Biaggi Pushes End to Mandatory Retirement to Aid Social Security
Rep Mario Biaggi, testifying before the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, urges abolishing mandatory retirement at 65 in government and private sectors. He argues extending work life would reduce Social Security outflows as older workers continue paying payroll taxes and contributing, though it may limit job access for younger people.
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Mario Biaggi
New York
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World Rich Poor Conflicts At International Cooperation Conference
The conference ends with offers of aid and price stabilizing moves not meeting poorer nations demands for a global commodity price and supply system plus direct aid. Secretary Vance cites more aid and World Bank funds while critics urge direct action within UN bodies and timely decisions amid post 1973 oil crisis tensions.
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Cyrus Vance
World Bank
United Nations
Burma threatened with strangulation by insurgents and isolation
Burma faces intensified political and military pressure as minority groups align with communists. The Ne Win government controls limited imports and struggles against armed resistance across Shan and Arakan regions, while the Golden Triangle opium trade complicates stability and external aid remains blocked.
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Terre Haute Tribune details and mailing options
The Terre Haute Tribune announces editions and pricing for Indiana and Illinois readers. It lists contact hours for delivery issues and calls for missing copies, with rates for evenings and Sunday editions and rural routes outside Indiana.
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Indiana
Illinois
Iniana
Terre Haute
Tribune Starblishing Co
Wabash Ave
Horoscope for June 18 Readers: Daily zodiac guide
A horoscope page lists daily alignments for Gemini through Pisces with guidance on goals, relationships, work, and self discipline. It urges dialogue with friends, mindful drawing board planning, and pursuing inner peace while cautioning against overindulgence and fatigue.
Body-Count Diplomacy and the Drive for Normalization
John P. Roche argues U S policy toward Cuba and Vietnam is disgraceful and driven by self interest He attacks Castro Hanoi and Moscow for hostage releases corpse shipments and cynicism while urging harsher stance and denying normalization He cites MIAs the Cao Dai and religious groups to claim US moral failure and advocates keeping hostages while pressuring allies to act.
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George McGovern
Cuba
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United States
Nixon
Hanoi
Paris
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Red Cross
Fidel
Moscow
Washington Tidbits: Gambling Policy Panel Closed
Washington notes that the Federal Commission on the Review of National Policy Toward Gambling dissolved after a brief run and released a report that was universally ignored by policymakers.
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International croupier school opens near Capitol in D C
The strip of Washington hosts an international croupier school opened by David Harris a former Monte Carlo dealer. For 600 dollars a six week course teaches roulette craps and blackjack with aims at future gambling jobs in New Jersey and Caribbean resorts.
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Capitol Dome
Las Végas
Reno
David Harris
Connecticut Avenue
New Jersey
Escape or Die on Devil's Island A Grim Tale
Jim Bishop recounts Devil's Island, a brutal French Guiana penal outpost. Convicts endure heat, hunger, and guards as they plot escapes or fade away. Gerardin, a leprosy survivor, flees through South America only to die in a self made shack.
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Joliton
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Francé
America
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Geradin
Gerardin
Ile du St. Louis
Ray
Amazon
Rio de Janeiro
Brewster Ambassadorship and Courtroom Shifts Stir Washington
Commentary notes Yale President Brewster's ambassadorship to Britain amid claims Yale alumni pressured the State Department to remove him, while Supreme Court Justice Brennan's retirement loom could give Carter a chance to shape the Court, and Notre Dame remarks frame human rights as core to Carter's policy.
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Great Britain
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Cyrus Vance
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Britain
Supreme Court
William Brennan Jr
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Carter
Griffin Bell
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Truman
Charles Kirbo
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