Action Please? Home contract woes and street numbers aid
A Tucson reader reports a $25 000 modular home contract left unfinished with missing titles and faulty work. The seller promises completion in weeks but delays persist. Separately residents demand timely road paving funds and clearer street numbers to ease navigation. The paper urges action and accountability from authorities.
House Extends Legal Services for Poor for Two Years
The House approved a two year extension for the Legal Services Corp funding about 217 million for the first year and 275 million for the next year to aid an estimated 29 million poor Americans. Amendments restrict federally funded lawyers from desegregation suits and homosexual rights cases.
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Nickel drive backed to press Congress on consumer agency
Ralph Nader and allies launch a nationwide nickel campaign to urge Congress to create an independent consumer protection agency with a $15 million budget. The plan targets 78 wavering House members and will include local press conferences and mail campaigns, led by Congress Watch and the Consumer Federation of America.
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Taxes eat deeper into take home pay across sectors
The Labor Department reports real spendable earnings in the nonfarm sector declined 0.4 percent from last year as tax and Social Security deductions rose faster than inflation. Average workers with a wife and two children had $164.92 in spendable income in May, about $91 in 1967 dollars, with miners and some other groups faring better than average.
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