Union Worker and Welfare Mother Manage Budgets in Tough Times
A New York union member Miss Ann Livingston faces a 10 percent pay cut and lost overtime, reducing take home to 680 dollars monthly after taxes and savings. She allocates 347 dollars to fixed costs and 160 dollars to food, sewing her own clothes, and limits gifts, amid a planned reinstatement of the pay cut. A welfare mother on the Lower East Side, Gloria Ortega, lives on 272 dollars welfare plus 80 dollars child support, renting a low income high rise for 53 dollars monthly. Her 15 day food purchases average 65 dollars, with food stamps not fully covering monthly needs, and she spends about 75 dollars on clothing and 10 dollars on cosmetics.
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High School For Math and Sciences
Stuyvesant Village
Mav. Livingston
Robert Kavesh
New York University
Lower East Side
Gloria Ortega
Ortega
Ford officials plan second oil tax as price rise looms
Washington officials said the Ford administration considers the House energy bill weak and plans to raise oil prices by administrative action. A second $1 a barrel tax on imports is expected this month, with plans to remove price controls and widen energy measures. Zarb warned the bill is inadequate and the president may act unilaterally as oil nations may boost prices in September.
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Zarb
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Final Mayaguez casualty figures released by Pentagon
Pentagon announced final figures from the Mayaguez rescue: 15 servicemen killed, 3 missing, 50 wounded. Three missing Marines fought on Koh Tang Island. two Navy, 11 Marines and two Air Force personnel died. Among the dead were Navy corpsman Ronald J. Manning and two former Ohio residents. Thirteen died in a helicopter crash off Koh Tang. 13 others survived. Fifteen wounded Marines received Purple Hearts at Subic Bay. President Ford sent condolences as officials noted no Americans remained alive on the island.
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Mayaguez
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Koh Tang Island
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Mayaguez Inncident
Oho
Navy
Ronald J. Manning
Toronto
Richard Vande Geer
Sheffield Lake
Elwood Rumbaugh
Warren
Ford
Subic Bay
Phillipines
Ford strip mine veto faces big test today
President Ford fights a veto override as Congress debates a five year bill to curb strip mining. Ford warns 26000 jobs could go, utilities rise, and coal production drop while environmentalists hope House support falls short of a two thirds majority.
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Ford
Washington
House
Miracle they're alive after Wichita fire injuries
Cindy and Randy Woodard begin to mend from severe burns in Wichita Kansas. They wear protective pressure masks to prevent facial scarring, to stay on for 6 to 12 months, while the children will need ongoing treatments for the next 16 years. Their mother Carol Woodard calls it a miracle they are alive.
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Cindy
Randy Woodard
Wichita
Kans
Carol Woodard
Kissinger warns West Berlin remains vital U.S. interest
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told the West Berlin House of Deputies that the security of West Berlin is a vital U.S. interest and a test of Europe’s drift toward relaxation. He linked Berlin’s fate to negotiations and cooperation, stressing Berlin as a symbol of postwar heroism and the broader peace process.
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Europe
Kissinger
Berlin
Ford confirms 1976 bid with Rockefeller as running mate
President Ford said he intends to run in 1976 and would name Nelson Rockefeller as his running mate. He rejected Melvin Laird's influence, framed his bid as performance driven, and argued Republicans should focus on results over labels. Ford's Bicentennial appeal in Philadelphia and Charlotte drew strong applause amid Mayaguez crisis reactions.
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Richard M Nixon
Rizzo
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Washington
Ford
Rockefeller
Rocky
Charlotte
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