Fibbing by Applicants Study Says Common
A New York study finds about one third of applicants lie about their experience. Researchers say well designed questionnaires and computer checks could curb deceit. Ron Pannone of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey notes 76 of 221 applicants claimed to have experience in a non existent task. Other studies show high rates of falsification in biographical questionnaires.
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NEW York
Ron Pannone
Port Authority of
New Jersey
Pannone
Bistate
Peace protester struck by munitions train in Concord
S. Brian Willson, a 47 year old Vietnam veteran, was critically injured when he knelt on a track to block a train outside the U.S. Naval Station Concord during a protest over weapons shipments to Central America. He suffered a skull fracture and the loss of a leg below the knee. Willson led about 25 demonstrators outside the station as he planned a 40 day fast.
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Concord
Calif
S. Brian Willson
U.S. Naval Station
Central America
Oakland Tribune
Willson
San Rafael
Weather outlook with heat and scattered storms
Partly cloudy skies expected tonight and tomorrow with a 20 percent chance of thundershowers tonight and 30 percent tomorrow. Lows near mid 60s and highs in the upper 80s. Details on Page 10A.
Deaths Edward H. Courtney to James Stephens Jr
Obituary notices list deaths Edward H. Courtney Charleston Stephen Jones West Columbia Frederick Lybrand Wagoner James Stephens Jr Lincolnton Ga details continue on Page 6A with full biographical notes and survivors.
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Edward H. Courtney
Charleston
Stephen Jones
West Columbia
Frederick Lybrand
Wagoner
James Stephens Jr
Lincolnton
Aiken PSA board questions duties and finances at work session
Aiken County Public Service Authority board members pressed council on their powers and fiscal controls during the session. Discussion covered the sewer expansion plan, funding, and a $25 000 overobligation in the sewer expansion fund as officials noted the PSA operates as a county department per 1976 rulings.
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Aiken County Council
Aiken County Public Service Authority Board
Andy Cwalina
City of
Aiken County
Cwalina
County Council
Carrol H. Warner
PSA Board
Bell
PSA
Warner
Larry Murphy
Robert Boone
Valley Public Service Authority
Pilot admits guilt in Soviet airspace case
Mathias Rust the 19 year old West German amateur pilot told a Soviet court I am aware of my guilt He faces up to 10 years in prison on charges of violating Soviet airspace and flight rules and malicious hooliganism Rust said he flew a Cessna 172b from Helsinki to Moscow to meet Soviet leaders and press for disarmament authorities read the charges in Russian and an earphone translated the proceedings for him The trial held at the Soviet Supreme Court building was expected to last three days
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Monika Rust
Mathias Rust
Soviet Supreme Court
Moscow
Red Square
Soviet Association of Lawyers
Rust
Helsinki
Finland
Robert Tikhomirnov
Supreme Court
Soviet Union
Hamburg
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Lenin
Kremlin
Alexander I. Koldunov
Sergei L. Sokolov
U.S. presses Iran over cease fire and sanctions
U.S. and Soviet officials weigh sanctions as Iran delays reply to UN cease fire resolution 598. Iran faces potential arms embargo if it does not respond, while Iraq continues in the seven year war with rising tensions over Gulf oil exports and global diplomacy. Iran's stance draws mixed reactions from U.S. lawmakers and UN officials as talks proceed.
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Washington
Iraq
United Nations Today
U.N. Security Council
Iran
Council
Security Council
Ismat Kittani
Kittani
CBS TV
Morning News
Reagan
State Department
Phyllis Oakley
U.S
Vladimir F. Petrovsky
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Petrovsky
United States
Persian Gulf
Gulf
U.N
Oakley
Perez de Cuellar
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
Lugar
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
ABCTV
Good Morning America
Robert Torricelli
D-N.j
Tehran
Torricelli
House Foreign Affairs Committee
ABC
Soviet Union
Nizar Hamdoon
New York
Vernon Walters
United Nations
Walters
States Competing To Host New Super Collider
Washington AP reports eleven states file proposals to attract the 4.4 billion atom smasher with 3000 jobs 500 visiting scientists and a 270 million operating budget. Leading contenders include New York Ohio North Carolina Colorado Illinois Texas California statehouse split over minority hiring ends bid. Garamendi calls it national laughing stock.
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Washington
Energy Department
New York
Ohio
North Caroli
Colorado
Illinois
Texas
California
Aiken City Councilman Perry Announces Mayoral Candidacy
Aiken City Councilman Robert S. Perry Jr announces he will run for mayor in the November 3 election. A lifelong Aiken resident and 16 year council member, Perry cites city growth and challenges and vows to act for Aiken's best interests.
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Robert S
Skipper) Perry Jr
Aiken
Perry
Aiken High School
University of South Carolina
Aiken Jaycees
Aiken Sertoma Club
Aiken County
Republican Party
United Way of
Anne Straus Perry
Stanley
Richard
Michael Anaclerio
Howard M. Hickey Jr
H. Odell Weeks
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Mike Toole
Robert M. Bell
S.C. Supreme Court
Soviets
John Garamendi
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