10 hour four day week trial announced by state officials
SE Se dames R Lewis, an assistant HRD director, announced a three month trial of a 10 hour four day work week. Off ice hours will extend in Long Beach and Los Angeles offices from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday shifts will occur, opening earlier and closing later to ease lobby congestion and speed counseling and job order services for the public and employers. The program marks a first state field office experiment with heavy public contact.
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Sedames R. Lews
HIRD
Long Beach
Avalon Florence
Los Angeles
Lewis
Suiience
Death plot alleged by Muslims linked to Bay Area slayings
Police report a claimed Islamic radical angle after the killings of Charles Willis 24 and Freddie Webb 31 in San Francisco's Fillmore District and subsequent shooting deaths including Ronnie Flamaugh 24 in Oakland. Bobby Nichols 39 remained in intensive care, reportedly targeted after the November incidents.
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San Francisco Bay Area
Chicago
Bobby D. Nichols
Richmond
Kelling
Fillmore
San Francisco
Ronnie Flamaugh
Rent rise postponed as price controls take effect
Washington reports new federal rent regulations delay increases for one month. Tenants with month to month leases owe no more in January than December, unless January rent was paid before the cutoff. Rules require base rent establishment, 30 day notice, and justification for boosts over 2.5 percent. exemptions apply to new or substantially improved housing and some commercial properties.
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Washington
UPI
Federal
Price Commission
Jackson Grayson
Grayson
San Quentin Escapee Recaptured After Two Hours
David Lee Dumter, 34, serving a min imum inyear sentence for two counts of robbery from Los Angeles County, walked from a San Quentin work crew and crossed the Richmond San Rafael Bridge before being captured in Richmond two hours later. He was received at the prison in March 1967.
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SAN Quentin
UPI
David Lee Dumter
Los Angeles County
Dumler
Richmond-San Rafael
Richmond
New Year Driving Safety Tips Warn of Alcohol Effects
State health expert Dr. Daniel Morales notes alcohol’s depressant effects may linger seven to eight hours after drinking, warning partygoers who drive post celebration may be impaired. State Atty. Gen. Evelle J. Younger adds tips: keep windows clean and lights working, stay patient in traffic, avoid tailgating, watch for pedestrians, and submit to chemical tests when requested by police.
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States Health
Daniel Morales
State Department of Public Health
Berkeley
Younger
100000 may escape the draft under deferred status
The Selective Service said if no draft calls occur in the next three months, more than 100000 men aged 20 and older with low lottery numbers could avoid induction. About 90000 born in 1961 with college deferments, plus around 10000 born in 1950 or earlier with low numbers, may be exempt. Deferments must be dropped by December 31 if no calls occur. Defense Secretary Laird indicated no drafts in January and possibly none in February or March.
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Washington
UPI
Selective Service
Lotte
Melvin RR. Laird
U.S. birth rate hits historic low, SE health data show
The United States birth rate may have fallen to 17.4 births per thousand, the lowest on record, according to HEW and the National Center for Health Statistics. The drop mirrors unemployment and recession effects, abortion law changes, and rising interest in family planning, with 800,000 more women aged 15 to 44 than in 1970.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Health, Education and Welfare Department
National Center For Health Statistics
Center
Newspapers boost reading in Hancock County students
University of Georgia professor Dr Charles Berryman reports significant gains in reading and newspaper reading skills among Atlanta area elementary pupils in Hancock County after an instruction course using newspapers. About 90 percent of the 300 pupils in grades 4-7 were black. the program ran early this year with support from state papers and the American Newspaper Publishers Association.
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Atlanta, Gay
Hancock County
University of Georgia
Charles Berryman
Georgia
Lesiz
Ty Commission
County School Board
Atlanta Constitution
Augusta Chronicle
Macon
American Newspaper Publishers Association
The
University
Hancock County School System
Dowdy Convicted of Accepting Bribe in Washington Case
UPI reports Congressman John Dowdy a 12 year Texan veteran was found guilty on all eight counts bribery conspiracy and perjury in a case tied to a $25 000 bribe aimed at influencing a Justice Department probe of Monarch Construction Co The jury deliberated nearly 15 hours before a 3:57 p m EST verdict sent to prepare for potential sentencing after a defense motion for a new trial.
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Baltimore
UPI
John Dowdy
Congress
Justice Department
Washington, D. C
U. S. District Court
Dowdy
Stephen H. Sachs
Allameys
Wreed
Tates
Athens
Tex
Thomas J. Lane
Dmass
Highhile
John W.W. Key Jr
Aseal ‘Thomson
Monarch Construction Co
Cohen
Monarch
Washington
Cost to raise two children through college tops ninety thousand
A UPI report cites a government study for the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future estimating it costs about 90 000 to rear two children and educate them through college if lost earnings of the father are counted. The study notes regional cost differences and highlights the impact of a mother's education level on potential earnings.
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Washington
UPI
The
Commission On Population Growth and the American Future
Parenthood
Congress
Richie H. Reed
Susan B. McIntosh
One American Soldier Killed In Vietnam Last Week
In Saigon a U S military report says one American soldier died in combat last week, the lowest weekly American death toll since February 1965. South Vietnamese casualties fell to 267 killed and 633 wounded amid a three day cease fire.
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Vietnam
Saigon
UPS
U.S
Trudeau's New Son Born on Christmas Day
Mrs. Margaret Trudeau wife of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau holds Justin their new son who arrived on Christmas Day. Justin is the first son born to a Canadian Prime Minister while holding office since Sir John A. MacDonald. The picture was released by the Prime Minister's office yesterday.
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Margaret Trudeau
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Justin
Sir John A. MacDonald
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