Fed expected to raise rates for seventh time in year
Private economists warn another rate increase could slow the economy, while Democrats push Greenspan to hold steady. The Fed's two day FOMC meeting wraps up with analysts predicting a rate hike amid persistent growth signals. The Brief also covers House votes on unfunded mandates reform and a push for postal system overhaul led by Marvin Runyon. Cancer trends show rising prostate and breast cases but mortality remains lower due to better detection.
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Federal Open Market Committee
Central Bank
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United States
National Cancer Institute
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Fingerprint System Tracks Welfare Recipients in LA Area
Norwalk resident John Gutierrez uses a scanner at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services to enroll in the automated fingerprinting system. The database holds over 400000 fingerprints and links to Aid for Families with Dependent Children cases involving Gutierrez, his wife Christina Bueno, and her 4 year old daughter Yvonne Jeanette Bueno. The Secret Service urges federal fingerprinting of welfare applicants to curb fraud, while LA County and New York test pilot programs that have yet to gain traction in Washington.
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County of Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services
Gutierrez
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Yvonne Jeanette Bueno
Secret Service
Los Angeles County
New York State
Washington
Simpson prosecution begins with talk of abuse and adultery
In Los Angeles Nicole Brown Simpson testified of a New Year’s Eve fight with O J Simpson after she learned of his sex with another woman in their home. Detective John Edwards described her bruised face and fear she would be killed.
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Nicole Simpson
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Edwards
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Ronald Shipp
Simpson
Carl Douglas
Shipp
Leo
Simpsons
Judge’s Bench
Johnnie Cochran
O.J
O.J. Simpson
Marcia Clark
Superior Court
Lance Ito
Clark
Mary Anne Gerchas
Ronald Goldman
Gerchas
Columbia University Law
George Fletcher
Cochran
Open records in Smith molestation case not appealed by DSS
A South Carolina Family Court judge ordered open access to Susan V. Smith’s 1988 molestation allegations file. DSS will not appeal the ruling, though Smith faced murder charges for drowning her two sons in Union County. Judge Alford ruled Smith, now 23, is no longer a minor. no charges were filed at age 16.
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Susan V. Smith
Department of Social Services
Smith
Union County
Lee Alford
Department
Beverly Russell
Alford
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Alex
Memorial planned for 2 drowned boys
In Columbia South Carolina state officials delay three permanent memorials at John D Long Lake for 3 year old Michael and 14 month old Alex. Pending design includes a black granite memorial with their picture a solar light angel monument and a playground named after the Smith children near the boat ramp where Susan V Smith 23 stands accused of letting her car roll into the lake on October 25.
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John D. Long Lake
Michael
Alex
Union County Lake
Smith
Susan V. Smith
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