Action Line helps readers with housing, UN guides, and sewing aid
Readers ask about anti pollution devices in High Point, housing discrimination, and product tags. The column explains laws on discrimination and tag contents, then details how to become a missionary or UN guide, including age, education, health requirements, interviews, salaries, and schedules. It closes by thanking donations of sewing machines and inviting news on the upcoming fashion show.
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High Point
M. C
Jack Perdue
Ray
United Nations
New York City
Plaza
New York Area
New York
Action Line
Women's Missionary Union
Conrad Memorial Church
Major 6.5 California quake leaves city reeling
A powerful earthquake shook Southern California at 6 01 am causing several deaths and many injuries. The tremor cracked roads bridges and buildings from Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley and triggered evacuations near Van Norman Lake. Hospitals treated numerous injuries from falling glass and plaster as aftershocks continued.
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Los “Angeles
California
van’ Norman Lake
San Fernanddo Valley
Angeles County
Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
Hardesh
Templor
Newhall
Saugus
Golden State
South Vietnamese Push Probes Laos Cambodia Fronts
South Vietnamese armored columns moved into Laos and Cambodia amid light resistance and strong enemy clashes near Snuol Cambodia. North Vietnamese casualties reached 407 in Cambodia. Saigon reports 45 killed and 203 wounded. Route 9 advance toward Savannakhet planned within 10 days with limited details.
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Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Cambodia
Rubber Planta
Orth
Savannakhet
Laotian Panhandle
Thailand
Apollo 14 astronauts near Pacific splashdown end of mission
Apollo 14 crew Alan B Shepard Jr Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa neared final entry with a target touch down at 4 04 p m EST about 874 miles south of American Samoa. Mission Control canceled a last midcourse correction and praised the return as a smashing success from a Monday night news conference. Ground links to recovery stations were rerouted around Los Angeles after an earthquake disrupted some backup circuits.
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Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D .Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
Mission Central
Los Angeles
Hawaii
Guam
Australia
Canberra
Carnarvon
Mission Control
Pacific
Rail Strike Set March Deadline Amid Talks Breakdown
Washington AP reports the Railway Clerks Union fixed a March 12 deadline for a nationwide strike after last minute talks failed to yield an agreement. C. L. Dennis, president of the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks AFL-CIO, announced the deadline at a news conference delayed by talks.
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Washington
Congress
Railway Clerks Union
C. L. Dennis
The
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
Afl-Cio
Happy Families Await Splashdown
AP reports three wives and a daughter eagerly awaiting Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa as they prepare to splash down near American Samoa aboard Kitty Hawk. Families praise Shepard overcoming an ear ailment and express pride in the mission.
Education plans in drug fight miss or hit
A Christian Science Monitor series excerpt argues that fear based drug education fails to deter teens. Educators stress parental involvement and practical, non scare approaches, noting many programs distract from core moral and social questions behind drug use.
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Lafayette
Calif
Needham
Mass
Progressive
Seymour Halleck
University of Wisconsin
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Fivemer
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USS
New Orleans
Edgar D. Mitchell
Laura Snyder
Shepard
Worens Wews
America
Susan Hunsinger
Christian Science Monitor
Christian S$eiance Publishing Society
Copley News Service
Aistrights Reseryad
Saya Bob Campés
San Jose
Matthew Dumont
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
Lowell Jensen
Berkeley
Oakland
Kip V. MacMillan
Evanston
Elgie Belling
Salinas
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