GAO reports $100000 spent on Agnew staff and offices
The General Accounting Office says at least $100000 has been spent to provide offices aides and privileges for Spira T Agnew since he resigned as vice president. Costs include $89132 75 in salaries and $2075 per month for office space cross from the White House with additional mailing supplies and file moves.
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Kehrli
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High Court weighs state ban on pregnancy coverage in disability funds
The Supreme Court agreed to review if states can exclude normal pregnancy from disability insurance coverage. The California suit argues maternity and related conditions may be barred, impacting private employers and potential federal-law violations. The term also includes cases on labor union representation elections and a Vermon t pollution class action.
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California
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Middletown Newspaper Notice Details Postal Rates
Fragmentary masthead from Orange County Publications Division of Oarsway Newspapers lists publication schedule daily except holidays, address in Middletown New York, and postal rates for home delivery and single copy sales with 15 cent Sunday rate and 30 cent daily.
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Orange County Publications Division
Oarsway Newspapers, Inc
Mulberry St
Middletown
Rastier
Boyle indicted for Yablonski killings in 1969 case
Washington County grand jury indicted former United Mine Workers president W A Boyle on three counts of murder in the Yablonski slayings. District Attorney Jesse Costa said extradition would bring Boyle to face trial. The panel deliberated about 30 minutes as Boyle, recovering in a Washington D C hospital, seeks relief after a Supreme Court appeal loss on related political fund violations.
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United Mine Workers
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Yablonski
Jesse Costa
Boyle
Joseph A
Jock’” Yablonski
Washington, D. C
U. S. Supreme Court
Britain Faces Grim 1974 Austerity Package
London Britain announces a severe pre Christmas austerity package to cut consumer spending by 2.8 billion. Anthony Barber declares the economy in its worst crisis since World War I with oil cuts coal and rail slowdowns and a deepening balance of payments deficit. The plan imposes curbs on instalment buying credit sales and hiring along with a 2.8 billion cut in capital spending and a 10 percent surcharge on higher income surtaxes. Income taxes and VAT will not rise. Government departments must cut capital spending by 20 percent.
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London
UPI
Britain
Anthony Barber
House of Commons
Barber
Oil price system drafted by OPEC ministers in Vienna
Experts from 12 major oil producing nations met in Vienna to draft a new pricing system expected to be endorsed this weekend. The move aims to replace fixed prices with a free market approach, signaling higher costs for gasoline and home heating oil amid limited supply and rising demand.
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Vienna
UPI
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Greek security clampdown on Athens memorial protest
Greek security forces mobilized in central Athens to block a planned memorial demonstration for those killed in last month’s student worker uprising against former President George Papadopoulos. Police with armored cars gathered outside headquarters as more students were rounded up amid ongoing detentions following the November revolt.
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UPI
George Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
Preacher Sees Kohoutek as Sign of Christ's Return
Fundamentalist Carl McIntire compared the visible comet Kohoutek to the Star of Bethlehem, calling the event a biblical sign and citing Luke 21. He argued the super spectacular comet fulfills the Lord's promise of signs before Christ's return. Kohoutek, named after the discoverer, has recently become visible in the sky.
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Kohoutek
Bomb explodes at Londonderry Woolworths
A UPI report states an incendiary bomb exploded Monday at a Londonderry Woolworths branch. Two other devices were found in a follow up search with no injuries. Security forces anticipated a pre Christmas IRA campaign linking to earlier blasts in London and elsewhere. The unrest has left 921 dead across four years in Northern Ireland.
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