Politicians and Lobbyists Tug Over Fraud Class Action Bill
Business interests and consumer advocates clash as House leaders weigh federal class action legislation aimed at consumer fraud. Eckhardt and Knauer push for a broad approach, while Tydings urges a tighter bill with limited scope and safeguards. Industry lobbyists work behind the scenes to influence committee actions amid ongoing turf battles.
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Medical Grant Announced to Boost Urban Health Staff
Washington reports the Office of Economic Opportunity announced a 1.95 million grant to recruit and train doctors dentists nurses and other medical personnel for poverty neighborhoods. CEO Donald Rumsfeld decried nationwide manpower shortages harming the poor and urged program support via the National Urban Coalition.
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Two Arrested After Drugs and Dynamite Found in Bloomington
Bloomington couple held on $1000 bonds after a police raid found marijuana LSD mescaline capsules, 200 pills, and dangerous drugs. Investigators also reported three sticks of dynamite three percussion caps and two feet of fuse in the basement. Adler, 34, an IU law student, and Sharon Myers, 19, were charged with possessing dangerous drugs.
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Five Indiana Counties Win Federal Economic Grant
The U S Commerce Department announced a 17314 dollar federal grant to spur growth in Clay Parke Sullivan Vermillion and Vigo counties through the West-Central Indiana Economic Development District based in Terre Haute. A local match of 7582 dollars will be provided by the district.
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Navy logs log turnover of logistics to Army hands
Navy personnelman Kenneth H. Reveal, son of Mrs. Paulin Reveal of 2835 Yomotans, has left the naval library at Cha nai Vietnam to begin turnover of logistic support functions to the Army, excluding public works and utilities. He is a 1967 graduate of Maclison Heights High School.
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