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Dust, deception and death
In 1969, Congress passed a law that was supposed to eradicate black lung disease. Today, nearly 1,500 American coal miners die each year of the disease. In a year-long Courier-Journal investigation, the newspaper found that many of the deaths result from widespread fraud among coal operators, assisted by miners themselves, and poor oversight by government regulators.
Tags: Worker compensation Mine Safety and Health Administration United Mine Workers of America
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One World: Is it the 'church of the holy T-shirt' or serious environmental organization?
The Daily Times investigates One World Family Now. Tourists are told the money they spend on t-shirts from One World goes toward environmental causes, but Ocean City officials are convinced tourists are unwitting participants in an elaborate scam -- that One World is hiding behind the First Amendment to sell T-shirts and evade both regulation and rent. There is no way to check how much money it makes from t-shirt sales because, as an IRS-recognized church, it does not have to file tax returns. Included is a sidebar on One World founder John West, who was a Hare Krishna from 1969-1986.
Tags: IRS form 1023 cults non-profits tax-exempt Internal Revenue Service free speech
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Cheating in Our Schools: A National Scandal
Reader's Digest reports that "In 1969, 34 percent of high-school students admitted using cheat sheets on tests; by 1989, that figure had doubled. Today eight out of ten high-school students say they cheat. Their teachers often make it easy."
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Maine Times describes the creeping failure of its once-innovative ban on roadside billboards; the first ever such law passed there in 1969, but since then billboards have been proliferating as businesses circumvent loopholes in the law and state officials bend the rules, April 8, 1994.
Tags: ME Stothart 5 pages
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Washington Post reveals that U.S. Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon made unwanted sexual advances between 1969 and 1990 to at least 10 women, Nov. 22, 1992.
Tags: DC Graves Shepard
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San Francisco Bay Guardian article looks into the results of a 1969 San Francisco Redevelopment Agency project that was to provide 2,400 new jobs to residents of a low-income neighborhood; so far only 55 jobs have gone to those residents, the rest going to commuting workers; in addition, the community has lost millions in property tax revenues, Sept. 26, 1984.
Tags: Dupont CA
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No title (id: 2466)
Pottsville (Pa.) Republican outlines impact of the mine safety laws of 1969 on coal mines, especially independents; crackdown has resulted in 90 of 202 mines being closed, January 1973.
Tags: None
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No title (id: 132)
Soho Weekly News article reports on New York City's day care programs, which are built on a controversial "direct-lease" program, and how insurance companies and banks reap profits on day care; also discusses the criticisms from the state senator who had fostered it in 1969, June 1976.
Tags: None
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No title (id: 43)
Charleston (W.V.) Gazette recounts in detail the corruption that permeated the Barron gubernatorial administration in West Virginia, which ended with many members of the administration going to prison, including the governor, 1969-1972.
Tags: charlesston; west virginia; barron; gubernatorial; governor; prison; members; cabinet; administration