Editorial warns con artists prey on misfortune
A U S News and World Report survey of Better Business Bureaus reveals rising scams that exploit hardship. Examples include credit cards with no checks tied to mandatory savings, prepaid full price discounts, unemployed listings with guarantees, and bogus modeling photos. The piece urges caution and distrust of easy money schemes.
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U.S. News and World Report
Better Business Bureaus
Consumer Complaint
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Public spending sparks criticism of FAA flights
Sen. Alfonso D Amato condemns J Lynn Helms and FAA travel as wasteful. In eight months Helms used two government planes costing 417000 versus 13000 by commercial flights. A Jetstar flight for a 20 mile Phoenix Scottsdale trip cost 2149. Fiscal 1981 Jetstar use totaled 1.2 million in taxpayer costs.
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J. Lynn Helms
Federal Aviation Administration
Helms
Alfonso D’amato
New York
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Ariz
FAA
Jimmy Carter
A One Turkey Christmas Tale by Dolores Hope
Dolores Hope recalls a chaotic Christmas with a one turkey plan that grows into a comically fraught multi day effort. A vegetarian daughter, changing guests, and a turkey that defies roasting constraints drive a humorous, chaotic holiday narrative.
Healing the doctors in Utah and Washington notes
James Kilpatrick contrasts two this month stories on medicine. In Utah doctors work with an artificial heart, while in Washington the AMA fights for anti FTC exemptions. He condemns professional price fixing and argues for FTC oversight, despite legitimate noble aims of medicine.
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Washington
Utah
Senate
AMA
U.S. Department of Justice
FTC
Year of uncertainty and social security fears
Jim Bishop surveys a wary public as 1980 approaches. He notes skepticism toward Reagan’s promises on Social Security and Medicare, the aging population, and rising costs. He cites medical costs, doctors’ demands, and the strain of 12 million unemployed, with unions and management in a stagnating economy.
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Reagan
The President and CEOs Weigh 1983 Outlook in a Blunt Voice
The piece argues the US faced economic decay in 1982 with rising debts and failed promises from the administration. A Industry Week CEOs poll shows 80 percent expect improvements in 1983, yet 86 predicted GDP upturns for 1982 fell short as GNP dropped 1.4 percent. It questions economic understanding and notes President’s shift from optimism to missile worries.
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Industry Week
America
G.N.P
Jerry Jarrett
AmeriTrust Company
Cleveland
Feds shopped for a friendly judge in Peltier case
FBI and federal prosecutors pursued a favorable judge and used dubious tactics to influence Leonard Peltier's trial for the 1975 South Dakota reservation killings. Documents show efforts to select Judge Andrew Bogue and pressure Judge Benson, with claims of misused affidavits and pretrial leverage.
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Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Washington
FBI
Leonard Peltier
South Dakota
Peltier
Canada
Andrew Bogue
Bogue
John Dillon
Bureau
Fred Nichol
Chicago
Paul Benson
Edward McManus
McManus
Benson
William Kunstler
Senate
Hultman
Lynn Crooks
U.S
North Dakota
Abscam
Justice Department
New Jersey
Brooklyn
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