Welfare Threat Looms Over Federal Paycheck Delays
Washington AP report details a Labor Department memo urging employees to consider welfare, cheaper food, and delaying payments as Congress stalls on funding. With a week of pay cut looming for 240 000 workers across Labor and HEW, salaries may be reduced or paid retroactively. HEW Secretary Califano calls the abortion funding dispute harmful to vulnerable people and federal workers.
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HEW
Associated Press
Joseph Califano Jr
GOP Plans Carter Assault At Winter Governors Meet
Republican governors meeting in Bretton Woods New Hampshire assail President Carter as the GOP frames the election year as favorable for their candidate. John Connally calls Carter poor in domestic and international duties amid Lance ethics questions and a falling poll showing Carter below 50 percent.
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Ex Panther Seeks Freedom on Bail in Rackley Case
Lonnie McLucas, a former Black Panther worker convicted of manslaughter conspiracy in the 1969 killing of Alex Rackley, asks a federal judge to keep him free on bail while his appeal proceeds. If denied, he must surrender to state authorities.
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Alex Rackley
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Nation's crime rate falls in first half of year
FBI reports a 7 percent drop in national crime rate for the first six months of 1977 with reductions in murder and robbery but increases in assaults. New York Detroit Philadelphia Los Angeles Chicago and Boston show lower rates while Houston and some Sun Belt cities rise.
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