Social Security announces 4 percent benefit rise for 1989
The Social Security Administration said 38.4 million beneficiaries will see a 4.0 percent boost in January, averaging an extra $21 monthly for retirement, with higher maximums. SSI payments also rise 4.0 percent, while Medicare premiums deduct from benefits. Wage base rises to $48,000 for 1989, with payroll tax rate unchanged at 7.51 percent.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Labor Department
Social Security
Dorcas R. Hardy
America
Dukakis aide resigns after Bush rumor uproar
Dukakis campaign deputy national field director Donna Brazile quit after remarks pushing Bush to fess up about a Wall Street rumor. She apologized saying she values electing Dukakis and Bentsen and must not become the campaign issue. The Bush campaign declined comment.
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Boston
Michael Dukakis
George Bush
Wall Street
Dukakis
Donna Brazile
Brazile
Mike Dukakis
Lloyd Bentsen
Sakharov Eyes First Travel Abroad Under Gorbachev
Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov said he hopes to travel to the United States for a conference, with Kremlin permission possible under a new decree. If allowed, he would attend a meeting of the International Foundation for the Survival and Development of Humanity in the United States next month.
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Moscow
Andrei D. Sakharov
Soviet Union
United States
Kremlin
Sakharov
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Soviet Council of Ministers
International Foundation For the Survival and Development of Humanity
Edward Hodgman
Gorky
Gorbachev
Bush and Dukakis Trade Attacks at Campaign Stop
George Bush campaigned in Ohio with attacks on Dukakis over crime and foreign policy while Dukakis used television to respond. both appeared at the Alfred E. Smith dinner in New York where tensions cooled briefly. Dukakis apologized to Bush for remarks by a campaign worker as Donna Brazile resigned.
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George Bush
Ohio
Michael Dukakis
Massachusetts
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Dukakis
Bush
Donna Brazile
Kentucky man held in threat to Bush
A 21 year old Kentucky man, David Allen Russell, is jailed on charges he threatened Vice President George Bush. Secret Service testimony says he bought at least six guns and read Charles Manson books. He waived preliminary hearing and remains in detention. agents say he mailed two letters to Reagan threatening his life.
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Owensboro, Ky
George Bush
Charles Manson
Secret Service
Russell
Daviess County
Kentucky
Don Bell
Gas spill prompts town hall gym as temporary shelter
Wellington Town Hall opened its gymnasium to shelter residents after a gas spill. Rosemark said no one used it, with evacuees staying with friends or relatives. Columbia Gas of Ohio crews shut off pilot lights and would reignite them after the danger passed, with homes expected safe by morning.
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Wellington
Columbia Gas of
Ohio
Rosemark
Tate
Police and fire briefs from Elyria area incidents
vandalism near Fremont and Huron streets damaged construction equipment from Willard Improvement Co. with 20 windows smashed and a battery and starter damaged totaling 3200 dollars. No suspects named. College Park Drive assault left a 30 year old Elyria man with head injuries after following a woman to her home. Deputies search for a theft of a bath tub in Eaton Township from a home under construction.
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Willard Improvement Co
Cleveland
Elyria
Fremont
Huron
College Park Drive
Birth notices and a burglary report across Lorain Amherst Vermilion
A string of birth notices from October to September records new sons and daughters to families in Lorain Amherst Vermilion and nearby areas. Separate police reports note a North Island Road residence burglary of a Aqua Whirl tub valued at 2500 dollars and thefts of a video camera and computer gear on Rose Road, while a 23 year old University Heights man was charged with carrying a concealed weapon after canvassing in Avon Lake and facing warrants from Cleveland Heights and Eastlake.
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North Island Road
University Heights
Avon Lake
Cleveland Heights
Eastlake
Formation of local MADD chapter follows fatal crash
The accident prompted interest in creating a Cuyahoga County Mothers Against Drunk Driving chapter led by Norma Bieganski. Duncan family funerals proceed as authorities report Robertson had a 0.16 blood alcohol level and Duncan's car carried a 0.156 breath reading when their Mercury Capri collided with Robertson's Cadillac near Oberlin Avenue and West 14th Street.
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Mothers Against
Duncans
Norma Bieganski
Cuyahoga County
Bieganski
Robertson
Larry Duncan
Oberlin Avenue
West 14Th Street
Duncan
Dairy Mart
Janet
Rachelle
Stephanie
W. 6Th St
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Lorain
Tabitha Malone
Janet Duncan
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Dan Quayle
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Tass
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Afghanistan
Andrei Sakharov
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Stewart Elliott
David Allen Russell
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WTO
Elyna Non-Tell
Editorial
Carty
Eddonel
Accent
Encore
Arthur D Rydnutit “Rmothy
Lowecke
Arnold Willer
Andrew V Ryckman Jatk
Gary Govan
Arthur
Hoda Ottob Schoeptle Phiipw
Kelly
Retal
Holme
Woll
Bam Tospm
Elytia
Lorain County Printing and Publishing Company
East Ave
Elyna
College Park
Sheriff's Deputies
Eaton Township
Coraise
Joel Couret
Teresa
Nona Haswell
Spender
Laurie
Alan Knobbe
Cherie
Michael Stuller
Overin
Karen
Manuel Boldan
Oberiin
Kim
Food Apwland
Sulivan
Marie
Kim Strauss
LaGrange
Edna and
Edwin Adkins
Wakeman
Amherst
A Daugher
Elizabeth
Loram
Kan
Debble Donike
Willan
Pat
Ray Joy
Kenyon Court
Hermanda McLemore
Willie Evans
Pearl Ave
Mrr
Glenn Miskov Jr
Sariet SL
Randy
Sandy Soader
Chestnut Lane
Tammy Young
Bob and
Jean Gibson
Roger Spencer
Oberlin Ave
Lorain Ason
Bryan and
Diana Mulins
Greenwich
Douglas
Connie Bradley
Vermilion
Dallas Buchanan
Leavin
Timothy
Pamela Armstrong
Riverside
Jennifer Vortack
Karl Mins
Beavercrest
Westlake
Rose Road
Waldemar Schilkowski
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