Senate Passes Welfare Hikes
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6,1972 * • • TEN CENTS initiiintiiinniiiimiumiHi iiuiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiniiii iiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiimm iiiiiiiHiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiii|iiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiinimiiiiimniiiiiiiiraiiimiiiHiiiuiii!imiiiHi IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIMIIIIII IIIIIMIIIIII miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiniiininiMn Senate Passes Welfare Hikes; Reform Stalled WASHINGTON (AP) - A derly men and women who big government health pro- the deduction is due to in- crease, Congress raised the momentous $18.5-biUion Social need glasses, hearing aids and grams: Medicare for the el- crease to 5.5 per cent next maximum amount of earnings Security-welfare bill has dentures, and other groups. derly and Medicaid for the year; the Senate-approved bill against which the tax rate is emerged from the Senate car- Benefits Hiked poor. would raise it to 6 per cent. levied from $9,000 this year to rying dozens of new benefits — Substantially increase On the other hand, the 90 Thus, a worker now pays a $10,800 in 1973 and to $12,000 in and higher taxes. But it stalls benefits and set a national in- million persons whose pay- maximum of $468 a year into 1974 and thereafter. reform of the welfare-families come standard for aged, blind checks are tapped to finance the fund; the figure would go Senate passage sent the bill, program indefinitely. or disabled persons receiving Social Security would pay to $648 in 1973. with its landmark changes in Capping a 17-hour session in welfare. more into the program, as A .large portion of the tax in- Social Security and welfare which 40 separate amend- — Continue the program of would their employers. crease is due to a 20 per cent laws, to conference with the ments were considered, the Aid to Families with Depend- Under the present program, hike in Social Security ben- House, which last year passed Senate passed the bill 68 to 5 ent Children while three re- each worker pays 5.2 per cent efits approved by Congress a smaller, $8.2-billion version. early today. form plans are tested. of the first $9,000 of income last June. The fatter checks A conference on the mea- The 989-page bill would: — Aim to hold down the into the fund. The employer became effective this week. sure is expected to be held — Provide or increase So- steadily rising costs of the two matches that figure. Already While approving that in- next week. »?, cial Security benefits for wid- ows, chronically ill old per- Rijlitw Staff Photo sons who need maintenance RECOGNITION OF SERVICE — Eleven staff members of the Monmouth drugs, persons who want to County Welfare Board with 20 to 30 years of service were honored at a retire at age 60, others who recognition ceremony at the board's headquarters, New Shrewsbury! yes- want to work beyond age 65, terday. Sharing refreshments qbove are, from left, Miss Stella Creel, all male retirees who now get Leonardo, 24-year employe; Mrs: Mary Pettit, Middletown, 29 years; Mrs. lower benefits than women Mary Marshall, Freehold, and Mjrs. Eileen Posten, Navesink, each with 25 with the same earnings years, and Miss Nola Waterman, Keyport, 22 years. records, disabled persons, el- Secret Vietnam Talks In ?a Sensitive State' WASHINGTON (AP) - marks, combined with reports ing between President on used language similar to President Nixon says the se- from Paris and Saigon, gave Nguyen Van Thieu and U.S. that employed by the White cret Vietnam negotiations little indication of any current Ambassador Ellsworth Bunk- House in mid-August after an "are in a sensitive state" and breakthrough in the length- er, it was reported that there earlier Kissinger trip. he will not forecast whether ening behind-the-scenes dis- had been no agreement thus Nixon seemed to be aiming or when there will be a peace cussions dn ending the In- far to any of the communist his Vietnam remarks both at agreement. dochina war. proposals. Hanoi and at his Democratic "I cannot predict and. will North Vietnam's Xuan Kissinger's deputy, Maj. challenger, George not predict that they (the Thuy, who met with presiden- Geni. Alexander Haig, re- McGovern, who is slated to peace talks) will or will not tial adviser Henry A. Kissi- turned Wednesday from con- spell out his Indochina views 'JERSEY BLUES' AWARDS — Nineteen members of the President's Advisory Council were recipients succeed," Nixon said yes- nger last week, said in Paris ferences with the South Viet- in a speech Tuesday. of Brookdale Community College's 'Jersey Blues' award last night during a dinner In the college's terday when asked about that the two sides still "are namese leadership on the In a foreign-policy