Progress Seen in Food Stamp Fraud, but Ineligible Still Siphon Benefits
Washington officials report partial gains in reducing food stamp rule violations yet about 745,000 ineligible working poor still received an estimated 109.3 million in benefits in early 1976, while 1.8 million eligible participants got 105.4 million in overpayments January through June. The figures, from a quality control review of 40,096 cases, show improved caseload reviews versus late 1975 and outline varied state compliance, with Massachusetts at 22.5 percent ineligible share and Wyoming at 1.5 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Nancy Snyder
Massachusetts
Wyoming
Federal mediator seeks talks as Miami Beach hotel strike widens
In Miami Beach Florida a federal mediator urged both sides in the hotel strike to meet as pickets braved a cold 40 degree day outside seven major resorts including Fontainebleau Coral Beach Deauville Eden Roc and Carillon Union leaders say walkout will continue while hotels hire non union workers. Four months of talks broke down Friday.
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Miami Beach
Fla
UPI
Hotel Association
Leland Dean
Edwin Dean
Dean
Miami Area
Fontainebleau
Coral Beach
Coral Country Club
Shelborne
Deauville
Eden Roc
Carillion
Judy
Marvin Burkman
Pittsburgh
Muriel Hirschman
One third of Soviet workers to gain 18 percent pay rise
Moscow reports Tass that about 31 million Soviet workers will receive average salary increases of 18 percent by 1980, with the raise spread gradually over five years. The boosts cover industrial, office, and nonproduction fields, funded by a $9.2 billion rise in the wage bill, starting this month in the Far North and Siberia and expanding to Urals and Central Asia next year. The Ukraine and other republics were not mentioned.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Siberia
Central Asia
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Central Trade Union Organization
Soviet Far North
Russian Federation
Urals
Kazakhstan
Volga Valley
Ukraine
Byelorussia
Georgia
Armenia
Jailed Spanish Communist chief appeals illegal activity charge
San tiago Carrillo, jailed at 62, appeals the illegal political association indictment after refusing a government offer to expatriate. He argued the communist party seeks a democratic regime not a totalitarian system and that his stay aids legalization. Eight leaders faced similar appeals as lawyers expect quick release. A five member Free Carrillo delegation met opposition figures in Madrid after his arrest.
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Spain
Madrid
UPI
Santiago Carrillo
Carrillo
Communist Party
Adolfo Suarez
Nist
Carabanchel
Barcelona
Carmen
Santiago
Violence intensifies in Cape Town suburb clashes
Rioters in Cape Town attacked police vehicles as riot squads fired birdshot. Since Christmas, at least 26 Africans have died and over 100 injured in battles between black militants and migrant workers from the Baca tribe. Homes and vehicles burned across Nyanga Gugulethu and Langa. Thousands fled Nyanga as authorities ferried in police to restore calm.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Baca
Nyanga
Gugulethu
Langa
Eastern Cape Province
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Lompoc
Lompoc, Calif
Broadway
Opie
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