FTC checks on conduct of debt collectors across industry
The Federal Trade Commission opened an inquiry into debt collectors behavior after thousands of complaints since a March law banning threats impersonation and harassment. The probe covers third party collectors and potential loopholes including department stores and other exempted creditors. The FTC weighs whether direct collectors violate unfair or deceptive practices with penalties up to ten thousand dollars.
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Washington
Feac
Federal Trade Commission Today
FTC
Lewis Goldfarb
Congress
Commission
Susan B. Anthony on dollar coin history and impact
A New York AP piece outlines Susan B. Anthony as a pivotal figure in woman suffrage, abolition, and temperance. It notes Congress's plan to place her likeness on a new dollar coin, Carter expected to sign, and recalls her 1872 Rochester voting test, arrest, and enduring legacy.
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Susan B. Anthony
Chesil
New York
Congress
Carter
Revolution
Rochester
N.Y
Miss Anthony
Adams
Mass
Uveo
Albany
New York City
Maryland lawmakers wrestle with Baltimore prison site again
Amid the 1979 session start the Fort Armistead waterfront site sparks dispute. Mayor Schaefer calls talks a new ball game as Gov Hughes weighs moving 800 bed prison to downtown near the State Penitentiary. Beall opposes Armistead and backs a downtown location.
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Baltimore
Maryland
William Donald Schaefer
Rcugg
Blair Lee VII
Fort Armistead
Lee
Harry E. Hughes
Schaefer
South Baltimore
Stele
Pauline H. Menes
Prince Georges
Hughes
J Glenn Beall
State Penitentiary
Strip miners fear new federal land reclamation rules
Maryland strip miners warn proposed 900 page federal standards by the Office of Surface Mining could curb land restoration efforts. Maryland officials say strict state rules already add about 2 cents per ton for reclamation. Administrator Anthony Fabar notes a 50 acre mine with a three foot coal seam could incur around 45000 dollars to reclaim.
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Westernport
Maryland
Federal Office of
Carter
West Virgina
Pennsylvania
Maryland Bureau of Mines
Anthony Fabar
State Mine Bureau
Maryiana
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