Aim of Vietnam vet job plan off target
The National Alliance of Businessmen reports veterans' job pledges total 36,000 but actual hires reach 136,000, far short of a 300,000 annual target. NAB credits initial confusion and weak economy, while Sen. Hartke questions federal responsibility.
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Vietnam
Awashington
National Alliance of Businessmen
Tne
NAB
Nixon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Whch
Labor Department
Hartke
Weber
The
Employment Service
Prison chieftain lauds new national corrections academy
Norman Carlson head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons outlined a plan to train guards as professional correctional officers. He said new academies would mimic the FBI model with regional centers, starting with El Reno Oklahoma and Atlanta Georgia, and expand to state and local workers. The idea traces to a 1969 Nixon directive.
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Williamsburg
UPI
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Norman Carlson
FBI
Carlson
Federal Penitentary
el Reno
Oklo
Atlanta, Ga., Penitentary
National Academy
Justice Department
Bureau of Prisons
Nixon
Mitchell
Grand piano’s long voyage from Boston to California
A hand carved grand piano gifted by Bertha Lindel to Goodwill traveled from Boston to Iowa City in 1882. It then moved westward with the Lindel family over several years, captivating communities including Chief Rain-in the-Face in a South Dakota prairie town before ending up in California due to space issues.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Bertha Lindel
Goodwill
Boston
Iowa City
Iowa
Lindels
South Dakota
Rain
California
Miss Lindel
Santa Claus in McHenry Village dies of cancer
Cyril Beauford, known as the Santa Claus at McHenry Village Shopping Center in Sherwood, 70, a former teacher, is dying of cancer. He started there in 1968, worked as Santa for three more seasons, is bedridden in a convalescent hospital, but remains charitable. He established a scholarship at Stanislaus State College and plans to donate his body to science.
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Modesto
Cyril Beauford
Sherwood
Santa Claus
McHenry Village
Lye
Stanislaus State College
Fernley cement plant hit again for air pollution
Nevada health official cites Fernley cement plant, subsidiary of Centex, for two recent air pollution incidents involving excessive lime dust from smokestack and last week’s 90 minute breakdown. State will not issue citations unless incidents escalate. $2 million judgment against the plant remains under appeal.
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Carson City
Nev
UPN
Nevada Cement
Fernley
Tuchard Serdoz
Serdoz
Cement
Centex Corp
Dallas
Tex
Ernley
Serdaz
Rinkelman
Richard Waters Jr
Cement Company
Nevada Supreme Cort
Magician ordered to sheath sword on Telegraph Avenue
Isaac Bonewill, 21, UC graduate in magic, received a one year suspended sentence for brandishing a weapon on Telegraph Avenue after a menacing incident with Archie Lee Harvey. He may not carry the sword on Telegraph Avenue to avoid further trouble. Harvey was told not to bother the disarmed magician.
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Berkeley
UPI
Isaac Bonewill
Telegraph Avenue
University of California
Bonewill
Archie Lee Harvey
Harvey
Tone Wils
San Mateo County cops halt peninsula nudie race
UPI reports San Mateo County sheriff helicopters helped break up an annual high school nudie car race planned for Woodside. About 100 cars with 700 to 1,000 nude male students gathered at 9:55 p.m. before aerial orders to disperse.
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Redwood. City
UPI
San Mateo County
Woodside
Les Caldwell
Dave McIntyre
FDA warns of popular soap agent hexachlorophene
The FDA warned doctors and consumers to avoid bathing with products containing 2 percent or more hexachlorophene citing new data. Studies cited include newborn monkeys bathed with 0.5 percent to 3 percent solutions showing brain lesions or blood levels. a separate 50 baby trial reported blood levels but no obvious toxicity. The warning, to appear in the Federal Register, requires labeling to advise against total body bathing and thorough rinsing after use.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Winthrop Laboratories
Sterling Drug Inc
Federal Register
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Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
Veterans Administration
American Legion
Robert H. Wilbur
NAB Communications
Montray
John N. Mitchell
National Corrections Academy
National Corrections Conference
Palo Alto
Oakland
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