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DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 18, 1990                   TAG: 9007180523
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

HUD INVESTIGATOR'S AUTHORITY BROADENED

The special prosecutor investigating former Housing Secretary Samuel Pierce is now authorized to probe consultants and developers who dealt with the scandal-ridden Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Arlin Adams, the independent counsel appointed March 1 to investigate Pierce's administration of the Moderate Rehabilitation Program, was given the expanded authority Tuesday by a special court that oversees his work.

The court issued an order empowering Adams to investigate Pierce's handling of two other programs from 1984 through 1988 - Urban Development Action Grants, or UDAG, and the Secretary's Discretionary Fund for technical assistance and special projects.

-Associated Press 


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