Fremont payroll check mixup proves not missing after all
Reports of hundreds missing Fremont Oakland payroll warrants caused turmoil but officials confirm 23 miscounted as missing grew to 233 and were voided earlier. All 84 stolen checks traced to Oakland Unified School District. none from Fremont. Investigations into who started the false alarm continue as authorities review records and storage.
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Fremont
Oakland
Fremont Unified School District
Harry Harvey
Donald Parkin
Oakland Unified
Harvey
Harold Alameda
Arions County
Parkin
Unemployment surge signals wider layoffs across US and Europe
Government reports show 677,800 new jobless claims in the week, with extended benefits filings at 214,300. December unemployment is expected near 7 percent, up from 6.5 percent in November. Auto and coal industry slowdowns trigger large layoffs as orders and building expenditures fall. Chrysler, Ford, and GM announce plant closures and thousands more layoffs, while VW and Opel trim staffing in Germany. Trustees warn Penn Central faces cash shortfalls without federal help. W T Grant plans closing 66 stores after losses.
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Christa
United States
Europe
U.S
Labor Department
General Motors
Cok
West Germany
Volkswagen
GM Opel
Penn Central Transportation Co
W.T. Grant Co
W.T. Grant
Nixon rules out public comment on Watergate verdict
Nixon remains deeply anguished by Watergate and his attorney advised him not to issue a public statement on the conviction of Haldeman Ehrlichman Mitchell and Marchian. The aides and White House officials noted appeals are planned and Nixon may speak only through counsel.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Stroke leaves Douglas with weak left side
Supreme Court spokesman reported Justice Douglas remained in serious condition after a stroke near Nassau while on holiday. He had a brief coma like episode, suffered weakness on his left side, and was transported by air to Nassau then Walter Reed for treatment.
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Douglas
William
New Wests
Idal Paitroentsa
Supreme Court
Barrett McGurn
Walter Reeder Medical Center
Cathleen
Nassau
Ford
Air Force
N. ‘Thomas Connally
Arlington
Connally
Jury weighed Watergate carefully, jurors report
Foreman John A Hoffar said the Watergate conspiracy jury split on nearly every count across all defendants. The 57 year old former Park Service policeman noted the nine women and two men discussed each count thoroughly and reached agreement on Wednesday after a patient deliberation. The panel convicted four Nixon aides including John N Mitchell, Attorney General H R Haldeman, and John D Ehrlichman.
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Washington
UPI
John A. Hoffar
Partel
Atset
Hoffar
Park Service
Westinghouse Broadcasting
Richard M. Nixon
John N. Mitchell
H.r.bob Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Friday weather outlook with rising clouds and mild temperatures
Mostly fair today with scattered high clouds. Increasing cloudiness expected tomorrow with highs near 60s and overnight lows in the 40s. Light today, southerly 10 to 20 mph tomorrow. Fremont yesterday reached a high of 68 and a low of 38.
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Fremont
Medi Cal misuse revealed in state audit findings
Sacramento reports $2.9 million in Medi Cal claims paid to thousands lacking eligibility records. An audit cites 84,537 ineligible claims and a $27 million backlog in uncollected insurer payments. Investigators cite fragmented administration, data processing flaws, and ongoing follow ups over months to determine actual ineligibility.
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Sacramento
Medi-Cal
Department of Finance
Department
Billon
Department of Health
Richard Soderberg
Soiferberg
Stat
Social Security panel urges tax hikes and later retirement
A government advisory council plans to urge Congress to raise Social Security taxes for middle and upper income workers and suggests raising the retirement age from 65 to 68. It also recommends new long range benefit limits and tying future benefits to recent wages to stabilize payments amid projected trust fund deficits.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Social Security Advisory Council
Watergate still echoes after cover-up trial ends
Nashville Banner quotes chief prosecutor James F. Neal asserting Nixon's involvement in the Watergate cover-up while backing Ford's pardon and notes Kissinger warning the US could use force over Middle East oil if the industrialized world faced real strangulation.
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Watergate
James F. Neal
The
Nashville Banner
Richard Nixon
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Stroller Maker Warns of Faulty Handles May Endanger Babies
One of the nation’s largest stroller makers warns as many as 500000 of its vehicles may have faulty handles that could break loose. Chrysler Corp says production has slowed since Thanksgiving and plans to close two U.S. car assembly plants and two salt plants next week.
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Ween
Commerce Department
Chrysler Corp
U.S
Ford Motor Co
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Robert Marcian
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