Inside the GSA scandal and Lowry’s whistleblowing
Robert Lowry, a painting contractor drawn into the General Services Administration kickback scheme, recounts offering $300 for a $1,000 contract and describes a culture of bribes from cash to dinners and call girls. He later turned whistle-blower in 1974 after recognizing dishonest bids, facing threats, declined investigations, and saw his business crippled as investigations grew, with 18 indictments and calls for more.
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Washington
Robert Lowry
Aed
Srst
General Service Administration
Lowry
GSA
Golden Golves
GSA Cunls Aris
Justice Department
Jay Solomon
Bladensburg
Involv
Ford
FBI
Senate
IRS
Watermen strike over oyster prices in Crisfield Md
Watermen in Somerset County remain in port delaying return to oyster beds amid a strike for higher prices. The union backed $8.50 per bushel while many Lower Shore packers balked. Oysters currently fetch about $19 a gallon standard and $30 a gallon select as talks continue.
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Crisfield, Md
Somerset County Watermen's Association
Stewart Emery Jr
Watermen
Emery
Lower Shore
Tangier
Pocomoke Sounds
Chesapeake Bay
Lower Bay
Ray Sterling
Ray's Seafood
Crisfield
Diggs Convicted on 29 Counts in Payroll Fraud Case
Detroit constituents defend Rep. Charles Diggs Jr saying he was railroaded while a Baptist minister from Hartford Avenue Church insists the conviction on 29 counts of payroll kickback fraud was unfair. Diggs faces election after the Washington jury verdict and vows to fight on appeal.
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Detroit
Charles Diggs Jr
Charles Adams
Hartford Avenue Baptist Church
Diggs
Washington
Adams
U.S
David Povich
Austen
South West regions surpass Northeast as eligible voters
The Census Bureau reports that in next month's elections a majority of the nation's 155.5 million potential voters will hail from the South and the West. The South spans Delaware to Texas, while the West covers the Far West and Rocky Mountain states, totaling 50.5 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Florida
Sun Belt
Northwest
Bureau
Delaware
Maryland
Texas
Far West
Rocky Mountain States
Lose Hair? Try This At No Risk In Houston
Houston readers are invited to try a 42 day hair treatment from Sweetch Laboratory Consultant Inc promising to stop hair loss and grow new hair for both men and women. The ad claims most baldness is early and treatable, offers risk free home trials, and provides a postal response to Box 6600, West Main St, Houston, Texas 77006.
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Hy Haven Tiany, Consultants
Sebum
Yandhelp
Sweech Laboratory Consultant Inc
Ady
Loesch Laboratory Consultants Inc
Main
Houston
Texas
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Robert Hatoff
Woodrow L. Eplin
Watermen’s Association
Wb Kirke
Ailente Journal
Coantiontion
New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
House of Representatives
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Oliver Gasch
California
Richard Austin
Lam
Outzamm
Routzahn
Mandrin
Stanley Michael
Just & Ae
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