Smith Admits Surplus Food Program Abuses In Charleston
Charleston AP report shows Welfare Commissioner W Bernard Smith acknowledging complaints about surplus food misuse and costly transport. He cites group pickups, employer help, and occasional political involvement as explanations, and notes bills to bar trading were not passed. He also outlines responses to multiple complaint categories and emphasizes enforcement and coordination limits.
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Smith
Charleston
W. Bernard Smith
40 Are Arrested By Turkish Cops
Police and soldiers arrested more than 40 people in weekend raids, including critics of martial law, with 22 in Istanbul and 18 in Ankara. Most detainees were linked to the Turkish Labor party. Officials would not comment.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Ankara
Turkish Labor Party
Talat Aydemir
Ismet Inonu
Torrential Rains Kill 23 In Japan
Torrential rains hit Kyushu Island for a sixth day. Police reported 11 dead 23 injured and three missing. About 1,600 families were left homeless 7,000 houses flooded 70 washed away and 80 destroyed.
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Tokyo
Kyushu
Japan
Peruvians Seek Bodies Of Two British Climbers
A search party will depart this week to recover the bodies of Peter Bebbington and Graham Sadler, two Britons killed while attempting the 19 024 foot Rondon Mountain north of Lima. Their bodies were sighted at the bottom of a 3280 foot crevice after the group of eight climbers faced tragedy.
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Lima
Peru
Rondon
Peter Bebbington
Graham Sadler
Lynchburg Woman Found Murdered In Maryland
Edna Parrish, a 21 or 22 year old Lynchburg waitress, was found murdered in a wooded area of Fairmont Heights Maryland. Police say she was killed by a neck artery severing wound and that preliminary rape tests were inconclusive. The body was discovered by a girl, and the victim had arrived in Washington with family opposition to seek work.
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Legislative
C. H. Koontz
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Welfare Department
Koontz
Smith
Hyattsville, Md
Lynchburg
Washington
Fairmont Heights
Prince Georges County
Edna Parrish
Monroe St
Pearson
Bombay Strikers Face Arrests as Citywide Walkout Expands
In Bombay, arrests of strikers rose by over 800 as municipal workers extended an eight day strike. About 17,000 taxi drivers walked off in solidarity with government workers, who seek a 25 percent cost of living allowance increase.
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Bombay
India
Bernson Silk Mills Workers End Five Day Strike
Bernson Union workers in Buena Vista Virginia voted to end their five day walkout which the Textile Workers Union of America had branded unauthorized. Two hundred twenty five strikers returned to work with the 11 pm shift Sunday after leaving Wednesday. TWUA regional director Boyd Payton said the workers admitted their error and pledged not to join future illegal strikes.
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Buena Vista
Boyd Payton
TWUA
Washington
Bernson
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