state- staff lounge on the Lincroft campus. Pr. Ervin L. Harlacher, right, college president, presents the ce- prospects for a settlement be- far apart on military and po- negotiating situation. ment yesterday, McGovern ramic statuette to MaU <?en. HugH Fd^ter, commanding officer of Ft. Monmouth, as Mrs. Arthur J. fore election day, Nov. 7. " litical questions." " " In saying "the negotiations reaffirmed his commitment to White, "ftecVBarik, 'former U.S. ambassador to Denmark, and Theodore Parsons, Little Silver, former Nixon's news-conference re- From Saigon, after a meet- are in a sensitive stage," Nix- end the war. N. J. attorney general, watch. Twelve other advisory council members who were unable to attend the Nixon outlined these views: affair also will receive the award. r- "Under no circumstances will the time of a settle- ment ... be affected by the Hazlet Planners to Get fact that there's going to be an election Nov. 7...The elec- 1Nixon: No T3 Tax Hike tion will not in any way in- By The Associated Press in his Oval Office yesterday, pass bills and send them to City Club yesterday. fluence what we do at the the President said he was res- the President's desk that ex- A man told the Democratic negotiating table.". Bid for Rickel Center President Nixon pledges tating his no-tax-hike com- ceed the budget, the Congress presidential nominee that — Former President Lyn- that "there will be no tax in- mitment but added that he will have voted for a tax in- many persons are concerned HAZLET - After three Rt. 35 and Bethany Road. other uses permitted under don B. Johnson, in arriving at could fulfill it only with the crease." that, "if you're elected, their Early this year the appli- the zoning ordinance. crease in 1973," though his public hearings, the Zoning the 1968 bomb-halt deal with aides have said that the full cooperation of Congress. He promised to veto such income might be practically Board of Adjustment is referr- cation was withdrawn be- Bringing the home center to North Vietnam just before bills and said he expects Con- confiscated and given to those cause the option to purchase four years of a second Nixon "There will be no presiden- ing to the Planning Board an this township, Bernard Wall- election day, "made a very, tial tax increase," Nixon said, gress to sustain the vetos. who won't work." one of the needed tracts ter- ach, Rickel representative, term would pass without a tax application by an East Orange very great mistake in stop- hike. adding that avoiding a tax Last month. White House McGovern responded: "Of developer to locate a Rickel minated. said, would serve residents ping the bombing without ade- Democratic challenger hike would be difficult if Con- aides said there would be no course this is the Republican Home Center here. The proposed home center from as far south as the Na- quate agreements from the gress does not approve a $250: tax increase if Nixon is re- line. It's pure poppycock .... Bulk variances are being anticipates employing approx- vesink River and as far north other side... We ar.g, not go- George McGovern says he doesn't intend to boost taxes billion spending ceiling he has elected. if you live entirely on wages applied for by Rt. 35-Poole imately 120 people, drawing as Laurence Harbor. ing to make that mistake requested. and salaries, there is nothing mainly from this township. for Americans who live solely • Meanwhile, McGovern took Ave. Associates on behalf of Approximately 50 residents now." up the tax question while ap- in my tax proposals that Rickel Home Center, a subsi: Testimony on behalf of the objected to the proposed Rt. on wages. The President said that, "if — Hanoi might be holding During a news conference the Congress continues to pearing before the Cleveland would increase your taxes." diary of Supermarkets Gener- applicant was offered last 35-Poole Ave. site. They cited off on a peace settlement until Furthermore, the South Da- al Corp. of Cranford. night by three witnesses. drainage, traffic, and ecologi- after the forthcoming U.S. kota senator said, his over- The proposed 100,000- Wallace E. Dunn of Pali- cal problems and possible or- election in hopes of getting hauled welfare proposals square»foot home center sades, civil engineer, testified dinance violations. better terms should would give no assistance to would be located on Rt. 35 and the proposed sewerage dis- Delivery trucks would use McGovern win. persons who are able to work. Poole Ave. on approximately posal system at the home cen- Poole Ave., residents main- — "The mining and bomb- Reporter Jailing Held He said "the only people en- 10 acres. Should it be ap- ter would be adequate and tained, and congestion and ing will continue, of course, titled to welfare" are those proved, the business would be would have no impact on the safety hazards would result.