President Ford signs broad aid bill spending billions
The article describes a large funding package headed by President Ford, including $15 billion for veterans and Social Security, $50 bonuses for 33 million Social Security beneficiaries, $5 billion for unemployment programs, $884 million for food stamps, and $2 billion for civilian and military pay raises. It notes $256.4 million in veterans compensation, and a pending $473 million summer jobs bill for youth.
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Ford
Teachers Lose Unemployment Benefit Loophole After Fort Ford Action
Thousands of teachers in at least ten states sought summer unemployment under a legal loophole Ford signed last December. Congress and the Administration moved to close the gap by attaching restrictions to a $15 billion bill, barring benefits for those with contracts running through year end. Albert Shanker reacts to the change, urging further action.
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Ford
National Treasury
Congress
Albert Shanker
Gandhi Dilemma as Indira Faces Election Corruption Conviction
Indira Gandhi confronts a high court conviction for two counts of corrupt election practices in Allahabad while seeking to stay in power awaiting appeal. Critics split on immediate resignation, with a broad dissenting base amid her ties to the Soviet and leftward policy.
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Indira Gandhi
India
Richard Nixon
Indira
High Court
Allahabad
Mr. Nixon
Mr. Gandhi
Supreme Court
Mrs. Gandhi
Victim PAYS Debt to Duty as Officer Fatally Shot
James Armstrong, a Bensalem Township police officer, returned to duty after quitting to appease his wife and was fatally shot during a robber arrest. The piece links his sacrifice to political fears about Vietnam in 1976.
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James Armstrong
Bensalem Township
Pennsylvania
Photographer Deborah Ansley Praised By Letter Writer
Mrs Ruth M Jones defends Deborah Ansley against criticism of her family photographs. Jones asserts Ansley is talented, notes rare uses of family subjects, and urges supporters to compliment rather than condemn. The letter is dated from Thomasville.
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R.F. Garren
Bonnie Pope
Deborah Ansley
Deborah
Ruth M. Jones
Thomasville
Viewpoint Lying Continues In Government
Marianne Means argues about government deception and the Kennedy CIA links controversy. She cites Vice President Rockefeller, calls for candor, notes perjury concerns, and discusses Fraser and Landau efforts to impose truth in government with enforcement challenges.
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Washington
United States
Nelson Rockefeller
Special Commission
John F. Kennedy
Central Intelligence Agency
Rockefeller
CIA
White House
Phooey
Kennedy
Watergate
Vietnam
Congress
Productivity Alarm as U S Growth Lags Across Sectors
AP analysis notes weaker output per hour in the private economy with a 2.7 percent drop last year and a 1 percent rise in Q1. The National Commission on Productivity cites insufficient capital investment, lagging behind other nations, and aging production methods as key factors.
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John Cunniff
New York
United States
National Commission On
U.S. productivity slides as R D spending dwindles
The Productivity Commission notes the United States cuts in research and development relative to GNP from 2.8 percent in 1965 to 2.3 percent in 1974. Output per man hour gains lag behind Japan France Germany Italy and the UK, sparking concerns over long term competitiveness and calls for action.
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Japan
France
Germany
United States
Ames Co
Parkersburg
W.va
the Productivity Commission
Soviet Union
Italy
United Kingdom
Schlesinger Warns Kim Il Sung on Nuclear Red Line
Defense Secretary James Schlesinger signals North Korea will face potential nuclear retaliation if Kim Il Sung moves toward a new war. He backs limited nuclear options and mobile U nuclear weapons while seeking to deter Pyongyang without alarming Beijing or Moscow.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Defense
James Schlesinger
Pyongyang
North Korea
Kim Il-sung
Kim
Schlesinger
Pentagon
38Th Parallel
Peking
Moscow
Congress
U.S
Korea
Vietnam
Haiphong Bay
NATO
Europe
Ussr
United States
Senate
London
Robert Vastine
Paul Leventhal
Senate Government Operations Committee
Vastine
Pan Am
Leventhal
Today In History Highlights June 20 1975
On this date in history multiple events are noted including the start of the French Revolution in 1789, Maryland grants, Victoria’s ascent to queen in 1837, West Virginia statehood in 1863, Alaska purchase in 1867, Guam seizure in 1898, and the hot line agreement in 1963. Obituaries and anniversaries include Bernard Baruch and Edward Heath. Birthdays mention Don Juan Lillian Hellman and Chet Atkins. Thought for today ends with a quote.
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Maryland
Lord Baltimore
Victoria
England
William IV
West Virginia
Andrew Johnson
Alaska
Russia
United States
Guam
Edward Heath
Britain
Conservative Party
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Caracas
Venezuela
Don Juan
Lillian Hellman
Chet Atkins
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McNa Ht Syndicate, Inc
Merry
Bernard Baruch
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