Seidman firm settles SEC negligence claim
An accounting firm once led by L. William Seidman agreed to a consent order with the SEC over failing to detect fraudulent conduct by four corporate clients. The firm will not take new clients until December 15, undergo external review, and avoid mergers during the review.
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Washington
L. William Seidman
Securities and Exchange Commission
Seidman & Seidman
SEC
William Seidman
Ford
Seidman
Commission
Rusk Would Change Warren Panel Testimony
Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk says if he had known about CIA plots to kill foreign leaders he would not have testified that no foreign government had a motive to assassinate President Kennedy. He adds the Kennedy case should not be reopened without fresh information.
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Williamsburg
Central Intelligence Agency
Dean Rusk
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Rusk
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
State Department
Williamson bunco gang called second only to Mafia in crime
In Seattle AP report the Williamson bunco gang described as one of the slickest and most successful fraud rings in the United States operates across the Northwest. Law enforcement estimates 250 members with many aliases and a central gang fund. Victims pay for fake home repairs tree pruning and other schemes, with real estate holdings cited as cash purchases.
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Seattle
Williamson Gang
Bunco
United States
National
Better Business Bureau
Washington
Northwest
Boswell
Lacey
Mac McFarland
Thurston County Sheriff's Office
Williamson
Robert Logan Williamson
Scotland
Washington State
Williamsons
California Justice Department
California
Texas
Attorney General
Consumer Protection Division
Banco
Richard Hubbard
Reluctant Prosecutor Sets Gurney Retrial in Orlando
U S District Judge George Young sets October 4 in Orlando for former Senator Edward Gurney's retrial on a perjury charge after a hung jury in Tampa. Prosecutor Vincent Alto, pressured by Washington officials, indicates continued pursuit of the perjury count while seeking dismissal of a conspiracy charge tied to housing contractors' kickbacks. Gurney, 62, faced multiple counts and has long claimed innocence.
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Orlando, Fla
Edward Gurney
Vincent Alto
U.S. . District
George Young
Justice Department
Washington
Alto
Florida
Orlando
Gurnney
Tampa
Gurney
Nixon
Young
NRC study finds plutonium fuel poses no greater risk than uranium
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reports that using plutonium as fuel would not worsen environmental health versus uranium alone. A separate safeguards study result is pending, with final findings due in about two months.
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Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Conferees approve 14 billion defense boost with B 1 slowdown
Conferees from the House and Senate agreed to raise military spending by 14 billion for fiscal 1977 edging past 92.4 billion in 1976. A key provision delays the B 1 bomber production decision until the next president takes office.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Congress
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