Eleven Welfare Examiners Fired in State Civil Service Shakeup
Eleven Department of Social Services welfare examiners have lost their jobs after flunking a Civil Service test, with 54 more at risk as results prompt replacements. Commissioner Lascaris noted 90 provisional hires were made with permanency hinging on the exam, delayed by a court challenge and postponements.
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Susan Preston
Department of Social Services
John Lascaris
Benjamin Stone
Department of Personnel
Edward Gusty
State Civil Service Commission
Tober
Downstate
Gusty
Lascaris
Civil Service
Lottery to use leftover funds from old game
The New York state lottery plans to award leftovers from seven canceled games in new drawings after a court injunction was lifted. Prizes range from two thousand to one hundred twenty five thousand dollars, with dates shifting from May to mid August as officials push to resume operations.
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Albany
State Lottery
State Attorney General's Office
State Supreme Court
Abraham Gelinoff
Gelinoff
Lottery
Belinoff
Water study funds okayed by governor in New York
Gov Hugh Carey announced a 2 million dollar federal grant for a 20 year statewide water quality management study. The grant covers 75 percent of the program cost and will be matched by state and local funds. The effort expands last year’s program to 47 counties previously not included.
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Albany
UPI
Hugh Carey
Carey
Terrorist bomb kills police chief in Buenos Aires
Federal Police Chief Cesario Cardozo was killed by a bomb early today in Buenos Aires. His wife mother and daughter were seriously injured. Argentina's military rulers ordered a manhunt led by Interior Minister Albano Harguindeguy and Gen Guillermo Suarez Mason as security officials warned of a strong response.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Cesario Cardozo
Albano Harguindeguy
Guillermo Suarez Mason
Cardozo
Palermo
Senate moves to extend tax cuts for 15 months
Washington AP report says Senate ready to extend last year’s individual tax cuts for 15 months, avoiding immediate withholding increases. Families earning 6000 to 15000 dollars would see tax hikes if expiration occurs, while Finance Committee proposes half permanent and rest expire June 30 1977 with $1 billion in loopholes ending.
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Senate
Jim Luther Washington
Congress
Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Long
Weather outlook calls for clouds and showers tomorrow
The forecast from the National Weather Service at Hancock Field expects cloudy skies tomorrow with a 40 percent chance of rain and a high in the mid 80s. Tonight will be fair with low 60s, followed by a mostly cloudy Sunday with another chance of rain and a mid 80s high. Since midnight yesterday Hancock Field recorded 0.33 inches of rain, bringing the yearly total to 29.12 inches.
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National Weather Service
Hancock Field
Embassy plans evacuation amid Beirut crisis ordered by Ford
President Ford ordered the U S Embassy in Beirut to evacuate Americans by convoy to Damascus with no U S military protection. The move comes as Ford cancels a trip, meets advisers, and orders arrangements for evacuations while Beirut and the region see heightened danger. A British convoy is organizing about 50 buses escorted by Palestinian and Syrian troops, with space for roughly 1 100 others.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Ford
U.S
Beirut
Lebanon
Damascus
Syria
Iowa
GOP
Mary Louise Smith
Des Moines
Rogers C.B. Morton
Nessen
Andrews Air Force Base
Pentagon
State Department
Robert C. Waring
Sidon
Beirut- Sidon-Damascus
South Africa rioting widens as police vow hard line
In Johannesburg and seven townships violence erupts across South Africa with at least 58 dead and 788 wounded. Prime Minister Vorster declares a determined effort to maintain order as reserves stand by. Riot ban on outdoor gatherings lasts until June 29 amid ongoing clashes and looting.
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Larry
Alexandra
Johannesburg
Vorster
South Africa
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
West Germany
J. F. Visser
James T. Kruger
Attica Hostage Suit Seeks Data From Rockefeller
Attorneys for 21 hostages from the 1971 Attica prison uprising move in court to obtain testimony from Vice President Rockefeller and pursue more than 15 million dollars in damages for 26 non prisoners killed or injured. The action targets state officials for alleged excessive force and seeks deposition from former officials and autopsy reports with a Rochester trial planned later this fall.
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Attica
Nelson Rockefeller
William Cunningham
Buffalo
State Court of Claims
Robert Quigley
Rockefeller
Cunningham
Russell Oswald
Vincent Mancusi
Rochester
Syracuse
State Court of Appeals
Linda Jones
Inflation rate falls in Britain lowers to 15.4 percent May
Britain's annual inflation rate dropped to 15.4 percent in the 12 months to May, the government announced. The figure marks the lowest rate in two years, following 18.9 percent in April and a 26.9 percent peak in August 1975, with the pound weakening despite the relief. The government credits wage restraint deals with unions, noting Britain trails behind the United States, Japan, West Germany, and France in inflation.
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London
Britain
United States
Japan
West Germany
France
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