Call for overhaul of U S Employment Service to streamlined system
A public advisory group urges revamping the U S Employment Service into a streamlined hard hitting agency with separatist physical and organizational structure for quicker job placement. It proposes a nationwide labor exchange using Employment Service resources and criticizes current personal service and screening.
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U.S. Employment Service
Employment Agency
The
Labor Department
National Employers’ Committee For
Attorney Sues to Block Omaha City Lottery
Omaha attorney Martin Cannon filed suit to halt the city lottery dubbed Big Green, claiming it would be criminal to institute a city lottery without a public vote. He argues funds would mainly benefit the J L Brandeis Co and City Betterment Corp while half proceeds fund an $8 million downtown parking garage near Brandeis, and that the diversion to private benefit makes the lottery illegal.
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Omaha
Martin Cannon
Cannon
J. L. Brandeis Co
City Betterment Corp
Brandeis
Alan Baer
Baer
World's most important drug smuggling ring crushed
Mexican and U.S. authorities arrested at least 25 members in a major operation. 660 pounds of cocaine worth 45 million dollars were seized, described as history’s largest single cocaine seizure. The ring involved Americans, Colombians, Argentinians and Cubans, with activity reaching Florida and Maine and marijuana trafficking also tied to the group.
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U.S
Pedro Ojeda Paullada
Ojeda Paullada
Colombia
Mexico
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
San Diego
Calif
California
Florida
Maine
Senators Vote Trade Status for Romania
The Senate Finance Committee backed giving Romania most favored nation trade status after Ford certified progress on emigration barriers. If approved, Romania would join Yugoslavia and Poland as favored FMN partners, reflecting a shift in U.S. trade policy toward Communist nations.
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Romania
Washington
U.S
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Ford
Yugoslavia
Poland
Madrid matador Antonio Guerra rides out unhurt
A fragment notes Antonio Guerra of Madrid escaping unharmed after a tumble in the arena. The column also recalls a 30 years old pact where Allied and Russian leaders agreed Berlin would receive food from all occupied zones in Germany.
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Antonio Guerra
Madrid
Guerra
Berlin
Germany
Suit Claims Car Defect Caused Shooting of Cop
A widow sues Chrysler in West Palm Beach alleging a rearview mirror defect in a 1974 Dodge patrol car created a blind spot that allowed a gunman to kill Officer Daniel Kennedy. Linda Kennedy seeks damages over $2,500, arguing human factor design negligence and Chrysler failure to warn of the defect.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
Chrysler Corp
Linda Kennedy
Delray Beach
Daniel Kennedy
Kennedy
Frank Fowler
Orlando
Fla
Fowler
Chrysler
Atlanta interracial couple wins $1 bias damages
Pamela Sueing and Oliver Sueing allege Mildred Booth refused to rent after learning of their interracial marriage. A federal jury awarded $1 despite recognizing a wrong, stating it would not punish further after months of legal effort.
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Atlanta
Pamela Sueing
Oliver Sueing
Mildred Booth
Nixon says he could have halted Vietnam collapse
Former President Nixon believed the U S should not have allowed South Vietnam to fall to the Communists and that as an unfettered president he could have prevented it Harry Dent, a former Nixon aide, quoted in an hour long phone call. Dent said Nixon discussed Watergate and foreign policy and his lingering interest in politics.
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S.C
Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
Harry Dent
Dent
Vietnam
Ford
China
Russia
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