European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 29, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 15 indicted As welfare cheaters Washington a project match a search for welfare cheaters who Are also on the Federal payroll has led to 15 indict ments says Joseph a. Califano jr., Secre tary of health education and welfare. Eleven present and four former hew employees were indicted wednesday the first such formal charges since Califano announced a nationwide computerized search for welfare cheaters More than a year ago. The 15 women All from the Washington area were accused of mail fraud and obtaining Federal funds under false pre tenses. According to the indictments they Ille Gally applied for and received welfare pay ments ranging from $2,000 to at least $9,000 while they were employed by hew and thus ineligible for Aid to families with de pendent children. The Federal search for cheaters matches the names and social Security numbers of welfare recipients with civil service and military employment Rolls. Califano said the indictments were from the 216 raw matches that turned up in the first computer sweep of hew employees. Since then nearly 33,000 raw matches have been found among the 4.8 million civilian and military employees on the Feder Al payroll. Califano said project match has been More successful in finding cases of ineligibility than of criminal fraud. The project costs the government $1 Mil lion Califano said but More than pays for itself by getting ineligible recipients off the welfare roles. One vote for a Republic during the 1870 a France entered one of the most disastrous periods in her history. Under the autocratic emperor Napo Leon the third Nephew of Napoleon the great the country met a humiliating de feat at the hands of Germany in the Franco prussian War. With her Economy broken her people disheartened and her great provinces of Alsace and Lor Raine gone France turned on her Emper or and deposed him. A provisional government was formed and a president elected but the people could not agree on just what final form of government they wanted. In 1875, 706 French deputies met in convention to decide the future of France whether it would be a monarchy or a Republic. Among these deputies was Jules Leurant a monarchist who wanted to see a King returned to the throne of his country. Suddenly As the voting was in Prog Ress leu cant became violently sick with a bad attack of indigestion and had to be taken Home before he could cast his ballot. That one Utica St vote decided the future of France. The Republic won out by 353 to 352, a victorious margin of just one vote. Your one vote counts use it nov. 3 amazing but True 1970. All rights  caterpillars1 thick Black stripes Are the Tipoff get brr a raced for fhe Winter Lancaster a. A Herbert Krone says the woolly Bear caterpillars have delivered their verdict on the win Ter ahead you d better Brace yourself for an old fashioned Bone chiller. The caterpillars stripes Are thick and Black this year a sure sign of a harsh Winter Krone says. The cold weather and Snow will come in Waves one right after the other with thaws and slush in Between said Krone who has predicted Winter s chill from the backs of the woolly bears for 60 of his 83 years. The Inch Long caterpillars Are native to most of North America. Forecasting Winter weather from the color of their hair which can be As Light As a Blond Mink or As dark As a deep Sable is a practice introduced by the Pennsylva Nia  Darker the Pelt according to the legend the More severe the Winter  s going to be cold Slippery and Sloppy says Krone. There will be some very rough travel conditions and a heavy ice storm sometime Dur ing the Christmas Holiday week. Krone holds out very Little Hope for an Early Spring. From All signs it is going to be pretty Well along in april before we can even Start planning the Start of planting anything he said. Spring to going to be As Coy As a reluctant Maiden Here today and gone tomorrow whips Wing Back and Forth. Many times we will go to bed con Vinced that the season has definitely arrived Only to get up the next morning and have Winter swat us in the  general electric s new All electric car gets interested scrutiny from the press be s current Model at its unveiling in new York City. The experimental 4-passenger vehicle uses off the shelf components and commercially available Battery systems. A Congress candidates have spent nearly $80 million campaigning Washington a congressional candidates this year have already spent nearly $80 million in their campaigns the Federal elections commission said thurs Day. One Dollar of every six they raised came from donors of $500 or More. The commission s study found that 1,812 candidates raised $92.2 million in the 18 month period beginning Jan. 1, 1977. Incumbents raised half again As much Mon National airlines to Fly  route new York up National airlines has announced that it will launch non Stop flights Between new York and Amsterdam dec. 13.a wide variety of fares will be offered including a $260 roundtrip fare with seats guaranteed in both directions Between de Cember and May 14. By As  Fec labelled its report interim and released Money totals Only in categories and not by individual candidates. The final tally covering two years of financial activity will come after the nov. 7 elec  computer study based mostly on candidate reports also showed Money from individuals who contributed $100 or More totalled $25.2 million the largest source of receipts. Of that amount $16.1 million came from individuals who gave $500 or More. Political action committees not Affili ated with a party contributed $10.7 million and candidates contributed to or loaned $10.5 million of their own Money to their campaigns. Contributions from the two major parties totalled $2.1 million. Incumbents raised $38.6 million and spent $28.5. Challengers collected $24.6 million and disbursed $23.3 million. And candidates for seats where the incumbent is not seeking re election raised $29 million and spent $27.7 million. Because of the deaths of two senators there Are 35 Senate races this year and there were 242 candidates for the jobs. The 132 democrats raised $21.5 million the 79 republicans $18 million and 31 other candidates $70,000. Democrats outspent re publicans $19 million to $16.6 million. A total 1,570 candidates were declared for the 435 House seats 859 democrats 604 republicans and 107 others. They raised respectively $32.7 million $19.8 million and $200,000 and spent $27.3 million $16.3 million and $200,000. Viets Mark resistance Effort Bangkok Thailand up More than 50,000 people including representatives of four generations of revolutionaries gathered in to Chi Minn City to commemorate the Early resistance against the French in Vietnam radio Hanoi said