Anaconda layoffs could trim state revenue, officials say
Montana officials estimate Anaconda Co 1500 layoffs will cut state income tax by at least 415000 annually but will not greatly affect total collections. They warn the hit will worsen economies in Butte and Anaconda while revenue forecasts for 1975 77 remain conservative.
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Anaconda
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John Clark
Department of Revenue
Father and Son Unite in Alcoholism Echoes of AA Struggle
In New York a police officer and his 16 year old son Matt confront how alcoholism shaped their lives. The father recalls a long drinking career and neglect of family while Matt, inspired by his father, faces his own alcohol issues and seeks help through Alcoholics Anonymous. The piece ties to Hunter College findings on youth drinking and family influence.
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New York
Matt
Alcoholics Anonymous
Bob
Hunter College
New York City
German Candidate Abduction Threat Looms Over Election
Berlin faces a tense election as Christian Democratic candidate Peter Lorenz remains missing after an abduction by radical leftist kidnappers. They demand the release of six jailed anarchists by Monday in exchange for Lorenz, with two prisoners rejecting the plan and others undecided.
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Berlin
Peter Lorenz
Christian Democratic
Gabriele Krecher-Thiedemann
Bochum
West Germany
Horst Mahler
Kracher-Thiedemann
Germany
Mahler
Wonder Sweeps Grammys With Major Pop Wins
Stevie Wonder was named best male pop vocalist at the 17th Grammy Awards. Olivia Newton-John won best female pop vocalist and her I Honestly Love You claimed record of the year. Wonder added three more awards. Marvin Hamlisch won four. Aretha Franklin kept best rhythm and blues singer. Anne Murray and Ronnie Milsap won best female and male country performers. Wonder also won best album of the year.
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New York
Stevie Wonder
Olivia Newton-John
Miss Newton-John
Wonder
Marvin Hamlisch
Aretha Franklin
Anne Murray
Ronnie Milsap
Ineligibles Take 8 Percent of Food Stamp Benefits
A government study of food stamp operations in early 1974 found that about eight dollars of every hundred in benefits went to ineligible households. USDA warned results are not nationally representative but suggest overpayments are plausible. The study covered 25 585 households across 46 states, with 17.9 million participants in January and total bonus coupons of 392.9 million dollars.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
P. Royal Shipp
USDA
Shipp
Amnesty protest ends in arrests near White House
About 60 demonstrators were arrested during a sit down protest on the White House front driveway as they sought amnesty for draft resisters and an end to funding Indochinese combat operations. President Ford and family were at Camp David.
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Washington
White House
Ford
U.S
Camp David
London subway crash at Moorgate Station
Firemen struggled through the mangled wreckage of a Telescoped train at Moorgate in central London. The death toll stood at 31 with fears of up to 20 more victims. Investigators found brakes not applied and motors not shut off as rescuers worked to recover bodies.
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London
Fire Brigade
Moorgate
Financial District
Charles Clisby
The Tragic Life of Karen Baxter in New York City
A 15 year old runaway known as Carol Blake is killed by a 6 1 man in a Belmore Hotel room after a brief life in vice working on Lexington Avenue. Karen Baxter was buried in Cambridge Mass after a New York City fatal assault that exposed dangers facing runaway youths and pimps exploiting them.
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New York
Karen Baxter
Cambridge
Mass
Karen
New York City
Phyllis Baxter
Carol Blake
Gorham Hotel
Lexington Avenue
John
Criminal Justice System
Belmore Hotel
A. Smith
James Sweeney
Police Department
Gorham
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