Field Marshal Montgomery dies at 88 in Britain
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery dies at his Windsor home aged 88. The Defense Ministry will bury him with full military honors. he led Allied forces from El Alamein to victory in Normandy and the Rhine campaign. He had strong public views on Eisenhower Vietnam and Nixon.
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Vegas strike swells as 54 arrested at Caesars Palace
Hundreds of strikers converged on the Caesars Palace entrance as the Nevada casino strike widens. Police cleared the crowd with 54 arrests and no violence, while AFL CIO leader Lou Paley urged national unions to withhold patronage from the 15 target hotels. The 12 000 union members clash marks the longest and most costly stretch in Nevada gambling history, with 23 000 jobs affected and a tax revenue dip expected.
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Improper recruiting costs loom in 1974 GAO findings
GAO report says 41 000 recruits were unqualified in 1974 costing about 70 million dollars as services failed to monitor recruiters. Costs rose from 430 million in 1973 to 508.1 million in 1974 with 511.3 million in 1975.
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Receivership Order In Navajo Fund Case
A federal judge placed American Funding Corp into receivership after it could not return more than 5 million owed to the Navajo Housing Authority. The tribe had invested over 13 million in federal aid funds to earn interest while paying housing costs. checks bounced and the authority sued. A Gordon Eldred was identified as executive vice president. past criminal cases against him were noted by the Los Angeles Times.
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Woodcock criticizes food stamp changes
United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock testified against Ford administration revisions to the food stamp program saying they would create a pool of cheap desperate workers and harm the poor. He urged moving program oversight to Health Education and Welfare and eliminating extra stamps to reduce costs and fraud while keeping benefits intact.
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Governor Appoints Student Member to CSU Board of Trustees
Kathleen Carlson of San Francisco named by the governor as a student member of the California State University and Colleges board of trustees. Senate approves committees create a California Conservation Corps SB1574 to provide jobs for unemployed youths and tables litter bans SB1384. Assembly Ways and Means backs nuclear prevention AB2820 blocking new nuclear plants until reprocessing facilities exist.
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