Postal scandal grips Congress amid post office probe
The House Post Office inquiry widens with resignations and charges tied to embezzlement and drug concerns. A GAO audit sparked a grand jury probe into possible misuse of expense or campaign funds plus stamps sold for cash by aides. Key figures named include Dan Rostenkowski and others connected to the House bank and post office.
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House Post Office
Post Office
General Accounting Office
Grand Jury
Ways and Means
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Ill
Austin J. Murphy
D-Pa
Joseph Kolter
House
Jack Russ
House Bank
Congress
The
Washington Post
U.S. Postal Service
the Post
House Pages
Lyle Alzado Dies at 43 Linked to Steroid Use
Obituary notes the former NFL star Lyle Alzado died of cancer on May 14 at age 43. It cites his 1969 steroid use and his public stance against steroids after diagnosis, calling steroid abuse dangerous and illegal and warning of lethal consequences.
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Lyle Alzado
Alzado
President to Middle Class: Grow Up
Timothy J. Mullaney argues middle class anger mirrors 1975 NYC bailouts and questions who bears the cost. He cites Pell Grants, student loans, mortgage tax breaks, and government handouts as entitlements shaping the middle class, urging self-reflection and responsibility.
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Timothy J. Mullaney
New York City
Washington
Ford
New York Daily News
New York
Bush
Clinton
S&ls
Lion
Federal Housing Administration
Robert Young
S&l
I Don’t Have a Clue Peter Ueberroth and Los Angeles Rebuilding
Tom Hayden critiques Peter Ueberroth’s April report on California’s Jobs and Future as lacking an urban agenda and minority focus. He argues for integrating economics with community needs and cites Tawney on humane economic policy while urging broader public accountability and change.
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Tom Hayden
Los Angeles
Peter Ueberroth
L.A
Ueberroth
California
Pete Wilson
Council On Competitiveness
Rodney Kings
Colin Powell
Norman Schwarzkopf
Persian Gulf
Kuwait
Midwest disposal delay endangers Iowa research efforts
E Theodore Agard warns that losing access to off-site low level radioactive waste facilities by Jan 19 1993 could force Iowa State University and the University of Iowa to store waste on site, hindering biomedical and cancer research and raising costs. He notes six state Midwest compact members and suggests a central repository with strict controls as a solution.
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E. Theodore Agard
Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Iowa
South Carolina
Nevada
Washington State
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Indiana
Missouri
Ar Energy
Midwest
U.S
Food and Drug Administration
Bush
Midwest Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission
Ries
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Joe Hladky III
Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Jerry Elsen
Mark Bowden
Law
University of Maryland System
United Way
Chrysler Corp
al Sharpton
New Yorker
Sharpton
Democratic Party
America
Jimmy Carter
Baltimore Sun
Peter
R.H. Tawney
California Assembly
Los Angeles Times
Medical College of Ohio
Toledo
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