Travia urges state take over welfare programs
Travia proposes shifting welfare administration to the state level, arguing local taxpayers now bear about a third of welfare costs and 7.6 percent of local tax revenues. He cites financial figures and NYC patterns, but says any transfer needs careful legislative study and would reduce local control amid funding debates.
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Travia
Sea Travia
New York City
Mitchell Ginsberg
Upstate
Intangibles Tax Ban Proposal Expands Legislature
A legislative committee reports a new article governing Legislature organization and functions. It criticizes current pay structures, noting ranks receive salaries and per diem called lulus, while leaders get up to 16,000 dollars yearly. Proposals urge reimbursement of necessary expenses to cover varied living costs for members.
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Committee On the Legislature
J. Irwin ‘Shapiro
Queens
Capitol Hill
Riots, Rumors Fill Cities as National Guard Recalled
Amid ongoing riots, Rhode Island Governor Chafee cut a vacation to seek calm as confrontations flare in Providence and Erie. Police report snipers and rock throwing, with National Guard briefly alerted. Detroit ends federal troop Federalization while antiriot legislation draws hearings in Washington.
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John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
Maine
Providence
National Guard
Herbert F. Desimone
Erie
Paul DeDionisio
Chicago
Vallejo
Calif
Detroit
Charles L. Terry ,Jr
Delaware
Wilmington
Social Security Tax and Welfare Reform Proposals
The bill advances Social Security increases to 323.40 and 356.90 with proposed higher rates, plus Medicaid eligibility restrictions and a 150 percent to 140 percent dependent child standard phased in 1968 1969. States like New York California Illinois Iowa Kentucky Maryland Michigan Nebraska Rhode Island and Pennsylvania face eligibility changes a transition period for existing programs and projected federal savings rising to 459 by 1962.
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New York
Health, Education and Welfare Department
California
Illinois
Iowa
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
General Treasury
Riots blamed on Carmichael and Brown sparks hearings
The Senate and House committees open a probe into subversive groups amid racial rioting. Carmichael and Brown face accusations of inflaming unrest while police report 1 death, 70 injuries, 405 arrests and over 3 million dollars in fire damage. Shott and Kinnamon insist white residents feel under assault as Black Power advocates arrive in cities.
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Senate
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Edwin E. Willis
Dla
Shott
Kinnamon
Carmichael
Brown
Cincinnati
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cambridge
Reds Raid Patrol Boat Base Amid Mekong Delta Attacks
In the Mekong delta a patrol boat base and fuel tanks were hit during a 20 minute raid. The base reported mortars 40mm rockets and 82mm fire with 75 to 100 rounds landing nearby. In other actions 15 Marines were killed and one wounded near Da Nang as forces clashed with a Communist unit. Air and naval strikes targeted Thai Nguyen power plants, Haiphong yards, and targets in the central highlands and near the Cambodian border. Vietnamese and U S forces reported patrol craft and helicopter units evacuated safely while concentrating fire on mortar positions southeast of the main installation.
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Navy
Ring Sat
Mekong
199Th Brigade
Aeast
U.S
da Nang
North Vietnam
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
Haiphong
Central Highlands
A Shaw
South Vietnam
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Brydges
Perry B. Duryea Jr
Assembly
Rmilhon
Benedict Berner
Latham
Colonie
Albany
Portland
Ore
Emanuel Cellier
D-N.y
House
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Splace
William Millard
Newark
N.J
Mark H. Tuohy Jr
Rochester
N.Y
John .B Layton
Washington, D.C
Everett M. Dirksen
Jerome Cavanagh
James 0. Eastland
D-Miss
Cavanagh
Hart
Baker’s
Fourth Street
Fulton
Reds
Nhaman
U.S. Navy
U.S. Air Force
Nha Be
Regal Refrigeration Corp
River ST
Troy
Peerless Company
Matelasse
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