Prisoners collect millions in Social Security benefits
A House subcommittee heard that inmates including mass murderers and child molesters receive up to 60 million dollars yearly in tax free Social Security payments. Prisoners reportedly average about 300 dollars monthly while some cases show higher disability benefits, prompting lawmakers to consider cutting off benefits to inmates.
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Washington
House
Sam
David R. Berkowitz
New York City
Social Security
Veterans Administration
William Whitehurst
R-Va
General Accounting Office
GAO
Lawrence H. Thompson
The
Social Security Administration
Inmate Abuse of Social Security Benefits Highlighted
Davis reports over 10 percent of Avenel inmates collect Social Security. He describes how inmates simulate illness to obtain disability benefits, with doctors and state hospital observation used to secure benefits. Pickle notes possible cut off for Berkowitz with right of appeal.
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Davis
Avenel
Social Security
J.J. Pickle
Texas
Social Security Administration
Sam
Berkowitz
Pickle
Bridge problem analysis question by vulnerability and hand
A bridge bidding puzzle describes two hands with Q and 10 sequences, asking what action to take as South. The text notes East West vulnerability and multiple bids including Pass, 1¢, and 2¢, ending with Look for answers on Monday.
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North East
House Votes Down Move to Place Embassy in Jerusalem
The House defeated Rep. Philip Crane's amendment to bar embassy expenditures outside Jerusalem by 252 to 80, sparking a 30 minute clash over politics. Democrats denounced the move as a cheap political stunt while Republicans noted the Democratic platform had included the issue.
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Washington
Philip Crane
B-ill
House
Israel
Jerusalem
Crane
Carter
Chicago
United States
U.S
Tel Aviv
Saudi Arabia
Canada
Joe Clark
Clark
State, Justice and Commerce
Henry Waxman
D-Calif
Robert Walker
R-Pa
Stephen Solarz
D-N.y
Dornan
Solarz
James Scheuer
Judge orders reporter reinstated at San Quentin News
A Marin County judge ordered the San Quentin Prison warden to reinstate inmate reporter Robert Scott and the San Quentin News staff, stating inmates have the same constitutional press freedoms as the outside media. Three of four reporters were rehired after Scott was fired for a story criticizing the prison mess hall. the warden refused Scott.
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San Quentin, Calif
Marin County
San Quentin Prison
Robert Scott
The
San Quentin News
Scott
Prison
George Sumner
Prind
Indian immigrant toiling six years for $315 on Long Island
Vadakedatha Prabhakaran testified before Judge Eugene Nickerson that six years of bondage on Long Island left him with $315 in earnings while he lived in a basement and performed household and factory chores. He now works as a Manhattan restaurant cook's helper and seeks back pay and damages totaling $64,666 after the federal wage case brought by the Labor Department.
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New York
Vadakedatha Prabhakaran
Long Island
America
India
Manhattan
Prabhakaran
Eugene Nickerson
Brooklyn
Ramesh Dutt
Huntington Station
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Adam Heffner
Ernest P. Davis Jr
Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center
N.J
Ways and Means Committee On Social Security
June A. Davis
Cincinnati
Ohio
Edna B. Hall
Newport
Tenn
Goren
Charles H. Goren
South West Pass
Ible
John Rousselot
R-Calif
Rousselot
Robert Dornan
Superior Court
Joseph Wilson
Dutt
Halesite
U. S. Department of Labor
Hempstead
Payless
Whitewall
ONE Stop Tire & Auto Supply
Odessas
Wax Ligustrum
Burford Holly
Boxwood
Wolfe
Wan
Iazinans
Gravules
Bermuda
ARCI
Chrysanthemums
Andrews Hwy
Cooper
Trendsetter
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