Editorial on Food Stamp Fraud and Eligibility Rules
Editorial argues against waste in federal food stamp programs by highlighting $109.3 million paid to ineligible individuals and $105.4 million in overpayments in the first half of 1976. Massachusetts tops overpayments. California lower. Total stamp benefits reached $2.7 billion for six months, with $1.5 billion to non welfare families. Calls for better eligibility methods as overpayments exceed $200 million in six months.
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Department of Agriculture
FCC to Expand CB Radio to 40 Channels Next Year
FCC plans tighter rules effective January 1 will allow 40 channel Citizens Band radios, up from 23. Manufacturers must redesign to cut interference with TV, stereos, and garage doors, with stricter tests and possible price increases for 40-channel models. Critics urge more inspectors and action on unruly operators.
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Federal Communications Commission
United States
FCC
California
Congress
Supreme Court hints on race balance busing in Austin case
A Washington column analyzes Justice Powell’s December 7 memorandum in the Austin Texas school desegregation dispute. It suggests the Supreme Court hints at limiting remedies and rethinking racial balance in public schools while criticizing broad cross town busing plans.
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Washington
John Marshall
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
California
Justice Powell
Austin
Texas
Polonius
Fifth Circuit
East Austin
West Austin
Circuit Court
New Kent County
High Court
North
South
Carter shaped by business aides in wary budget outlook
Carter faces a wary business world as two advisers split on controls. Bert Lance urges price restraint and minimal government action while Dr. Pierre Rinfret counsels rapid price increases to beat anticipated inflation and looming controls. The clash shapes policy direction before inauguration.
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Washington
Carter
Thomas Bertram Lance
Pierre Rinfret
Bert Lance
Georgia
Rinfret
Richard Nixon
John Connally
National Steel Corp
Atlanta
Lance
National
Rinfrat
Tyou
Plains Dee
J. W. Michael Blumenthal
Offi
Cer
Bendix
Kennedy
Johnson
Arthur Okun
Brookings Institution
John Dunlop
Harvard
Ford
Dunlop
Tough tests for the new Speaker
Rep. Thomas P. ONeill Jr. has secured unanimous backing to become Speaker as the 95th Congress opens in January. Analysts expect a stronger yet differently wielded leadership, with power diffusion and reliance on a broad staff to navigate a changing House and a Carter White House.
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Washington
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
House of Representatives
House Democrats
Congress
O'Neil
O'Neill
Carl Albert
D-Okta
Sam Rayburn
D-Texas
Joseph G. Cannon
Rayburn
Jimmy Carter
Cannan
Ways and Means and Rules
Nels
White House
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David Levinson
Don Ohl
Bert Resnik
Don Nutter
E. H. Lowdermilk
Milton A. Lomas
James J
Kitpatrickh
Robert, Novak
Inside Report
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