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...crucial difference between the new proposal and current practice is that the Nixon program would recognize the nation's working poor. In many states, the present AFDC laws bar aid to families with able-bodied fathers in the home. For many of these men, who are either unemployed or have low-paying jobs, there is only one choice. They desert their families. Nixon's program would provide for such families without encouraging the father to leave. It would authorize relief for 12,400,000 needy Americans who now get none...
...advantages for other extractive industries, the bill would enrich the Treasury by $400 million annually. Although oilmen plan to fight the cuts in the Senate, their wound could be worse. The bill leaves untouched the industry's far more valuable advantage of writing off oil-drilling costs as current expenses, rather than as long-term capital investments. The bill does, however, strike hard at the real estate industry. While leaving untouched the depreciation allowed on new residential buildings, it eliminates the accelerated depreciation provision for commercial property...
...said. Air Force Captain Anthony Andrews inquired about the Dow-Jones industrial averages and asked the delegation to relay instructions to his wife that it was time to trade in the family car. Navy Lieut. Edward F. Miller said little except to ask about the moon landing and other current events...
Because of the electrochemical reactions that occur inside a battery, it tends to give off internal gases and overheat whenever the charging current is drastically increased in order to save time. The result is a ruined battery. But by following a series of strong charging pulses with a brief reversal of current, the McCulloch engineers found that they could dissipate the accumulated gases and successfully recharge the battery. The sys tem, says a McCulloch spokesman, is comparable to the way a mother interrupts her infant's feeding with burping to get rid of gas in the baby...
Soundings have already begun to find out whether they will give the current plans a better reception than those of 1955 got. Lost week, several University officials, including Goyette and Edward S. Gruson, assistant to the President for Community Relations, met with residents of the neighborhood...