FBI probes Santa Barbara housing agency over audit discrepancies
Santa Barbara County housing chief Fred W Money was suspended as the FBI opened a probe tied to a routine audit covering 1975 and 1976. The investigation, led by HUD and FBI, seeks possible violations of federal law in expenditures of federally financed housing funds. Michael Lynn temporarily runs agency duties.
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James P. Sweeney
Fred W. Money
Santa Barbara County Housing Authority
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Housing Agency
Housing Authority Commission
Stanley E. Horn
Lompoc
Money
Horn
Housing Authority
Board of Commissioners
Fred Money
Michael Lynn
Lawrence C. Grossman
Grossman
Ken Hansen
Office of Housing and Urban Development
San Francisco
Garner McLean
Nasif
Bill Nasif
Santa Barbara
Richard Mires
Housing Authority Money
Mires
FBI
Santa Maria
HUD
United States
Los Angeles
U S Leading Economic Index Dips 0 2 Percent in July
The Commerce Department reports the Leading Indicators fell 0 2 percent in July marking a third straight decline the longest stretch since 1974 75. Analysts warn of a subdued job and production outlook for late 1977 amid mixed signals from six down and four up components.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Commerce
Feliks Tamm
Lompoc Man Stabbed to Death in West Hickory Fight
Anthony Frank Ortega, 22, was killed and his friend Lewis Elmer Gross, 19, wounded in a confrontation that drew three armed suspects. Ortega died of massive hemorrhaging after attempts to hospitalize him failed. Gross was treated and released. Police sought three suspects described as two men about 5'8" tall with brown hair in brown clothing and a third with unknown details, believed driving a blue lowrider Chevrolet. Witnesses recalled a gathering at 407 W Hickory Ave and a confrontation that moved west toward Hickory Avenue. Police blocked streets and searched the area for a weapon. no weapon found.
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West Hickory Avenue
Anthony Frank Ortega
South K St
Lewis Elmer Gross
N. Larkspur St
Lompoc Hospital
Gross
Ortega
Abel Gonzales
Dahlia Ave
Walter Lee Moore
Hickory Ave
Gonzales
Moore
Hickory Avenue
Hassling
Hickory
John Coday
Ron Turner
Lompoc
L Street
AFL-CIO backs Carter Panama Canal treaty
The AFL-CIO Executive Council endorsed the Panama Canal treaty despite conservative misgivings. George Meany voiced personal support, while the council praised the pact for continuing U S ship access to the canal and protecting American workers in the Canal Zone, confirming its neutrality and long term operation through 2000.
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Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
Carter
Panama Canal
Afl-Cio Executive Council
George Meany Monday
Senate
U.S
Berkowitz Found Incompetent Paranoid From Trial
David Berkowitz, nicknamed Son of Sam, was ruled paranoid and unable to assist in his defense by court psychiatrists in Brooklyn. The report, unsealed in state Supreme Court, cites mental disorder and guards a guarded prognosis for the ambush murder case.
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New York
UPI
David Berkowitz
New York City
Sam
State Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Berkowitz
Park used O Neill's office in influence inquiry
Suzi Park Thomson testified to Congress that Tongsung Park, a chief suspect in the Seoul influence buying probe, sometimes operated from the office of Massachusetts Representative Tip O'Neill. She said Park indicated he could be reached through the House majority leader's office, while O'Neill's aides said contact was rare.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Suzi Park Thomson
Congressional
Tongsung Park
Massachusetts
Thomas P
Miss Thomson
House Ethics Committee
Congress
Seoul
O'Neill
Carl Albert
D-Okla
House
Park
LFT calls for reading contract before Lompoc vote
Lompoc teachers to ratify a first collective bargaining contract after LEA and district agreement. The Lompoc Federation of Teachers urges reading the full document before voting, while LEA negotiator notes many will rely on the basic provisions rather than word for word reading. The ratification meeting runs 1 to 5 p.m. with a board vote at 6 p.m. in the Civil Auditorium.
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Sue Edelman
Lompoc
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
LFT
Lompoc Education Association
LEA
Civil
Lompoc Unified
Bickmore
Ruth Hadley
Carol Singer
Barbara Berg
Nyerere weighs Rhodesia peace plan with Young and Owen
U N ambassador Andrew Young and British foreign secretary David Owen meet Tanzanian President Nyerere in Dar es Salaam amid stalled Rhodesia talks. Nyerere demands a disbandment of the Rhodesian army and its replacement by a liberation force as the condition for endorsement. The trio then flies to Nairobi for further discussions.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
UPI
U.N
Andrew Young
David Owen
Nyerere
Rhodesia
Young
Owen
Johannesburg
South Africa
State House
Nairobi
Liberation Army
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Anthony Wanamaker
Keith
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Wall Street
Lompocan
D Street
Dan Duffy
Panama
Tom Bickel
A.J. Bickel
Titan Ave
Black Bear
Alaska-Kenai Peninsula
Thomson
Sacramento
Assembly Ways and Means
California
Alfred Alquist
Public
Hart
Alquist
Indonesia
Alaska
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