Carter welfare reform plan faces uncertain job shift numbers
President Carter's 34 billion welfare reform calls for 1.4 million public jobs for welfare recipients while eliminating near 1 million from existing programs. The plan aims to move recipients into private unsubsidized work, but no forecast exists for when welfare spending will decline or how many will gain private jobs.
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Babbitt ties money to government corruption patterns
Arizona Attorney General Bruce Babbitt told a national group of prosecutors that corruption flourishes where money and discretion concentrate. He urged systematic, landscape aware investigations of government units, citing education and highway funds in Arizona and noting price fixing in the concrete industry.
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Cornell University Law School
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
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Lost $1.5 Billion in Alaska Oil Pipeline Woes
Washington attorney Terry Lenzner prepared a report for the Alaska Pipeline Commission detailing massive waste on the Alyeska line. Workers idled, equipment stored outside, and spare parts mismanaged led to losses as the 8 billion project nears tariff debates. Public hearings will hear oil firms respond.
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Alaska Pipeline Commission
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Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
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Lenzner
Alaska
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Migrants Gather Near Border As Amnesty Hopes Rise
The New York Times reports 200000 to 250000 destitute Mexican migrants wait near the border for a chance to cross before Congress acts on amnesty. Nightly, about 3500 try to slip in and 1000 are returned to Mexico. Smugglers in Tijuana charge 250 for guiding them to Los Angeles and 300 to 400 for fake documents to fit Carter’s amnesty plan.
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Tijuana
Los Angeles
Protests Over Nuclear Power Grow Across States
Police arrested more than 50 demonstrators near the Trojan nuclear plant in Ranier Oregon after blocking gates during weekend protests tied to the Hiroshima anniversary. Balloons and rallies accompanied actions from New Hampshire to California, with counter demonstrations by utility workers and budget claims of nuclear benefits.
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Mitchell okayed 1970 Hoover bugging of Huey Newton
A Los Angeles Times document quotes Leonard Weinglass saying former Attorney General John Mitchell approved a 1970 FBI plan to tap Huey Newton and bug his apartment with a microphone. The memo dated November 21 1970 includes approval and trespass note. Newton faces murder and assault charges in Oakland.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Huey Newton
Los Angeles Times Today
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Oakland Municipal Court
Newton
Weinglass
Jane Fonda
Hoover
Mitchell
John Mitchell
United States
Cuba
Scottsdale offers fall institute for southwest studies
Scottsdale Community College expands the southwest studies program with a fall semester institute on Arizona history Spanish influence and Indians of the Southwest. The pilot program begun this summer is funded partly by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Enrollment is limited to 30 students with Aug 23 to 25 registration and includes field trips.
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Southwest
Scottsdale Community College
National Endowment For the Humanities
Southwest Studies
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