Welfare Queen Lind Taylor Receives Prison Term
Linds Taylor, dubbed the welfare queen, was sentenced Thursday in Chicago to two to six years for theft and perjury. Prosecutors say her schemes, aliases, and disguises allowed her to bilk welfare agencies of substantial sums, with a single investigation noting about $150,000 in benefits from 1973 to 1974. The case attracted national attention during Ronald Reagan's 1976 campaign.
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Cagney Hospitalized After Brief Illness Report
James Cagney was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles for a week for a circulatory ailment after feeling dizzy during a checkup. Producer A C Lyles, a close friend, said the actor returned home to Coldwater Canyon in good health, but later dizziness led to a diagnosis of a transient form of anemia. A physician known as the rock star of Woodstock era won reversal of a sexual abuse conviction after appealing a guilty plea. the New York appeals court ruled the trial judge erred in allowing police testimony regarding the doctor and a patient.
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Little General Cloggers Perform at White House East Room
Amy Carter joins the Little General Cloggers of Kennesaw Georgia in a mountain clog and buck dance in the East Room attended by many embassy children and Rosalyne Carter. The group tours under Georgia cultural arts to promote pre Civil War style dance. The name honors a Confederate locomotive captured in 1862.
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Chinese Defense Chief Warns of Impending US Soviet War
Tokyo reports Chinese Defense Minister Yeh Chieh-ying foresees a big war between the United States and the Soviet Union and urges rapid interior industrial buildup to fuel China’s defense. In a May 9 Peking speech he warned of a looming conflict and stressed accelerating development, shifting industry inland, and strengthening defense, despite Maoist plans for a gradual move toward communism.
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Vance Hopes Blend Of Plans To Bridge Soviet U S Nuclear Gap
In Tehran a senior American official said the United States and the Soviet Union may bridge the arms limit gap by blending proposals. Cyrus Vance plans to resume talks with Andrei Gromyko in Geneva seeking common ground before the Vladivostok accord expires. Vance has proposed two SALT proposals previously, both rejected by the Soviets.
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Shapp Ordered to Repay Federal Campaign Funds
A federal audit found improper contributions to presidential campaigns connected with Shapp. He was ordered to repay 300000 in matching funds from his presidential bid that fizzled after two primaries. Gregory Harvey said the campaign would contest the ruling.
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