Birthday cake for six million jobs marks service milestone
The Minnesota State Employment Service celebrates 40 years as a state federal affiliate on June 6 with a history of placing millions in work. Since 1933 the Wagner Peyser Act linked state offices to a national network, now counting 35 local offices and extensive job placement statistics.
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United States Employment Service
Minnesota State Employment Service
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U.S. Employment Service
National Employment Service
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Duluth
Bemidji
Albert Lea
St. Cloud
Mankato
Rochester
N.Y
Philadelphia
Penn
Watergate hearings stir TV viewer backlash across the nation
Across cities viewers protested preemption of favorite programs as Senate Watergate hearings aired in prime time. Many citizens complain about the medium’s deters and deodorants pitches, while some praise coverage as a public service.
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Senate
Consumers unite in class action suits across states
Class-action lawsuits rise nationwide with New Jersey buyers voiding a $280 home kit contract and California mortgage tax escrow cases gaining steam. The federal act faces mixed court reception, with debates on liability limits and ongoing efforts by states to tighten or expand consumer protections.
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Washington
New Jersey
California
Mark Budnitz
National Consumer Law Center
American College of Trial Lawyers
New York
U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs
District of Columbia
Green Bay
Beverly C. Moore Jr
Ralph Nader
Nathaniel Colley
Watergate hearings trip unwary and wind down
Washington AP reports the Watergate committee weeks into its probe resumes hearings after a recess. The seven-member panel, with chief counsel Samuel Cash and aides, directs witnesses through informal interviews, biographical checks, and document reviews to build corroborating testimony.
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Senate Select Committee
Watergate Committee
Samuel Cash
Committee
Cash
Jim Hamilton
Terry Lenzner
David Dorsen
Polly DeMont
Dash
Fred D. Thompson
Oxen as Air Pollution Remedy in Bemidji
A man and his wife debate environmental trade offs in Bemidji. They humor a hypothetical switch from gasoline to oxen for all machines. The exchange weighs air quality versus practicality, ending with a wry note on hay burning and breathing freely.
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Midway Drive
Bemidji
Ford's Idea of Protection Racket Extortion Explored
A Trotskyite group threatened kidnapping, bombing, and ransom to extort Ford of 1 million dollars to fund ambulances and aid for slum children. The piece notes the strategy as a protection racket benefiting revolutionary causes and questions broader corporate targets and legality.
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Ford
Argentin
Revolutionary Party
Legislator Gives Up $50 000 Post to Serve in Capitol
State Senator John Milton, 37, left a $50 000 per year presidency of a St. Paul manufacturing firm and moved his family to White Bear Lake to serve in a near full time legislature. He earns legislative pay plus consulting fees, saying he loves his work. Other lawmakers face similar financial tradeoffs as salary scales rise to support fulltime duties.
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Minn
John Milton
Minnesota
Dfler
Milton
Capitol
Richard Fitzsimons
Fitzsimons
R-Warren
Argyle
Warren
Roger Moe
Dfl-Ada
Moe
Thaddeus Jude
David Cummiskey
Jude
Cummiskey
Sen
Edward Novak
DFL
Editor and postmaster settle differences in Rush City
The Rush City editor Richard Sherman and Postmaster Chester LesSard announced a settlement after a spat over not printing two postmaster news releases. Sherman cited space limits and extraneous content, while LesSard called the letter a communication issue.
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Rush City, Minn
Rush City Weekly
Richard Sherman
Chester LesSard
Sherman
East Central Post-Review
Lesnard
Rush City
Twin Cities
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