GAO Report Highlights High Cost at Job Corps Center
A confidential GAO summary notes California Job Corps center costs rose from 12.8 to 25.5 million, a 55 percent dropout rate, and only 8 percent of enrollees entering jobs related to training. It cites 93 dismissals in 60 days for discipline and costly facilities, with later improvements after 1965. The center at Litton Systems on a deactivated base near San Francisco serves 2,200 youths.
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Capitol Hill
California
Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress
California Center
Litton Systems, Inc
San Francisco
Greek freighter Razani crew rescued off Ireland coast
A helicopter and coast guard boat rescued most of the 29 crew aboard the Greek freighter Razani after heavy seas battered the vessel off Ireland's west coast. The captain and several crewmen stayed aboard to safeguard the ore cargo for Greek foundries.
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Galway
Ireland
Eagles President Visits Cedar Rapids Aerie Anniversary
William Andrew Mc Cawley of East St. Louis, new national Fraternal Order of Eagles leader, visits Cedar Rapids Aerie 2272 for its 30th anniversary. The lodge ranks sixth in the 1966-67 national drive with 453 new members and 38 initiates.
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Order of Eagles
William Andrew McCawley
Cedar Rapids Aerie
Cedar Rapids
McCawley
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Eagles
Wrecked car found near Independence
The sheriff found an abandoned car in a rural ditch five miles southeast of Independence. The driver, Kenneth D. Sherrets, 18, Route Two, apparently lost control on a curve and drove into the ditch. The incident is under investigation.
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Independence
Kenneth D. Sherrets
Cedar Rapids Woman Suffers Smoke Inhalation In Apartment Fire
Theresa Murphy of 1811 Park Avenue SE was treated and released from Mercy Hospital after an early Thursday fire in her Cedar Rapids apartment. Fire officials said an iron left plugged in caused the blaze, which confined to rugs with minor smoke damage.
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Cedar Rapids
Theresa Murphy
Park Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Bishop Forces Cambridge NAACP Leader to Resign
In Cambridge Maryland Rev Ernest Dupree is pressured to resign as president of the local NAACP chapter by Bishop James Eure of the Churches of God in Christ. The bishop ordered Dupree to sever ties with Black Power groups or resign his church. Eure locked Dupree from his Cambridge church on Sept 29 to block the Black Action Federation. The bishop said Dupree would remain pastor for now. The same dispatch notes Taipei Formosa experienced a medium quake after a period of quakes.
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Cambridge, Md
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James Eure
Churches of God In Christ
Ernest Dupree
Cambridge
NAACP
Mr. Dupree
Black Action Federation
Eure
Training Center Critiqued for Costs and Attendance
The GAQ flagged a poverty law limit of 7500 dollars per enrollee and noted absenteeism up to 20 percent in some training sections. It criticized program content and cited lack of discipline as the main reason for more than half of dropouts.
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GAQ
GAQ. i
Landing mishap as carrier Lexington damages dock
The USS Lexington, arriving for Navy week in New Orleans, repeatedly backed into the Bienville Street wharf, smashing warehouses and shedding debris. The ship finally steadied amid 42 000 tons of her hull, with minor damage and no injuries.
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Lexington
Bienville Street
Wharfs
Sep
Mississippi
London
Royal Air Force
Edward Gendron
Lex- Lexington
Ington
Gendron
Fat Overweight Weight Loss Pill Advertisement
An advertisement promotes Odrinex a fat loss pill claiming quick results with a money back guarantee. It touts tiny tablets easy to swallow and offers mail orders from a local merchant at 215 2nd St. IE. The text contains many misspellings and broken phrases.
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Drusgist
Drinex
I! May
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Formosa
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