20 Percent Social Security Increase Seen in Congres
Congress is expected to vote this week on a 20 percent rise for Social Security checks, targeting 28 million elderly and disabled beneficiaries by fall. The proposal, tied to a broader welfare reform bill, would fund higher payments with payroll tax increases delaying until 1973, and 67 senators back the measure with House support from Rep. Wilbur Mills.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Senate
Capitol
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Nixon
Vietnam
Mrs Martha Mitchell Says She Will Leave Husband John
Mrs Martha Mitchell declares she is leaving John Mitchell and refuses to stay while he leads the committee to re elect the President. She says she has been a political prisoner since his position began and frames the separation in political terms amid Nixon campaign tensions.
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Martha Mitchell
John
Nixon
Capitol extension proposal blocked over cost concerns
New York Democrat Samuel F. Stratton urged colleagues to back a Senate amendment blocking $70 million for a Capitol west front extension without approval from both houses. He warned that $2 million set aside for planning would be redirected to demolition and digging unless the ban passes.
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UPI
New York
U.S. Capitol
Samuel F. Stratton
D-N.y
Congress
West Front
East Front
Stratton
FBI
Wallace shows neurological improvement after bullet removal
Wallace has regained some sensation in the thighs a week after doctors removed a bullet near his spine. Aides said he has definite neurological progress and is tolerating daily physical therapy, with four pounds gained and stable vital signs. The note also mentions political debate over Capitol building extensions and costs amid an election year.
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Silver Spring
UPI
George C. Wallace
Elvin Staunton
Wallace
Laurel
Staunton
Holy Cross Hospital
Capitol Building
Stratton
Congress
Capitol
Dem platform unity strained over school busing issue
Democratic platform debates centered on school integration with Wallace supporters threatening to push for a plank opposing busing while McGovern backers sought a unity platform. Subcommittee draft endorsed busing as a desegregation tool, though not public, with party members warning of a full convention fight.
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George C. Wallace
Wallace
Silver Spring
Alabama
George S. McGovern
McGovern
George A. Wiley
The
National Welfare
Wiley
UPI
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Democratic Platform Committee
Delaware
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
South Dakotan
Miami Beach
Nixon
Ted van Dyke
Newsmen
van Dyke
Kenneth Gibson
Newark
N.J
O'Brien links walkie talkies to GOP in raid case
Chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien said five men arrested at Democratic headquarters carried walkie talkies licensed to the Republican National Committee. He urged a special prosecutor and forecast further probes into ties with Colson and Hunt as hearings approach on a $1 million suit against the President’s committee.
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UPI
Lawrence F. O’brien
Democratic
Republican National Committee
O’brien
Nixon
NBC
Meet the Press
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
White House
Charles L. Colson
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Hunt
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