Federal workfare option approved for food stamp rules
The U S government approved regulations allowing state and local food stamp agencies to require work for benefits starting November 8 or face sanctions. The workfare option lets agencies include job participation as part of the program to maintain eligibility.
Workfare plan ties food stamps to public service
Under the plan able bodied food stamp recipients aged 18 to 60 would must perform public service work to receive benefits. Refusal after eligibility would bar the recipient from food stamps for two months. Enrollees would work up to 30 hours weekly, paid at the higher of state or federal minimum wage. Samuel Cornelius of the Agriculture Department’s Food and Nutrition Service called it an on the job training effort to boost employability.
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Swedes intensify hunt for suspected Soviet sub near Hors Bay
Swed en navy widens depth charge campaign to surface a suspected Soviet bloc submarine trapped under Hors Bay. 40 patrol craft and 10 helicopters scour the area as three mines were detonated and a second foreign sub is suspected nearby.
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Tylenol link questioned in Chicago cyanide deaths
Investigators linked Chicago Tylenol cyanide deaths to earlier cases in Philadelphia and California. A California man, Greg Blagg, fell ill after taking Tylenol laced with strychnine on Sept 30, same day Chicago deaths surfaced, with two more tainted bottles found. Police call copycat poisoning likely. Wyoming reopens Jay Mitchell case. cyanide death not confirmed connected.
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Lamas Dies at 67 Former Latin film star and TV director
Lamas born January 9 1915 in Buenos Aires died at 67 after a hospital stay while fading from a supporting NBC Gavilan role. He acted in about 24 European Latin American films before Hollywood move in 1951 with MGM, later directing numerous TV shows including Falcon Crest where his son Lorenzo Lamas starred.
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