Navy boot camp reshapes Rainbow Squad at Orlando training center
In Orlando Florida the Navy trains 76 recruits at the Orlando Naval Training Center once derided as the Rainbow Squad. Lt G Joe Odom stresses voluntary service and strict discipline while modern facilities and improved meals mark a shift from tougher eras. Recruit life includes haircuts shots and a four man mess, with about 90 percent graduating to advanced schools or fleet assignments.
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Fla
UPL
Company WG
Rainbow Squad
McCoy Airport
America
Joe Odom
Odom
Navy
Riot Squad
Fantastic Four
Adm
Elmo Zumwalt
Chief of Naval Operations
Orlando Naval Training Center
Air Force
U.S. Navy
Cpo
Ed Lane
RIF
Saienne
Bruiser
Mississippi
Jesus
Taps
John Kossler Jr
Kossler
John Kossler
Herman J. Kosster
Sixth Naval District
Army
L. Rusk
Credit card takes hold in Soviet travel scene
The Diners Club credit card, 20 years old in the United States, has begun to appear in Moscow and Russia. Since its first Russian appearance about three years ago, two million visitors entered the Soviet Union in 1969 with about 50 000 Americans, boosting use as lodging and tourism expand.
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New York
America
United States
Russia
Robert H. Pitt
Diners Club
Soviet Union
Mexico City plans new basilica for Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Roman Catholic Church in Mexico City plans a two level basilica on Tepeyac hill to replace the sinking existing shrine. It will honor the Virgin of Guadalupe with ramps elevators and daily Mass chapels for pilgrims. Funds will come mainly from Mexican Catholics and expatriate communities in Los Angeles San Antonio and Chicago.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
Latin America
Philippines
St. Peter’s
Rome
Alfredo Ramirez
Father Ramirez
Tepeyac
Juan Diego
Ramirez
Los Angeles
San Antonio
Chicago
IRA forms courts to punish crime in Catholic Belfast
In Falls Road Belfast Catholics say the IRA has set up shadow courts to try suspects from drug dealing to theft. Four men were tarred and feathered and left in chains last weekend, with IRA claiming more rough justice will curb grime while police deny special crime problems in Catholic areas.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Falls Road
Fallstead
Antisemitism Chilly for Jews in USSR
London report questions Soviet anti Jewish discrimination claims by citing official figures on Jewish membership in Soviets. It notes few Jews in top leadership, dissolved Jewish cultural institutions since 1948 1919, and suggests statistics mask real restrictions while condemning public anti Semitic rhetoric.
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London
UPI
Lord Macauley
Times of London
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
Council of Commissars
Communist Party
Stalin
Vladimir
Lenin
Israel
Plastic Age Drives Big Home Furniture Trend
New York reports that plastics dominate the furniture market with 75 percent or more of items expected to be plastic by 1980. Borge Warner’s Marhon division executive Jack L. Shaler cites growth in open display designs and color demand as plastics expand beyond structural use into decorative applications and consumer products.
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New York
UPI
Jack L. Shaler
Borge Warner
Marhon
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Maya Plisetskaya
Mark Danskaj
Academy of Sciences
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