Food Stamp Rule Delay Asked in Washington
A federal court is asked to indefinitely delay Ford administration changes that would reduce benefits for about 1.66 million families and cut a further 1.7 million. The coalition seeks a preliminary injunction, arguing executive action oversteps legislative authority as the program faces six months or more of legal proceedings. The current program costs taxpayers roughly $5.7 billion annually and serves about 5.8 million families.
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Washington
Ford Administration
U.S. Conference of Mayors
U.S
John Lewis Smith Jr
Ronald Pollack
Food Research and Action Center
FAAC
Coalition
Agriculture Department
Legislative Branch
Ford
Howard Corcoran
Corcoran
Smith
Hays Poised for Release After Sleeping Pill Overdose
Rep Wayne Hays recovering from an overdose of sleeping pills and expected to be discharged from Barnesville Hospital within days. He weighed loss noted by Dr Richard Phillips amid ongoing payroll scandal questions surrounding Elizabeth Ray.
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Barnesville
Ohio
Wayne Hays
Richard Phillips
Hays
Elizabeth Ray
Congressional
Miss Ray
Pat
Phillips
Carol Clawson
Howe plans plea on solicitation charges in Utah case
Rep Allan Howe faces arraignment in Salt Lake City on a misdemeanor charge after police decoys alleged he offered them 20 to have sex. Howe plans to plead innocent as Utah Democrats weigh his future and pressure to resign. The case unfolds amid broader Capitol Hill sex scandal allegations involving multiple lawmakers and staff.
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Jonathan Wolman
Wshington
Allan Howe
Salt Lake
Utah
Salt Lake City
Howe
Wayne L. Black
Colleen Gardner
U.S
Washington
Capitol Hill
Kenneth Gray
D-Ill
Gravel
Ervin Addresses Graduates at Anderson College
Former Sen Sam Ervin of North Carolina spoke to Anderson College graduates and held a news conference saying he was unaware of sexual misconduct during his 20 years on Capitol Hill He recalled Haldeman asking cronies in North Carolina to dig up dirt on him but said the statute of limitations has run out and he has lost capacity to commit more He received an honorary degree from the college.
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Anderson
Ind
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
Anderson College
Capitol Hill
Ervin
Senate Watergate Committee
H. R. Haldeman
The
College
ID Card Plan Dropped As Threat to Privacy
Washington AP report notes the Federal Advisory Committee on False Identification rejected a national ID card as a privacy threat. The Justice Department task force proposed tightening birth certificate and driver license procedures, tighter federal standards, and interstate matching to curb false IDs, illegal immigration, and Social Security fraud. Assistant Attorney General Richard Thornburgh warned against 1984 overtones and the risks of criminals exploiting dead identities.
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Federal Advisory Committee On
Justice Department Task Force
Richard Thornburgh
Thornburgh
Sored
Study links false identity to vast national cost
The report cites a $20 billion annual impact from false identities, detailing $12 billion in tax losses, $3 billion in fraud, and $1 billion in drug smuggling. It argues for identity verification reforms and electronic benefits to curb abuse and enforcement costs.
Ford Strategists Name Region Delegate Heads
Ford campaign strategists designate nine regional chairmen to keep Ford delegates in line and prevent defections to Reagan. Reagan plans to campaign in Washington state for 38 delegates while Iowa picks 36 delegates. Carter returns to Georgia after events in New York and Texas with Udall declining to actively pursue more delegates.
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Associated Press
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Rogers C.B. Morton
Morton
Reagan
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Washington State
Washington
Ross Davis
Des Moines
Iowa
Los Angeles
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
New York
Texas
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Carter
Dallas
Arizona
Morris Udall Udall
McGough to Remain State GOP Chairman
Kent B. McGough will keep the GOP chair post at a $40,000 yearly rate after a party rule change allows any Republican to hold the job. The Ohio central committee voted 38 to 8, reversing a requirement he be an elected member, amid broader GOP tensions and Huffman’s defeat for the 4th District seat.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kent B. McGough
James A. Rhodes
State Central Committee
McGough
Sam Gordon Buys Stagecoach Sets Record at Auction
In San Francisco an auction of Wells Fargo and related memorabilia drew six bidders. Sam Gordon won a stagecoach for 44 000 dollars and bought a surrey and signs for his Sam's Town Americana Museum in Shingle Springs California. He spent over 60000 dollars on items for the 11 acre complex including a wax museum figure collection and a nickelodeon village.
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San Francisco
Sam Gordon
Old West Express
Wells Fargo & Co
Overland Express
Shingle Springs
Calif
Sam
Gordon
Wells Fargo Bank
Express Company
Wells Fargo
Nickelodeon Village
Fisherman's Wharf
Vacation Pak offer from The Messenger
A promotion invites readers planning trips to take a Vacation Pak. It promises half-price delivery of copies while away, with a contact number 592-6612 to ask for circulation details.
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Messenger
Regatta Opens With Queen Crowning and Five Entrants
POMEROY Big Bend Regatta activities begin Friday with the crowning of a queen as one of the first events. Five Meigs County Girls have entered the competition for the three day event.
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Pomeroy
Big Bend
Meigs County
Weather forecast and notices in brief
Variable cloudiness with a chance of showers tonight and Wednesday. Lows tonight in the mid to upper 60s. Rain chance 50 percent tonight and 40 percent Wednesday.
Labor Secretary Vows Impartial Teamsters Probe in Pension Fund
LAS VEGAS AP Labor Secretary W J Usery Jr says the government will run a professional impartial investigation of the Teamsters Central States pension fund at the national convention. He promised no compromise in the probe. PHILADELPHIA AP A second man is found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life for the Dec 7 stabbing of editor John S Knight 3rd. Judge Mirarchi imposed the verdict as Maleno had pleaded guilty. Soli had been convicted earlier and sentenced by Judge Williams.
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Nev
W. J. Usery Jr
Teamsters Union
Usery
Teamsters National Convention
Labor Department
Teamster
Central States Pension Fund
Philadelphia
John S. Knight
Charles P. Mirarchi Jr
Common Pleas
Steven Maleno
Maleno
Mirarchi
Salvatore Soli
Knight
Robert W. Williams Jr
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