Program riddled with abuse Millions squandered on federal plan
The AP finds a sprawling CETA program mismanaged and corrupt with fraud and abuse. Labor Secretary Marshall acknowledges uncertainty over total losses while audits estimate 389 to 842 million wasted on ineligible workers. Localities divert funds to pay regular salaries rather than new jobs.
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Labor
Ray Marshall
Pontiac
Mich
Springfield
Mass
Great Falls
Mont
Los Angeles
Seattle
Chicago
CETA
Marshall
Carter
Labor Department
Freedom of Information Act
Public Service
New York City
Boston
Minneapolis
Carlsbad mayor lauds CAB ruling on air service
Carlsbad Mayor Walter Gerrells hailed the Civil Aeronautics Board decision requiring Texas International Airlines to keep serving Carlsbad Clovis and Hobbs until a replacement is found. He supported Air Midwest’s bid for certification and noted subsidy issues and potential temporary non subsidized service.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Walter Gerrells
Civil Aeronautics Board
Texas International Airlines
New Mexico
TIA
Clovis
Hobbs
Gerrells
Air Midwest
Firestone official warned of tire testing gaps in 1978
A Firestone quality official warned superiors in April 1978 that several tire lines beyond the 500 steel belted radials showed substandard field performance. He cautioned that production changes were being made with little testing, as government documents reveal amid the recall of 10 million 500 tires and transition to the 721 model.
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Washington
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Firstone
R.W. French
Firestone Quality Assurance
W.E. Moore
French
Firestone
Des Plaines slayings probe at Gacy home expands
Police resume digging and river searches after five skeletons were found at John Gacy’s Des Plaines residence near Chicago. Investigators seek 26 more buried bodies while examining documents to argue Gacy’s sanity and possible precinct captain ties in a murder case involving teen Robert Piest.
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Chicago
Cook
Will
Gacy
Kankakee
Illinois River
Cook County
Iowa
Robert J. Piest
Des Plaines
Piest
Texas officials brace for weekend toll after Christmas deaths
The Texas Department of Public Safety reports 54 holiday traffic deaths by Monday as officials anticipate more fatalities before the weekend ends. DPS notes the Christmas toll exceeds 1977 levels, with Director Wilson Speir comparing early 1978 figures to prior holidays and forecasting about 35 more deaths on Texas highways next weekend. A major crash near Waco killed at least three people, marking the heaviest incident of the period.
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Associated Press
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Jim Robinson
DPS
Wilson K. Speir
Waco
Weather and fatalities mix dark notes across West Texas
Partly cloudy weather is forecast for Pecos and surrounding areas with highs in the 40s to 60s and cooler nights. At the same time, a highway plunge near U.S. 84 left four dead from a Midland to Dallas/Dallas area family and Dallas residents, while two other passengers remain unaccounted for as searchers work the 12 to 18 foot stock tank. A separate Brenham two car crash claimed four lives and a fire-related accident killed a married couple and two children in their home as a Christmas tree incident is noted.
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Pecos
West Texas Fair
Big Bend
Robinson
Yarnell Kirven
Dallas
Waco
DPS
Carolyn Ferrell
Thyer Ferrell
Thomas Jefferson Jr
Anthony Adkison
Midland
Denton Couple Held On Marijuana Charge In Pecos
Denton Texas residents Russell Allen Dodds and Linda Lee Motika Dodds await U S arraignment in Reeves County Correctional Facility Pecos after being arrested on unlawful possession of marijuana charge linked to March 10. They posted $5,000 bond each, lawyers appointed.
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Denton
Texas
Russell Allen Dodds
Linda Lee Motika Dodds
Reeves County
Pecos
U.S
J.M. Preston
U.S. Attorney
Western District of Texas
Federal Court
Western Division
ACCF
Snowstorm crosses nation with heavy snow and fog
A major storm system moved from the Northeast across the country dumping nearly 3 inches of snow in Chicago while New England faced winds and fog. Airliners were diverted at Los Angeles Airport with about 400 jets turned away. Snow fell in the Dakotas, Great Lakes, and Northern New England with subzero readings in parts of the Rockies and Minnesota. Temperatures ranged from 5 below zero in Mason City to 74 in Key West. Local readings listed for major cities across the East Central and West regions and Canada.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New England
Los Angeles
Dakotas
Great Lakes
Florida
New York State
Boston
Muskegon
Mich
Newport
Mount Washington
N.H
Great Basin
Plains
Mid-Mississippi Valley
Mason City
Iowa
Key West
Fla
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Brenham
Charles Chambers
Sherry Lee Chambers
Bryan Sanders
David Wayne Chambers
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