Dying girl Melinda Darnell gains unexpected aid
In Alexandria Virginia authorities initially cut welfare after more than 400 in gifts flooded the family of 15 year old Melinda Darnell. Fairfax County social services later retracted the eligibility denial stating Medicaid would continue pending Social Security review and the family expressed relief and renewed hope.
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Alexandria
Douglas Darnell
Melinda
Darnells
Edward Amundson
County Social Services Department
Washington, D.C
Amundson
Darnell
Social Security
Mary Darnell
Fairfax County
Social Services Department
OPEC meeting nears as oil price rise seen hit inflation
A State Department study warns that a rise in OPEC oil charges next week in Qatar could lift gasoline by about 0.8 cents a gallon per 5 percent price increase and heating oil similarly. U.S. imports about 43 percent of oil, with inflation likely rising about 0.5 percent per 1 percent OPEC rise. The United States opposes any price hike.
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Washington
U.S
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Qatar
Persian Gulf
United States
Frank Zarb
State Department
OPEC
New England
Fewer mental institutions eyed as plan predicts decline
An AP report notes a blue ribbon panel finding no justification to keep all 26 state mental institutions open amid an expected inpatient decline from 12,489 last June 30 to 10,383 in mid-1980. Direct-care staff would stay around 12,500. The department defers closing decisions to lawmakers and communities, emphasizing gradual review and community care expansion.
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Springfield
State Department of Mental Health
LeRoy P. Levin
Former Nazi Muerk arrested in 5 year old slaying
Enri que Jaenbo Muerk, a 60 year old Bavarian and alleged Eichmann aide, was arrested in Buenos Aires for the rape and murder of 5 year old Claudio Quintana near San Fernando. Police say a knife with a swastika was found on him and link him to past complaints of exposing himself to boys.
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Buenos Aires
Aman
Adolf Eichmann
Enrique Jaenbo Muerk
Argentina
Eichmann
Europe
Claudio Quintana
San Fernando
Here
Muerk
Illinois board seeks 1.96 billion for K 12 aid
The Illinois Board of Education proposed a 1.96 billion education budget for the next fiscal year starting July 1, slightly below the chief state education official’s recommendation. The plan would absorb about half of projected state tax revenue growth, and would be 237 million more than the current year’s appropriation. A public hearing is set for Jan 6 in Springfield with a final request on Jan 13. The direct aid to local districts would total 1.39 billion, up 160 million from 1.28 billion.
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Chicago
Illinois Board of Education
Joseph Cronin
Cronin
Springfield
Board of Education
High school senior pleads guilty in Manhattan murder
David Joyner an 18 year old high school senior pleaded guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court to killing 75 year old Douglas Miles during a lunch hour entry at Miles West Side apartment. Joyner said he forced entry demanded a check for 68 dollars and after arranging cashing he strangled Miles then used the funds to rent a limousine and take his girl to a hamburger restaurant.
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New York
MacDonald’s
David Joyner
Manhattan Supreme Court
Douglas Miles
Miles
West Side
Joyner
Charles Evans Hughes High School
Welfare fraud prosecutor fights lax penalties in Illinois
Belleville AP reports Roza Gossage, an assistant St. Clair County prosecutor, boasts 350 charges and $250000 in illegal welfare benefits recovered over two years. Critics say many violators escape jail or restitution as prosecutors accuse courts and collection agencies of futility, while Gossage vows to curb fraud and seek harsher penalties.
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Charles Roberts
Belleville
Roza Gossage
St. Clair County
Chicago
Miss Gossage
National Welfare Fraud Association
New York
Robert Rice
Rice
Clyde Kuehm
Winds Department of Public Aid
Aliss Gossage
Illinois
Two plead guilty to aid fraud in Jackson County
Two women, Bessie Evans 23 of Murphysboro and Carolyn Miller, pleaded guilty in Jackson County Circuit Court to public aid fraud. Evans obtained 3200 while working in 1972 73 and Miller 2000 during parts of 1973 74. Judge Robert Schwartz fined 100 each, placed them on two years probation, and ordered restitution to the Illinois Department of Public Aid.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
Bessie Evans
Route 5
Carolyn Miller
Robert Schwartz
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