HUD Mortgage Fraud Pattern Revealed Across Cities
Federal investigators report a pattern of mortgage fraud against HUD with falsified documents used to back government loans. Indictments span southern New Jersey and recent cases surface in Houston Seattle and Milwaukee. Investigators link nearly 500 FHA backed mortgages in Washington DC to the schemes.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
New Jersey
Houston
Seattle
Milwaukee
Robert E. Nipp
Federal Housing Authority
HUD
Hormel plant block ends as National Guard called in
Striking workers and supporters blocked the Hormel & Co. plant in Austin Minnesota prompting Gov. Rudy Perpich to deploy the National Guard to prevent violence. One Hormel photographer was injured while police and local officials sought to restore order amid a five month strike by Local P-9 of the UFCW with about 1 500 members.
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Austin, Minn
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Rudy Perpich
National Guard
Hormel
Deryl Arnold
P-9
United Food and Commercial Workers
Perpich
Austin
Ray Rogers
Arnold
Don Hoffman
Mower County
Sheriff's Department
Tom Kough
Jim Guyette
Iowa lawmakers feel heat from downsizing push
Governor Branstad’s reorganization plan raises workload and pressure for the Iowa General Assembly. Senate leader Cal Hultman notes telecoms benefit from more calls while House Speaker Don Avenson and Sen. James Wells report near doubling of workload and intensified constituent contact. Other veterans match the view of broader lobbying this year.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Branstad
General Assembly
Senate
Cal Hultman
Red Oak
Wells
Robert Carr
D-Dubuque
Marijuana use in U S military drops two thirds in five years
A Pentagon survey of about 22 000 personnel shows 12 percent used marijuana in the past 30 days down from 22 percent in 1982 and 37 percent in 1980. Field commanders report declines, though results remain disputed by some officials.
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Ashington
Pentagon
Research Triangle Institute of North Carolina
Robert M. Bray
National Institute of Drug Abuse
Paula Hawkins
R-Fla
Today’s Chuckle on touch-tone dialing causing global wrong numbers
A light joke notes how widespread touch-tone dialing makes wrong numbers possible anywhere in the world. The line ends with copyright wording.
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