Social Security Boost Triggers 10 Percent Benefit Increase
Early in June 26.3 million Social Security beneficiaries will receive a 10 percent raise in regular benefits. The increase, enacted in mid March, is retroactive to January 1 1971 and will also include lump sum payments for January through April. A 5 percent rise applies to those 72 and older with no work credits, retroactive to January. The minimum retirement amount rises from 64 to 70.40 at age 65 with proper work credits.
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Sign of the Times Woman In Straw Hat
A vivid portrait describes a woman wearing a real straw hat atop synthetic hair signaling changing fashion. The brief observes contrasts between natural and artificial elements in contemporary style.
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North Vietnamese MIG21 Pursued by U S Navy Jets In Laos Strike
U S Navy F4 Phantom jets chased a North Vietnamese MIG21 to Quang Lang airfield in Laos as part of a busy round of air actions in Indochina the same day. American planes fired on ground targets earlier with reports of damage to MIGs and a blast injuring soldiers in Saigon amid a spate of air and ground incidents.
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Soyuz 10 completes rendezvous with Salute satellite
The three man Soyuz 10 crew returned to earth after a rendezvous with the Salute satellite. Tass reported a soft landing in Kazakhstan at 2:40 a.m. Sunday local time. The mission tested docking procedures and linkup operations for a potential orbital space station.
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Central Asia
Capitol Hill antiwar protest swells to three hundred thousand
Up to 300000 demonstrators march from the Washington Monument to the Capitol led by soldiers and protesters bearing the Start and Stripes and Viet Cong colors. Police estimate ranges from 200000 to 300000 as Rep. Bella Abzug lamented Nixon is absent at Camp David.
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State pen inmates cant be protected says deputy warden
Deputy Warden William Wallace told a habeas corpus hearing at Moundsville Penitentiary that guards cannot protect prisoners from each other. The remarks came as Roger Ray Pingley sought to block return to the maximum security facility. Judge George Triplett called the proceeding one of the longest habeas hearings he had conducted and did not indicate when a ruling would come. Pingley was denied bond and remanded to county jail.
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Moundsville Penitentiary
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Randolph County
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Trooper Gooden fired denials touch Moore Office interference
Charges by Trooper P B Gooden of the Morgantown Detachment of the State Police were met by Norman Yost and Col R L Bonar in Charleston. Gooden accused executive offices of interference in the coed decapitation murders and Laurita bombing case, claiming documented proof of lies about department activity. He said proofs would be shown.
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Charleston
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Trooper Gooden Fired After Criticizing WV Public Safety
Morgantown State Police Barracks dismissed Trooper P B Gooden less than a day after he accused the department of false statements. Captain Craft and Lt Beverly delivered the order claiming he lied. Superintendent Bonar denied any governor interference and said funding and National Guard support aided ongoing probes. Prosecutor Laurita did not comment on the bombing case stagnation claim.
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Keyser
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Laurita
70 000 March in Frisco Echoes Nation’s Peace Rally
Thousands of anti war demonstrators led by active duty servicemen and Vietnam veterans marched seven miles in San Francisco. Police estimated 70 000 participants matching the prior November 15 1969 protest, some carrying upside down flags as they joined the west coast version of the Washington march.
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