GAO assails GSA catalog program amid waste and fraud claims
The GAO criticizes the GSA based "multiple award schedule" as mismanaged, urges tighter procedures and more competitive bidding. A House subcommittee chair proposes legislation to curb waste, aiming to save at least 150 million yearly. The agency faces 74 indictments and potential 100 million yearly fraud costs.
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General Accounting Office
General Services Administration
GAO
Congress
GSA
Paul Goulding
Goulding
Peter Hickman
Defense Department
John L. Burton
House
Burton
D-Calif
Fiedler Stricken At Boston Pops Concert
Arthur Fiedler conductor of the Boston Pops was rushed from Symphony Hall to Tufts New England Medical Center after a late night performance. The 84 year old, who has led the orchestra for 50 years, was hospitalized with undisclosed illness. Witnesses said he was carried out on a stretcher.
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Boston
Arthur Fiedler
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Symphony Hall
Iran executes four more in Khoi amid revolution turmoil
Tehran reports four more shah era dissidents were executed by firing squad in Khoi. Revolutionary militias rounded up eight suspects linked to Islamic militants who claimed responsibility for two recent assassinations. The tally reaches at least 169 confirmed executions since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
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Iran
Kayhan
Khoi
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Assault on Embassies Triggers Hostage Standoff in San Salvador
Militants from the Popular Revolutionary Bloc seize the French and Costa Rican embassies and take about 30 hostages, demanding safety assurances and the release of five leaders. A third group occupies the Metropolitan Cathedral with no reported violence. Government reports say two police and a guard were killed in the attacks.
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el Salvador
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Popular Revolutionary Bloc
Carlos Humberto Romero
Califano Eyes Experimental Federal Prep School Plan
Health secretary Califano weighs a $4 to $5 thousand per student boarding prep school for low income youths modeled on an Israeli program. The plan, potentially costing up to $5 million annually, faces opposition from educators unions and debate over public school alternatives and mainstreaming.
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Washington
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Califano
Israel
Education Daily
U.S
Ernest L. Boyer
Boyer
Boy Hit By Car In Ava Listed In Fair Condition
A 6 year old Ava boy was struck by a car Saturday on Russell Street. Paul Medeiros rode his bicycle into Violet Crawford's path. He was taken to St Josephs Hospital and then to Cardinal Glennon in St Louis. His skull fracture was described as serious and he remained in tests with condition listed as fair.
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Paul Medeiros
Violet Crawford
Russell Street
Davis Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Murphysboro
Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
St. Louis
St. Joseph’s
Southern Illinoisan publication details and ads info
The Southern Illinoisan lists publishing offices in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Marion. It notes Sunday daily circulation schedule excluding Saturday and holidays and provides subscription rates carrier four fifty monthly and mail paid in advance plus contact numbers for offices and classified ads.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
N. 16Th
Herrin
S. 12Th
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan Inc
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
Thatcher names right-leaning cabinet with Carrington as foreign secretary
Britain elects a cabinet dominated by Thatcher loyalists and longtime aides led by Lord Carrington as foreign secretary. No female cabinet ministers. Sally Oppenheim to a junior post outside the cabinet. Key posts filled by Heath supporters Peter Walker and Francis Pym, while Northern Ireland remains a volatile focus with Humphrey Atkins as secretary.
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London
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Edward Heath
Foreign and Commonwealth
Heath
Thatcher
Lord Carrington
House of Lords
Peter Walker
William White
Joseph
Nuclear safety costs may price atomic power out of market
Sen. Gary Hart warned that forced safety changes after the Three Mile Island accident could raise electricity costs and push nuclear power from competitiveness with coal. He said the economics, not safety, may kill the nuclear option, and future plants near urban centers may be deterred to cut transmission costs. The inquiry aims to tighten licensing and safety while weighing lifestyle risk.
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Three Mile Island
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Colorado Democrat
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Hart
U.S
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
House Interior Committee
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
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