GAO faults federal cheese program over ineligible aid
The GAO report says 30 percent of cheese and butter distribution went to ineligible recipients due to lax national standards and state rules. Investigators cite petty abuse theft and loopholes with examples from Iowa including cafeteria students and a person collecting 60 pounds under a fictitious name.
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Gazse Oor
Washington
Cooper Evans
Iowa
Evans
GAO
U.S. Agriculture Department
USDA
University of Iowa
Jet strikes mountain in Cuenca kills 119 in crash
An Ecuadorian Boeing 737 on a Quito Cuenca flight plowed into a mountain near Cuenca at 7:37 am, killing all 119 aboard including civilians and military personnel. Investigators probe possible sabotage as weather was reported normal and the crash marked the nation’s worst civil aviation disaster.
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Quito
Ecuador
Andes
Cuenca
Eduardo Duran
Risks at flooded Coralville Lake beaches threaten swimmers
Gary Thompson of the U S Army Corps of Engineers warns that flooded Sugar Bottom and Sandy Beach areas remain off limits as high water persists for weeks. Submerged grills posts and changing houses create hazards for visitors ignoring signs. Fines range five to five hundred dollars and serious offenses can go to federal court.
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Tom Walsh
Johnson County
North Liberty
Coralville Lake
Gary Thompson
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Thompson
Sugar Bottom
Park Rangers
Alabama colleges face desegregation suit in federal court
The Justice Department charges Alabama public colleges and the state university system practice racial segregation. Blacks are said to be denied admission to white institutions and board, faculty, and leadership roles. The suit follows extended negotiations with Gov. Wallace and state officials.
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Washington
Justice Department
Alabama
State
Department
Birmingham
Ala
William Brad
Ford Reynolds
George Wallace
Reynolds
Joe Sutton
Alabama Commission On Higher Education
Lost boy asks officer after missing woman sighting
A small boy approaches a street corner police officer asking if a woman who left him nearby has passed by. The scene hints at a vanished guardian and police involvement in a neighborhood search.
650-Pound Man Given Probation for Rape and Incest
More than 50 women demonstrated outside the Hampden County Courthouse to protest an eight to ten year suspended sentence for Ralph Ward Rice Jr. 32 who pleaded guilty to raping his 12 year old daughter. The protesters urged Judge George Keady to send him to jail and said justice was not served.
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Springfield
Mass
Hampden County
Superior Court
George Keady
Ralph Ward Rice Jr
Natalie Babinski
National Organization For Women
Tauke calls 20 House members untrustworthy
U S Representative Tom Tauke says about 20 colleagues in the 435 member House he would not trust to handle a grandmother’s estate while noting about 50 more could not be recommended. He refuses to name names and discusses honesty in a district newsletter.
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Tom Tauke
U.S
House of Representatives
Tauke
Tom
Washington
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