Alleged welfare fraud indicts student in Chicago
CHICAGO AP A criminal justice student Arlene Otis 30 indicted on 499 theft counts and six perjury counts for allegedly stealing 118 456 from state welfare offices between July 1972 and February using her name and four aliases including a dead actress name She was arrested at the county criminal courts building and held on 200 000 bond The indictment described as the largest welfare fraud case in Cook County history surpassed previous records.
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State Welfare Department
Arlene Otis
University of Illinois-Chicago Circle
County Criminal Courts
Cook County
Department of Public Aid
Miss Stewart
Cyprisin
Miss Otis
Cuprisin
Evonne Anderson
Harriett Olis
Marcia Richards
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Remember Witness At Willow Island Tragedy
In Willow Island West Virginia 13 year old Brian Malone helped dig graves for nine victims of the Pleasants Power Station scaffold collapse as the community rallies. Neighbors gathered at Willow Island Baptist Church cemetery to bury the dead with many volunteers assisting in the graves.
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Friends
Willow Island
W.va
Monongahela Power Co
Pleasants
Parkersburg
Richard Bowser
Lee Steele
Willow Island Baptist Church
Morrell
Malone
Schultz
Singlaub retires after criticizing Carter defense policy
Maj Gen John Singlaub says he has no regrets over speaking his mind after criticizing Carter neutron bomb shelving and Senate Panama Canal treaties. His retirement follows talks with Army officials in Washington about remarks made to ROTC cadets at the Georgia Institute of Technology amid prior criticism of withdrawing US troops from South Korea. Former President Ford defended Singlaub’s right to speak his mind during a Newark visit.
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John Singlaub
Carter
Singlaub
Washington
Georgia Institute of Technology
Senate
South Korea
Gerald Ford
Newark
N.J
East Coast drug ring dented by multi-state raids
Baltimore police say raids in six Maryland farmhouses and earlier finds in three states disrupted a major drug operation linked to a cave stash of 112000 dollars. Police recovered over a ton of marijuana, 1.2 million dollars, cash safes, and vehicles including a Mercedes. Nine arrests reported in Baltimore Carroll Frederick Anne Arundel and Queen Annes counties with more suspects sought.
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Pikesville
Baltimore
Maryland
Carroll
Frederick
Anne Arundel
Queen Annes Counties
Steven Montareilli
Baltimore County
Arms sale nears amid Congress bid to split package
The Carter administration moves to allow Congress to modify a 4.8 billion arms package to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. Congress has until May 28 to reject the deal, or the White House may withdraw the proposal. The plan includes 60 F-15s to Saudi Arabia, 75 F-16s and 15 F-15s to Israel, and 50 F-5s to Egypt, with the option to cancel if congressional action makes it undesirable.
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Carter Administration
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Congress
Senate
House
Cyrus RK. Vance
Senate Foreign Relations Church
D-Idaho
White House
Vance
Dea
Soviet pardons for downed Korean aircrew
The pilot Kim Chang-kyu and navigator Lee Eun-shik pleaded guilty to violating Soviet airspace and disobeying Soviet orders in a downed South Korean airliner incident but were pardoned by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. Tass cited humanism as the basis for release.
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Moscow
Tass
Supreme Soviet
Kim Chang-kyu
Lee Eun-shik
Daylight Saving Time Starts Across Nation This Weekend
Time springs forward at 2 a.m. Sunday as clocks move ahead one hour. People are urged to set alarms and adjust watches tonight to avoid missing an hour of sleep. Standard time returns at 2 a.m. October 29 with clocks set back one hour.
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Washington
Gorilla Ramar arrives at Philadelphia Zoo for breeding hopes
Kamar the 350 pound male gorilla from North Carolina is in quarantine at Philadelphia Zoo. Three female gorillas await his mating, but officials offer no guarantee he will mate. Ramar, age nine, is on breeding loan from Asheboro and will meet the ladies after quarantine.
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Philadelphia
Kamar
North Carolina
Johnny
Patti Kuntzmann
Ramar
Asheboro
Andrew Lueker
North Carolina Zoo
Stevens & Co settles NLRB case over labor law compliance
JP Stevens & Co agrees not to violate labor laws in the future in exchange for dismissal of a temporary injunction sought by the National Labor Relations Board. The out of court accord covers alleged violations over 15 years at about 80 plants employing 45,000 workers as Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union seeks to organize Stevens employees.
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Washington (Ap
JP. Stevens & Co
National Labor
Stevens
NLRB
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
Social Security benefits rise on inflation
The Social Security Administration announced a 6.5 percent benefit increase for retirees and federal aid recipients under the aged blind and disabled program. The rise takes effect at the end of June beginning of July as required by law once the consumer price index exceeds 3 percent over a period.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Northwest pilots strike grounds flights between MSP and ORD
About 1,500 Northwest Airline pilots walked out in Minneapolis as nonunion supervisors were pressed into service to maintain skeleton operations between Minneapolis-St. Paul and Chicago. At 12:01 a.m. the strike began and U.S. air traffic dwindled while five fully loaded Northwest flights were grounded in Japan as afternoon light faded.
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Minneapolis
Northwest
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Chicago
United States
Japan
Calm cool snap follows rain with weekend sun
Forecast calls for cool, dry air after showers with rain ending by noon Sunday. Overnight lows near 40, highs in the upper 50s. Monday to Wednesday stay fair and cool, with highs in the 50s Monday and 60s Tuesday and Wednesday, and overnight lows in the 30s and 40s.
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