Easier registration might bring out vote
UPI reports on voter turnout ideas focusing on easier registration to boost participation. Poll data from Yankelovitch shows 26 million of 50 million eligible Americans could have voted if registration were simpler, with 7 of 10 favoring nationwide postcard registration and easing steps amid debates in Congress.
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Arnold B. Sawislak
Washington
UPI
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National Movement For the Student Vote
Daniel Yankelovitch
Yankelovitch
Senate
House Administration Committee
New York Hospitals Release Patients Amid Strike Action
New York City hospitals released convalescing patients to relieve strain from a 30 000 worker walkout affecting 48 facilities. The three day strike by the Drug and Hospital Workers Union spurred violence and arrests as cities faced reduced services and supply shortages.
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New York Times
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
New York Daily News
Odose
Milwaukee
Kellogg
Idaho
Los Angeles
Trans World Airlines
TWA
New York Hospital
New York
Social Security boost rises to eleven percent next year
The House Ways and Means Committee backed an 11 percent Social Security increase for next year, with 7 percent in April and the rest in July. The higher boost is funded by increased payroll taxes on upper income earners as the earnings base rises to 13,200. The bill advances to case action next week.
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UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bear steals deer then is shot by boy in Brainerd camp
Arthur Holt and three friends hunting near Brainerd say a large black bear dragged away a 173 pound deer tied to a snowmobile. Holt pursued the bear but it returned. Kevin Wittwer, 14, then shot the bear in the head, killing a 363 pound trophy. witnesses supported the tale.
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Brainerd
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UPI
Arthur Holt
Holt
Kevin Wittwer
Holz
Major snowstorms hit several states
National Weather Service reports heavy snow across the East and West. Syracuse and Rome in New York show snow depths of 14 and 9 inches, while Montana towns record 13, 12 and 9 inches. Oregon hunters stranded by four foot drifts. Reno sees 60 mph winds wrecking trailers and cutting power, with injuries and missing hikers.
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Missoula
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Bismark
Minot
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