Food stamp enrollment falls as economy improves
An Agriculture Department analyst reports about two million people left the food stamp program since early 1975 with enrollment dropping from a record 19.2 million in April to 17.2 million in September. Seasonal factors and job gains drove the decline while outreach aims to enroll more eligible individuals continue.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Stephen J. Hiemstra
Hiemstra
Lompoc Plaza Merchants Promote Shop Local Drive
The Lompoc Plaza merchants in the 600 700 block North H Street publish 24 great reasons to shop local. They tout 24 stores with varied offerings including an optometrist and three music shops, highlight The Executive Shop’s knitwear, Stereo Effects and Kenwood turntables, Plaza Hair Fashions, and Nutralon health aids.
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Lompoc Plaza
H St
Lompoc
Drummond
Mike
Peg
Plaza Hair Fashions
Redkin
PLAZA
Orbiting satellites could decide wars
Newsweek reports future wars won in space by hunter killer satellites crippling enemy early warning and missile defense systems. It cites Soviet laser claims and a high powered beam that blinded two U S reconnaissance satellites over the Indian Ocean, plus a subsequent unmanned Soviet craft tracking and destroying a target.
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New York
UPS
Newsweek
Earth
U.S
Soviet
Siberia
Defense Department
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Neutrality letter to test GM labor pact in Monroe Louisiana
UPI reports the first major test of GM UAW neutrality pledge will occur next month at the Monroe headlight plant in Louisiana. The three year contract includes a neutrality clause GM and UAW executives call a landmark mutual pledge of good faith in labor relations.
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Detroit
UPI
Louisiana
United Auto Workers
General Motors
UAW
South
Irving Bluestone
George B. Morris
Monroe
Gilmore to give biog profits to two families
Gary Gilmore vows to give a large share of profits from his life story to the families of two men he killed as he endures hunger strike in Utah prison. Attorney Dennis Boaz seeks court help to broaden Gilmore’s contact and expedite execution.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Gilmore
Nicole Barrett
Dennis Boaz
Roger Nuttall
Fresno
Calif
Utah Supreme Court
Barrett
Boaz
David Susskind
Warner
Lebanon marks independence amid calls for reconciliation
Lebanese mark 33rd independence anniversary with appeals for unity and reconstruction. President Sarkis urges reconciliation as Arab League troops extend reach into Tripoli and Sidon while militias face disarmament and continued border clashes with Israel looming.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
France
Elias Sarkis
Sarkis
Arab League
Tripoli
Sidon
Israel
Bint Jbeil
al Mouharref
Arkoub
Fatahland
Cairo
Mili
Zahrani
New York City Mayor Sees Carter Shift in Financial Crisis
Mayor Abraham Beame says a Carter administration will bring a different atmosphere and no new city taxes or layoffs as New York seeks a plan after the Court of Appeals struck down a moratorium on repayment of over 1 billion in short term bonds. The city winds through a renewed crisis with hopes for federal aid.
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New York
UPI
Abraham Beame
Carter
State Court of Appeals
Beame
Israel
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Foreign money exchange held up in Mexico
Banks halted all foreign exchange dealings in Mexico City due to rising panic buying of dollars after rumors of a coup and a series of peso devaluations. The Central Bank ordered the suspension as a possible step before another devaluation amid dwindling dollar reserves.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
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Chester
Philadelphia
Agricultural Outlook Conference
Heimstra
St. Suite
Ort
Soviet Union
United States
Harriet
Biog
AMC
American Motors Corp
California
Los Angeles
California Air Resources Board
Tary
Beshir Gemayel
League
Nahariya
N.Y
Valley Florist
Furniture Westside Furniture
W. Ocoan
Mastro
South Street
Illsarket
Burton Mesa Road
Mission Hills
Fester Farm
John Hams
Pepsi Cola
Fisher
Biskit MIX
del Haven
DELI
Knudsen
Lompoc, Calif
Lloyd E. Pyzer
M.D
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