Regulators Of Banks Wasteful Says GAO
GAO finds three bank regulators spend lavishly on space travel and furniture, with per employee costs far above similar bodies. Sen. Proxmire cites Washington office waste as justification for consolidating the Fed, OCC, and FDIC, noting annual outlays near 137 million dollars.
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General Accounting Office
William Proxmire
Dwis
Proxmire
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
GAO
Securities and Exchange Commission
Com
SEC
FDIC
Congress
Decatur Trio Hurt In Wrecks
A Decatur man in serious condition at Huntsville Hospital is among four injured in city wrecks on Wednesday and Thursday. James Gary Evans lost control on rain slick 14th Street and hit the Albert Brewer Bridge. Evans and his wife were taken to Decatur General. Evans later moved to Huntsville, Judy Evans released after treatment. Another crash left Leon Taylor with a broken leg after a Market Street motorcycle collision near a railroad crossing. Chris Bell was treated and released after a rear-end collision on 2nd Street. A Christmas Day wreck left 16 year old Renee Johnston of McIntosh dead, raising Alabama’s holiday fatality toll to at least four, with Joyce Harper of Northport also killed on Interstate 59 near Tuscaloosa. See DECATUR on Page 3.
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Huntsville Hospital
James Gary Evans
Cypress SW
14Th St
Albert Brewer Bridge
Lee Thomas
Evans
Judy
Decatur General Hospital
AAA Southend Ambulance Service
4Th Ave
Leon Taylor
Monroe Dr
Market St
Taylor
Southland
Chris Bell
Woodland St
Bell
2Nd St
Howard Hall
Alabama
Renee Johnston
McIntosh
Ala
Washington
Joyce Harper
Northport
Interstate 59
Tuscaloosa
Herbert Olin Champion
Lincoln
Christmas gambling hums in Nevada as crowds stay full
A Reno on location survey shows Harrah's blackjack tables busy and 20 percent of slot machines in use at peak hours. Downtown casinos report full cocktail bars and shoppers buying drinks for others as Christmas gambling remains active and thriving.
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Nev
Nevada
Harrah's
Harold's Club
Christmas Spirit Lifts Decatur In Wet Christmas Drive
Despite heavy rain, Decatur residents churches and the police joined in a Christmas drive for Fay McCluskey and her four sons. Det. Wayne Ryker led the effort with toys shoes and aid, followed by prisoners and citizens donating funds and gifts across the city.
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Fay McCluskey
Pauline Brown
McCluskey
Police Department
Wayne Ryker
Tuscaloosa
Moss Rd
Brown
Morgan County
Southern Oaks Real Estate
Washington Captures 1000 Hessians at Trenton Battle
In 1776 George Washington’s troops seized 1000 Hessians during the Trenton engagement in New Jersey. Weather notes forecast highs in the upper 30s and mid 20s with a 30 percent snow chance today. Address and weather map information are listed on page 2, river page.
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George Washington
Trenton
N.J
Tragedies mar Yule for some in the United States
Christmas brought both tragedy and joy across the United States with gun violence and fires claiming lives while others welcomed births and adoptions. Five killed in East Vincent Township Pennsylvania including three children. four fatally shot in Tennessee. three killed in a Florida robbery. two in Kenosha Wisconsin. over a hundred dies in holiday traffic accidents. Bayonne New Jersey fire kills two. Cheltenham Maryland fire claims three children. On a lighter note Marietta van Dorp gave birth to quadruplets in London and Jenny Jones, a Korean orphan, celebrated her first Christmas in the United States after adoption delays. The Ford family at the White House celebrated with a traditional breakfast and dinner.
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Associated Press
East Vincent Township
Tennessee
Florida
Kenosha
Wis
Bayonne
N.J
Cheltenham
Samuel Goldwyn Studies
Los Angeles
Marietta van Dorp
London
Jenny Jones
Jenny
Gerald Rudolph
Researchers Fear Man's Effects On The Climate
A UC team at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory reports that widespread tropical jungle clearing could lower world temperatures by about one third of a degree and reduce rainfall, potentially triggering a new ice age without fossil fuel emissions. They note fossil fuel use could warm the planet, offsetting jungle clearing impacts.
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Calif
University of California
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Iceland
Europe
Earth
Nature Now
Space
Equator
Hugh W. Ellsaesser
Elsaesser
Battle Raging Through Beirut and Surrounding Areas
Reported Christian and Moslem fighting continued through the night in Beirut Tripoli and Zahlah with mortar duels terrorizing districts. Civilian casualties rose as civilians sheltered. a cease-fire collapsed in Zahlah and surrounding villages. An Iraqi delegation arrived to seek mediation while Syria had previously attempted talks.
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Lebanon
Tripoli
Zahlah
Zagharta
Rashid Karami
Karami
Yasir Arafat
Zagaria
Baghdad
Syria
al Anwar
Christmas Indoors With Parents and Toy Bulldozer
Four year-old Michael Vaughn, son of Mr and Mrs James Vaughn of 310 Mark St SW, lounges by a warm fire on Christmas day and plays with a toy bulldozer he received as a present. The outdoor chill keeps him inside enjoying the holiday scene.
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Michael Vaughn
Mrs
James Vaughn
Mark St. SW
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