of a semiautonomous Palestinian state on the West Bank. Nixon met privately, then the two posed for photos before talks began in the Oval Office. An hour-long session preceded a lunch with Secretary of State William Rogers.
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Jordan
Hussein
White House
Nixon
West Bank
Oval Office
Pew US
William. Rogers
Weather summary for midweek with showers and storms
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