GSA Overcharges Federal Agencies for Rent Across System
The General Services Administration is assessed SLUC rents by a 1972 law, inflating federal leasing costs. In Temple Texas USDA offices face 10 per sq ft rate vs 0.88 earlier, pushing annual rents toward 360000 dollars. Officials warn widespread higher charges waste agency budgets and ask for change.
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Washington
General Services Administration
Congress
GSA
Temple
Texas
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
USDA
Goldstein-Migel
W.R. Poage
House Agriculture Committee
Porn decline reshapes low budget film business
In New York and across the United States the cheap porn sector shows signs of shrinking as attendance drops and theaters close. Operators say novelty has worn off and quality storytelling is now demanded, with production moving toward pricier, better crafted titles to justify explicit content.
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New York
Eighth Avenue
United States
Scandinavian Countries
America
Robert Sumner
Porn boom shifts to big operators with theatrical control
The porn industry concentrates among Hollywood styled firms that own production distribution and theaters, earning up to a million per film. A high profile release Take Off based on Dorian Gray shows larger budgets around $200,000 with multiple ratings, though most adult titles are lower cost. Industry observers see ongoing profits in regional markets despite consolidation and shrinkage of smaller outfits.
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Oscar Wilde
Dorian Gray
Misty Beethoven
Blood test fingerprints the killer in early case
James Love was tried for the 1974 New Year’s Eve murder of a boy and his teenage babysitter, convicted by blood enzyme tests that distinguished a stain on Love’s boots and a door. The Regional Crime Laboratory in Independence led the study, aiding later convictions and advancing crime lab science nationwide.
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Kansas City
James Love
Love
Independence
Sheila Cartright
Miss Cartright
Brian Wraxall
London Metropolitan Forensic Science Laboratory
New Scotland Yard
Wraxall
United States
Gary Howell
Gary R. Howell
Regional Crime Laboratory
Full Moon Linked to Strange Behavior Claims
New York reports Dr. Ralph W. Morris of the University of Illinois Medical Center links full moon periods to heightened metabolism tension and anxiety. He cites research suggesting lunar phases influence bodily processes and disease patterns with ulcers and heart pains peaking near full moons.
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Ralph W. Morris
University of Illinois Medical Center
Morris
College of Pharmacy
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United Press International
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Robert Reynolds
John Baize
Baize
Albert Aldrich
Tom Ratliff
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Porn
Paul Gebhard
Alfred C. Kinsey
Institute For Sex Research
Dave Friedman
The
Adult Film Association
Ing
Howell
Dwight Couch
Couch
John Sullivan
National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
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