GAO Study Links 12 Percent Food Stamp Fraud to State Roles
The General Accounting Office concludes that 12 percent of the $5.6 billion in annual food stamp spending is for ineligible recipients. Only about 1 percent of excess payments are recovered, due to weak incentives for prosecution. Since food stamps are federal but investigations rest with states, divided responsibility benefits fraudsters, costing taxpayers an estimated $590 million yearly.
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General Accounting Office
GAO
Howcum Is Nostalgia And Insurance In A Letter From Time
A reader poses a series of playful why questions about fashion, signage, and urban renewal while shifting to a discussion of life insurance. The piece contrasts term insurance’s rising popularity among young families with industry practices that keep term premiums high to recover initial costs.
Deposit term promises low premiums for long term coverage
A marketing pitch explains deposit term life insurance from Madison Life offering a 10 year plan with a $10 per $1,000 deposit, returned doubled at year 10 or upon death. If lapse occurs before year 10, the extra premium is forfeited. The plan targets buyers able to maintain coverage and claims rates could drop for term insurance with broad adoption.
Szysznyk debuts with Ned Beatty in light community center comedy
Ned Beatty stars as a retired Marine sergeant in Szysznyk a six week summer series set in Washington DC. The episode centers on reclaiming a steam room from teens and introduces Ralph and the steam room gang while Beatty and Olivia Cole deliver strong performances amid thin material.
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Los Angeles
Ned Beatty
Network
CBS
Tonight
Ralph
Jarrod Johnson
Szysznyk
Tony
Scott Colomby
Ray Gun
Thomas Carter
Fortwengler
Barry Miller
Olivia Cole
Sandi Chandler
Leonard Barr
Beatty
Bambast
Miss Cole
ABC
Chicken George
Hidden War of Spies and Air Force Scandals Revealed
A leaked dossier details adultery suppression, botched CIA assassination plans against a Laotian general, lavish US support for loyal commanders, and a covert Air Force network operating in China. It notes both questionable acts and effective espionage by a Hong Kong funded payment system and southern China agents.
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CIA
United States
Air Force
Udorn
China
Hong Kong
Fan
Chine
Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection Offices
The Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection operates in six cities with a local contact in Erie at 919 State Street Room 203 Erie PA 46501 Phone 454-7184 Area code m4 for complaints about shoddy goods or business practices.
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Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection
Erie
State Street
Inplay Advertising at Westline Nine A.M. Time
The note records an inplay advertisement scheduled for Westline at nine o clock in the morning on the previous publication date. It reflects a printer or editor’s timing instruction for ad placement and may indicate edits to the prior issue.
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Inplay
Westline
Frank Yale and his armored car in Brooklyn mob saga
In Bishop, Frankie Yale, a Brooklyn kingpin, coveted an armored car to move among the city’s workers. His posse spanned the borough as money flowed in waves, while a five ton heap drew fire from machine gun bursts during leaks checks. Yale’s dramatic murder led to a funeral described as the greatest the mob ever gave him.
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Frankie Yale
Francisco Yale
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Frankie
Nick Glad
Bronx
Nick
Yale
Mr. Yale
Mr Yale
Franks Yale Funeral Parade in Brooklyn Reflects Crime Ties
A garish funeral for Frankie Yale follows a life linked to the mob. A silver casket, lavish flowers, and mob ties are highlighted as mourners line five miles of Brooklyn streets. A lieutenant blocks the casket, Augie Pisano hails Yale as bigger than Lincoln, and Al Capone is noted as a son.
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Yale
Pearly Gates
Frankie Funeral Parlor
Maria
Luceida
Augie Pisano
Lincoln
Brooklyn
Frankie
Carpenters Union
Augie
St. Rogalia's
Holy Cross
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By Bill Eaton
Union City
Sylvia Porter
Pacific Fidelity
Kemper Insurance
Kansas City
Midwest
Madison Life
New York City
Madison ‘Life In
New York
Milton A. Schiff
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Carter
Ft. Belvoir
Indochina
Laos
Pentagon
U.S
Major
Stillbury Spy Antics
By Jack Anderson
Thailand
Orderiies
Japan
Corry
Pon Appiica Vian
Alphonse Capone
Chicago
Johnny Torrio
Lee Nba
King
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