GM Orders Indefinite Layoffs Across Plants
General Motors plans 10 day layoffs starting Jan 7 affecting 48,000 workers, followed by an indefinite layoff of 36,000. The company expects a total production cut of about 530,000 passenger cars by next fall to align output with sales projections 8 to 12 percent below 1973 levels.
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Infrared Aerial Maps Aid Titusville Body Hunt Effort
Searchers in Titusville Florida study infrared photographs to locate more bodies after four young women were found. Cape Canaveral space scientists produced aerial maps last week to highlight heat spots that could indicate decaying remains. State Attorney Abbott Herring notes measuring discrepancies between photo scale and map feet hinder precise pinpointing.
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Meir appeals for votes in final Knesset push
Prime Minister Golda Meir asks Israelis to vote in the last 24 hours of campaigning. She pledges a government that will bargain firmly with the Arabs yet allow room for territorial compromise in a future Middle East peace settlement. News ads and appearances by 21 party lists focus on Israel bargaining points at Geneva talks.
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Israel
Geneva
Two slain in Belfast amid sectarian gunfire flare
A Belfast police officer was killed in an ambush and a four father died in crossfire during clashes between gunmen and a British Army patrol in Protestant Glencairn Estate. The deaths raise Northern Ireland’s four year toll to 928. Police say gunmen opened fire on a patrol car responding to a grocery store robbery. Page 5.
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Reds abduct villagers near Phnom Penh in early Friday raid
Four miles southeast of Phnom Penh rebels seize about 40 villagers from the farming village of Prek Pra late Friday or yesterday, killing three resisters. Escapees report the rebels took mostly old people and children, with two men and a woman wounded while trying to flee on bicycles.
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Oil Spill After Ship Collision Off Monterey Coast
Crews rush to contain a 16,000 gallon diesel spill following a collision between a U S Navy cargo ship and a Liberian freighter in dense fog two miles offshore. The USS Pvt. Joseph Merrill is flooded and stationary about 10 miles off Cape San Martin and 80 miles south of Monterey. Coast Guard operators describe the slick as medium and deploy giants sweepers and vacuum equipment.
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Hunger strike at San Quentin escalates as doctor quits
Inmates at San Quentin's maximum security adjustment center enter the third day of a hunger strike. Former prison psychiatrist Dr. G Warren Kleinmaier quit rather than work in the unit. He appeals his dismissal after refusing an assignment there in September, citing risk of retaliation and his role on prison discipline committees.
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State Personnel Board
Beauty and the burden of being considered attractive
South County women discuss beauty as a subjective trait and the social consequences of being attractive. Jackie Oliver, 24, Hayward secretary, says men flirt yet shy from marriage with pretty women, fueling stereotypes about wives and mothers. She notes misunderstandings about friendliness and limited close female friends due to insecurity.
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South County
Jackie Oliver
City of Hayward Engineering Department
Miss Oliver
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