ABP Chief Indicted in $20 Million Fraud Scheme
Omaha based American Beef Packers and subsidiary Beefland faced a 108 count federal indictment charging Frank West and Robert Lee with mail and wire fraud, interstate transportation of stolen property, and conspiracy. The case centers on defrauding cattle feeders of over $21 million and bribery of meat graders, with investigations by U S attorneys office USPS and Packers and Stockyards Administration.
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Omaha
UPS
Frank West
American Beef Packers Inc
West
Robert Lee
ABP
Donald Carlson
Daniel Wherry
U.S
Nebraska
U.S. Postal Service
Agriculture Department
Packers and Stockyards Administration
Lee
American Beef
Beefland International
Council Bluffs
Carlson
Western Iowa Park
Harlan
U.S. Probes Foreign Car Dumping Under Trade Review
The treasury department and another agency are examining if foreign cars are sold at less than fair value in the United States, potentially harming domestic auto makers. The probe covers about 27.5 billion dollars in annual imports from multiple countries, with no promised punitive duties.
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Washington
Treasury Department
U.S
Treasury
West Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Sweden
Belgium
Canada
Asst
David Macdonald
Department
European Common Market
International Trade Commission
Macdonald
Astronaut faults switches blamed for fumes on Apollo return
Apollo crew members led by Thomas Stafford acknowledge responsibility for not activating two switches that would have shut off steering jets and triggered the parachute system, allowing poisonous gas to enter the cabin during the July 24 return from the Soyuz mission.
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Repre
Vance Brandright
Earth
Donald Stayton
Tom Stafford
White House
Ford
Washington
Apotle
Vance Brand
Russia
Soyuz
Brasid
Thomas Stafford
Brand
Deke
Slayton
Tom
Girafford
Stafford
Pacific
NSA says it may intercept overseas calls in some cases
NSA officials testified before the House Intel committee that they are not currently tapping overseas calls of U.S. citizens but may legally do so in pursuit of national security. Lt Gen Lew Allen affirmed the distinction between domestic and overseas communications, while lawmakers questioned past and potential eavesdropping.
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Washington
UPI
National Security Agency
Supersecret Electronic Surveillance Agency
House Intelligence Committee
NSA
U.S
Lew Allen
Pentagon
Allen
Otis Pike
D-N.j
America
Pike
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Roy Lanner
United States
Banner
Gambling Ruling Shakes Iowa Private Clubs and Veterans Posts
Iowa Revenue Director Gerald Barr says the Turner ruling bans social gambling at private clubs that charge memberships or admission fees. The opinion, pegged to Lowe’s social gambling law, could alter activities at veterans posts and fraternal clubs, with licenses and permits due for 3,000 current licensees.
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United Pros. Internone
Iowa Revenue
Gerald Hair
Atty
Richard Turner
Bair
Turner
Lowe
Towans
Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars
Warren Allbaugh
Iowa
Allbough
Barr
Revenue Department
Ailbaugh
IVFW
Marion Johnson
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Iowa Legion
Argentine Union Leader Killed by Suspected Terrorists
In La Plata near Buenos Aires, gunmen kidnapped and killed a streetcar workers union leader early Saturday. Police call the incident a terrorist act amid a week of similar violence in Argentina.
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Huenos Aires
Argentina
la Plata
Van Nostrand Warns No Major Iowa Gas Cuts Expected
Des Moines report quotes Maurice Van Nostrand, Iowa commerce commission chair, saying Iowa should face no worse gas shortages than last winter. He warns Congress may divert Midwest gas to the East, prompting concern over interstate pipeline integrity and interruptible customer curtailments unlikely to impact Iowa widely.
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Des Moines
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Maurice van Nostrand
Iowa Commerce Commission
Hawkeye
van Nostrand
Congress
Northeast
Midwest
White House
William Greener
Ford
Maryland
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
North
South Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Greener
Carolinas
van Nostrad
Middle West
U S Eyes Jury Probe on Hoffa in Detroit
Justice department officials weigh calling witnesses before a grand jury to crack the Jimmy Hoffa mystery ten days after his disappearance. Subpoenas seek records of Hoffa’s home telephone calls as an FBI probe continues with a theory that Hoffa was kidnapped or killed to block Teamsters leadership.
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Detroit
Justice Department
Jimmy Hoffa
Department
Teamsters Union
PBI
U.S. Atty
Ralph Guy
Hoffa
Lake Orion
Mich
Westinghouse Broadcasting
Joe Giacalone
Anthony
Tony Jack" Giacalone
FBI
Giacalone
Charles
Chuckie" O'Brien
Westinghouse
Giacaione
FRY
O'Brien
Reamsters Union
Frank Pittsimmons
Koffa
Fitzsimmons
CAB Allows Inclusive One Stop Air Vacations
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved one stop inclusive tour charters to start after Sept 13 allowing travel from city to city with hotels baggage handling and ground transport. Charters will be sold by independent tour operators with advance ticketing and passenger name filings 18 to 30 days prior. rules set minimum trip lengths and cost savings compared with regular air fare.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
American Airlines
New York
Honolulu
Ueed
Mexico
Canada
Caribbean
North America
Chuckle about recession and living on income
A humorous remark defines recession as a period when a person lives on his income to regain confidence, framing the concept with wit rather than economic detail.
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Tomas Sut
Tun
Donald Slayton
Theres Higgins
Davenport
Roger E. Linehan
Kentucky
West Virginia
U.S. Eyes
O’brien
Tergeny
CAB
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