Liberal Arts Grads Face Employment Shortfall and Shifting Ideals
AP review notes a clash between broad liberal arts education and employer demand for practical skills. By 1980 81 roughly one million graduates could be broadly educated, triple 1960, while demand declines. College Placement Council finds liberal arts hiring shrinking. few openings filled by liberal arts majors. CPC urges career counseling and placement funding, but colleges lack funds and federal support.
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John Cunniff
New York
College Placement Council
Robert Herrick
CPC
Prohibition Era Shooting Victim Keeps Hospital Life
George Walther, shot in 1924 by a Prohibition agent, has spent 41 years in a Portland hospital paralyzed from the waist down. Now 71, he sells magazines from a wheelchair when able, but volunteers cover the duty as his strength fades. Walther recalls constant pain and a limited life in a small hospital room, unable to sit easily, while portraits of past events and a voluntary life accompany him.
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Portland, Ore
George Walther
Walther
Portland
Underwood
Wash
Prohibition
Oregon
Congress
Good Samaritan Hospital
Officials Study Viet Refugee Pull Out Puzzle
Washington officials study a large refugee evacuation from South Vietnam. Ford urges Congress to revise bans on U S forces abroad to authorize evacuations of Vietnamese at risk, with naval ships and air power considered but large American troop deployment ruled out. The plan hinges on congressional approval and planned use of sea routes for evacuation.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Southeast Asia
U.S
South Vietnam
United States
Navy
Western Pacific
Thailand
South China Sea
Vatican Deplores Baby Lift Controversy in Vietnam
The Vatican relief body Caritas condemned the Saigon baby airlift as deplorable and unjustified. Msgr. Charles Grange said Caritas opposed the operation, insisting the church has no role, adoption runs counter to Vietnamese traditions, and many children were handed over by panicked parents.
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Vatican City
Vatican's Relief Organization
South Vietnam
Charles Grange
France
Caritas
Saigon
Msgr
Grange
Computer Engine Aims to Cut Emissions in Chrysler Cars
New York NY AP reports Chrysler plans to install a lean burn engine in at least 200000 standard 1976 cars. Two under hood computers adjust spark timing to minimize pollutants and boost fuel economy without Catalytic converters and without raising price.
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New York
Chrysler Corp
New York Times
Jean Burn
Times
The
Senators Wives Tour Washington With Mondale
Washington AP report notes Joan Mondale on her first day as hostess for Washington Whirl-Around a tour venture created by Ellen Proxmire. Mondale greets dozens of dentists wives outside a hotel then tours the Corcoran Gallery and Hirshhorn with 40 wives of National Machine Tool Builders Association members. Proxmire says she handles about 5,000 tourists yearly with tours priced 8 to 22 dollars.
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Washington
Walter F. Mondale
Mondale
Minnesota Democrat
Joan Mondale
Ellen Proxmire
William Proxmire
Dwis
Mrs. Mondale
National Gallery of Art
National Machine Tool Builders’ Association
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Hirshhorn Museum
Agency Transfer Bill Introduced in Raleigh
A Senate bill would move the auto theft enforcement unit from the Department of Transportation to the Department of Justice. Transportation Secretary Troy Doby says about 26 employees would switch, keeping trucking and licensing units in DOT. The bureau has faced past political investigations and other controversies, now under review by Attorney General Rufus Edmisten’s office.
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Raleigh
Senate
Department of Transportation
Department of Justice
Transportation
Troy Doby
Doby
State Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Atty
Robert Morgan
U.S
Rufus Edmisten
SBE
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