Congress Tackled HUD Failures Amid Warnings From IGs
Congressional committees overseeing Housing and Urban Development faced repeated warnings about mismanagement and fraud during the Reagan era. Inspector General reports depicted a crisis at HUD, with former Senator William Proxmire criticizing inaction while six subcommittees in both chambers held oversight power. The fragmented oversight may have reduced effective response.
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Doctors Laughing at Armored Car Suspects Capers
Gary Latray and Tim DeMarc were convicted of last month's three million dollar heist at a DeWitt armored car service. Cheryl Linsky plans to attend sentencing and says she will sit in the courtroom and laugh. Doctors Carla Bassett and Robert Constantine are not amused and Latray previously gained access to their home through Linsky.
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Holy High Tent Revival At Apostolic Church
The Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ kicked off its annual two week tent revival on Sunday with Rev. Robert W. Jones at 347 Cortland Ave. The pastor said the goal is to attract nonattenders and past revivals have seen several dozen seekers each night. Each 7 30 p.m. service includes baptismal and healing services as banner urged drug abstinence with a call to give up drugs and seek holiness.
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Court drama swirls as abortion ruling hangs in balance
Washington reports a televised style finale as the Supreme Court term stalls with nine justices in a high stakes family like power struggle. Public scenes show crowds outside the marble mansion while the abortion ruling decision delays leave O Connor’s pivotal vote uncertain and off camera.
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Gromyko dies at 79 former Soviet foreign minister dies
Andrei A Gromyko a veteran diplomat who weathered five Kremlin leadership changes died at 79 Soviet news reports said Sunday His death followed surgery for a vascular problem and a Foreign Ministry spokesman noted he had been hospitalized after the operation Tass called him a major Soviet diplomat who helped found the UN and shaped East West relations He survived purges and outlasted Khrushchev Brezhnev Andropov Chernenko and Gorbachov becoming a central figure in decades of foreign policy leading roles in US UK and UN service and later retirement after Gorbachev rose to power leading to replacement by Eduard Shevardnadze.
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Conservative majority forms on high court shifts power
The Dallas Morning News notes a solidly conservative majority now on the US Supreme Court as justices, with Kennedy's first full term. In recent 5-4 rulings the court narrowly interpreted civil rights law, limiting a 12 year old statute on harassment and adjusting Title VII burdens, signaling potential long term societal impact.
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