Social Security to Increase Benefits and Coverage Extended
The Senate completed action on a major Social Security revision raising monthly benefits from 26 to 46 dollars for individuals and boosting family maximums to 150 dollars. Payroll taxes would rise from 1 percent to a gradual 3 percent by 1970, with coverage extended to millions of nonworkers and new eligibility rules to speed access.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Truman
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Senate-House
Road Commission To Set Contracts For Highway Work
Phoenix August 18 The state highway commission planned to award 14 contracts totaling over 1 million dollars for road construction and maintenance across the state. Seven contracts cover 28 miles of new or realigned highways while the other seven involve sealing 108 miles. Projects include three in the Phoenix area two in Tucson Benson Nogales two in Duncan Clifton Safford and remaining in northern Arizona.
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Phoenix
U.P
State Highway Commission
Tucson- Benson-Nogales
Duncan-Clifton-Safford
Arizona
R. L. Whitlow
State ‘Highway Patrol
Whitlow
Quigg Narrates Pacific Flight to Korea and Russia Radio
Aboard a Northwest DC-4, Quigg relays a Pacific crossing to Korea. He notes Soviet radio jamming on North Pacific routes, mentions Kamchatka music, and describes a multi-leg flight from New York through Minneapolis Spokane Seattle Anchorage Shemya toward Tokyo. The piece also reports a new school traffic code with 15 mph school crossing limits and crosswalk approval procedures.
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Quigg
Korea
Russia
H. D. Quigg
Pacific
Orient
Northwest Airlines
A. M. Lee
Minneapolis
Minn
Kamchatka
Lee
F. J. Salsbury
Kurile Islands
North Pacific
Japan
New York
Great Plains
Rockies
Spokane
Wash
Cascade Mountains
Seattle
Anchorage
Alaska
Shemya
Aleutians
Sunset Limited to Run 42 Hours Los Angeles to New Orleans
A new Southern Pacific schedule announced by W. T. Jones, district passenger agent, takes effect Aug. 20 in Tucson. The Sunset Limited becomes a completely new train with a 42 hour run from Los Angeles to New Orleans. The eastbound Sunset will arrive in Tucson at 8 10 a.m. under the new timetable.
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Southern Pacific
Tucson
W. T. Jones
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Rerouted trains alter westbound Sunset and eastbound Imperial
At 4 am schedule changes shift Westbound Sunset arrivals to 5:45 am in Tucson and departures to 5:55 am. Eastbound Imperial rerouting announced with service times adjusted accordingly.
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Tucson
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Army
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Glover & Clark
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