Senate and House clash over Social Security tax plan
The Senate passes a Social Security tax bill raising worker and employer contributions, with 1987 top payroll taxes at $2,407 for workers and $4,325 for employers, while the House keeps a 50 50 split at $3,025 each. Projections show ten year costs and impact on benefits, amid debates on financial integrity and outside earnings for pensioners.
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House
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
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Agreement brings closer vote on abortion funds impasse
Washington AP report notes lawmakers near resolution on funding abortions for poor women amid a 342 month stalemate. The plan ensures uninterrupted pay for 275000 federal workers and ages HEW administered programs, with life endangerment rape incest and health risk exceptions.
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Edward Brooke
R-Mass
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Senate
Congress
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Carter
HEW
Carter postpones trip to nine countries
President Carter delays a foreign swing to Venezuela Brazil Nigeria India Iran Saudi Arabia France Poland Belgium and more until after Congress enacts an energy program. Officials say the trip may be rescheduled early next year and a formal announcement is expected next week.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
White House
Paris
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
India
Son Opposes Father for Justice Post in Wayne County
Wayne County Democrat Robert Wilson, 29, challenges his father, incumbent William Wilson, 53, for town justice on a $1500 annual post. Mrs. Wilson, Jeanne, wife of the sitting judge and Wayne County elections commissioner, backs the Republican side and remains neutral about her son. Both candidates have spent little time campaigning as election day nears.
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Rose
Wayne County
Robert Wilson
William Wilson
Jeanne Wilson
Bob
Eleetions
Saccharin ban delayed as cancer link new study emerges
President Carter faces an 18 month delay to the saccharin ban after final congressional approval. The bill requires warning labels and applies to millions using diet products while a congressional report questions the human cancer risk, labeling saccharin among the weakest carcinogens in rats yet potentially significant with wide exposure.
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Carter
Senate
House-Senate
Office of Technology Assessment
Congress
Pleasant Weekend Forecast At Hancock Airport
The weatherman at Hancock Airport reports a pleasant weekend with an overnight low in the mid 40s and a sunny daytime high in the upper 60s. Rain is unlikely and skies should stay bright.
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Hancock Airport
U S proposes deal with Park for cooperation in Korea influence probe
President Carter said the United States offered to dismiss the indictment against South Korean businessman Tongsun Park if he provided evidence for the Justice Department inquiry into Korean influence peddling. The plan involved Park being interrogated abroad under conditions ensuring truthful testimony, with dismissal possible if he cooperated.
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United States
Tongsun Park
Justice Department
Carter
Congress
Seoul
South Korea
Park Park
U.S
Park
Benjamin Civiletti
Civiletti
House
Senate
Two Steel Firms Plan to Merge in Steel Industry Move
Pittsburgh AP reports Jones & Laughlin Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube agreed in principle to merge. ITV Corp owner of J&L and Lykes Corp parent of Youngstown plan a deal amid low prices and losses in a shrinking U.S. steel industry.
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Jones & Laughlin Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
ITV Corp
J&l
No. 7
Lykes Corp
New Orleans
Youngstown
Cat Voter Registration Highlight Sparks Lax System Critique
Alfred Miller a red haired brown eyed cat registered to vote in Buffalo and Eii¢ County is cited by owner Patricia Miller as a mail in stunt to expose weak voter registration. Several pets reportedly registered to illustrate lax laws while Alfred’s birth origin traces to Tonawanda SPCA.
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UPI
Alfred
Miller
Tonawanda
Patricia Miller
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Society To Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
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