Public pensions outpacing private retirements in city plans
A CRS study notes nearly all public workers have pension coverage while private workers rely on Social Security, boosting public retirement incomes by about 30 to 33 percent. New York City data show city workers gain far more than private counterparts, with inflation adjustments widening the gap further.
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Raymond Schmitt
Congressional Research Service
Schmitt
New York City
Abraham D. Beame
Exxon
General Motors
Union Carbide
At&t
Con Edison
Citibank
Metropolitan Life
Jump
Eastman Kodak
New York Telephone
International Business Machines Corp
Bankers Trust of
New York
Atlanta
Chicago
Dallas
Los Angeles
Washington
The
Tax Foundation
Belle spares N Y as flood peril grows
The storm brought heavy rain across New England with six inch totals forecast for Vermont. Towns from Massachusetts to Shrewsbury Vermont faced severe flooding threats as the National Weather Service warned the system would intensify before moving north. One death in New York occurred when a tree struck a 19 year old on Long Island. Dozens evacuated in Vermont as highways flooded and airports canceled dozens of flights.
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New York
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Belle
North Carolina
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Carol Mayer
North Carolina-Virginia
Atlantic
Florida
Long Beach
N.Y
Conrail
New York City
Logan International Airport
Albany
Gas pipeline blast kills six in Calhoun Louisiana
A buried gas pipeline ripped by a road grader exploded in Cartwright Jackson Parish killing six people and injuring another. A crater 30 feet deep tossed the grader, burned a half mile of timber, destroyed a mobile home and two houses, and left six families homeless as power and telephone lines burned. Deputy Ben Kennedy reported the extensive damage and homelessness.
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Calhoun
UPI
Harold Jones
Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co
Cartwright
Jackson Parish
Ben Kennedy
Ford LTD II debuts at Lorain Assembly Plant
Ford introduces the LTD II for 1977 replacing the Torino with production at Lorain. The plant builds the LTD I and Mercury Cougar on the Montego line, with the Montego name shifted to the Lorain facility. Buckeye Ford will present the new car to Lorain Mayor on October 1 during the public introduction day. The mid size Ford and Mercury models feature style changes from 1976 versions.
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Lorain
Thomas Brand
Joseph Zahorec
Buckeye Ford
Ford
Mercury
Sun Belt shift tensions within the Republican Party
Treasury Secretary William Simon warned the GOP faces possible extinction amid Watergate, domestic failures, and a reputation as a front for big business. He urged saving the party requires more than an appealing candidate, noting a regional divergence with Sun Belt conservatives rising.
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Wall Street
Detroit
Chicago
Texas
California
Kevin Phillips
Phillips
Reagan
Simon
Gop Partes
Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Treasury
William Simon
Chamber of Commerce
Hospitals urged to merge or close amid health care shift
MHPC study proposes merging or phasing out small area hospitals to curb costs and centralize care under federal influence. Wellington Community denies plans, stressing local capacity to meet eight to ten mile needs with 85 percent of services. Open heart surgery and obstetrics ward reductions cited. proposal favors 24 hour outpatient clinics to ease larger hospitals.
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Cook
Wellington
Greater
Cleveland
MHPC
A.D. Kincaid JR
Hamilton
J. Podolin
Cuyahoga
Medina
Lorain
Geauga
Lake
Lorain County
House OKs voter registration by mail
Washington AP report outlines a Democratic led House vote 239 to 147 approving a bill to allow mail registration for federal elections with a minimal in person effort. Postcard forms would be stocked in local post offices. mass mailings were dropped amid a 255 to 130 vote. Senatorial action and a possible Ford veto loom.
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Washington
Congress
House
U.S
Don Bonker
D-Wash
Jimmy Carter
Carl Albert
Rules
Bonker
Tim
Federal Election Commission
Ohio lawmaker attacks Bell directory call charges
Rep. Michael P. Stinziano of Columbus announced a bill to stop Ohio Bell Telephone Co from charging 20 cents for each directory assistance call after the first three monthly calls starting Aug. 13. He called the plan a customer rip-off and said it would harm university students in the OSU area where directories are outdated.
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Columbus
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Michael P. Stinziano
Franklin County
Ohio State University
Wall Street opens with small loss and mixed livestock market notes
Opening Wall street abbreviated session, down 1.58 to 982.88. Advances led declines among 455 issues with 130 up and 126 down. Turnover around 450,000 shares. In Ohio livestock, cattle prices mixed with steers steady to down, heifers uneven, cows mostly lower. Slaughter prices listed for steers, heifers, cows, bulls, vealers, feeders. hogs largely steady, sows mixed. Grain prices show mixed regional averages with wheat, corn, oats and soybeans noted. The Chronicle-Telegram, August 10, 1976.
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UPI
Creston
Marysville
Marynville
Choice Spring
Choice
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