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...defense against rising heating bills. Stella Falco, 74, a white-haired widow who lives in a $50-a-month tenement in Providence, is tired and bitter. After five decades of working in textile mills, she receives $3,384 a year from Social Security as well as a small pension. A quarter of her income will go for heat; price increases mean a thinning out of her already poor diet. "Why should these oil people get rich while the poor people are going to freeze to death?" she asks. "Maybe I won't even be here by the time it gets...
...school finances, despite round-the-clock investigation by a high-priced firm of accountants. Even so, depressing details began to dribble out: to meet expenses, administrators had failed to set aside $15.9 million in federal withholding taxes due the Federal Government and $5.3 million in teachers' pension funds and annuities. "This money belonged to our employees," said Mrs. Rohter, "and the board members are extremely concerned...
...steelworkers. Among the closings: the Youngstown Works in Ohio where a steam engine installed in 1908 still drives one of the rolling mills. U.S. Steel's earnings will be hit by the plant closings, which could cost as much as $600 million, mainly in pension benefits to workers. But Chairman David Roderick indicated that further closings may be necessary unless productivity and quality are improved...
...check. The charges accuse the company of artificially inflating the value of some G &W assets; hiding losses by shuffling money and stock among subsidiaries; risking huge sums in unauthorized speculations in the commodities market; improperly transferring funds in and out of the Dominican Republic; investing G & W pension funds in outside businesses that benefited the officers; and using company legal, tax and financial services for private endeavors...
...Rachele remained at home, keeping house and rearing their five children. After the dictator was shot by partisans and hanged by the heels along with Claretta Petacci, his best-known mistress, his destitute widow returned to her native Forli. There she battled successfully for her right to a government pension, the Christian burial of Mussolini's remains and the return of many former possessions. She also ran a restaurant-inn for the past 15 years. Said she: "With all the troubles in my life, if I couldn't make a plate of tortellini or bring somebody a glass...