Work or Walk welfare plan shows 148 eligible in November
Catharaugus County Legislator James J. Snyder reports November figures for the Social Services Department. The Work or Walk program had 148 welfare recipients eligible to work, down from 282 in January. Twelve more were removed for refusing work, totaling 133 dropouts this year. Participants logged almost 3,500 hours, valuing to over 8000 dollars at 2.35 wage. Snyder cites 27 sponsors aiding placement and notes strong county support and calls for Pennsylvania adoption.
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James J. Snyder
Catharaugus
N.S
Social Services Department
Snyder
Cattaraugus County
Pennsylvania
Joe Don Baker revisits good guy role in NBC film
AP reports Joe Don Baker, famed for tough guy parts, returns to television as a New York detective in the NBC movie To Kill 8 Cop set to air in March 2021. The Groesbeck native discusses his Texas roots, acting path from college plays to Army to New York, and balancing film work with acting studies.
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Los Angeles
Joe Don Baker
Luke
Buford Pusser
Charley Varrick
Outfit
New York
Baker
Manner
Fun City
Texas
Groesbeck
North
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D.C
Logan Ramsey
Archiy
Manhattan
Charlie
NBC
Central Park South
Government crackdown targets older student loan defaulters
The U S Office of Education tightens actions against borrowers with six year plus defaulted loans. Officials report about 27 000 defaulters owing 34 6 million may have passed the six year cutoff impeding collection. The program stresses referral to local U S attorneys, letters for four year old defaults, and a new cross agency search.
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U.S. Office of Education
Rom
Carolyn Bells
Office of Education
Sheldon Repp
Washington
Brooke Shearer
SUI
Department of Health, Education & Welfare
The Flash and the Reporter Paydays in a Paper Cage
Jim Bishop recalls a pay routine at a newspaper where the cashier known as The Flash handed out envelopes at 2 p.m. Reporters queued for pay and faced deductions for missing vouchers. The scene captures Friday and Thursday dynamics, stretch for advance loans, and the editor's limits on phony vouchers.
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Coney Evening Journal
West Statn Stree
Curry, Pa
Gworge
Sammie
Wiliiars
Eaton
Anagony Ewnar
Juhi
Mall Waar
Sigver Eng Vales
The Flash and the Boss Mercy in a Newspaper World
Jerry Edelburg Lester Markel Phil Santora Emil Herman Manny Elkins and a newsroom group recall a Christmas style gift to The Flash, a watch bought with advances. The Flash steals cash over years, is spared arrest, kept on payroll with weekly deductions, and lives with the stigma of being a crook while the group clings to mercy over justice.
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Jerry Edelburg
Lester Markel
Phil Santora
Emil Herman
Manny Elkins
Flash
Mexican border exodus drives neighboring economies into crisis
A Washington Post report details how millions of Mexicans cross into the United States seeking work while U.S. growers and retailers depend on cheap Mexican labor. It traces factory shifts south, migrant farming in Arizona Idaho Illinois and New York, and growing drug trade funding both nations.
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Femon
Arizona
Idaho
Illinois
Manhattan
Bernton
Florida
Mexico
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Nogales
Rockwell Intenational
Foster Grant
Sierra Nevada
Sierras
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