How unemployment stats are measured for March reports
The Bureau explains a large sample method using 52,500 households across 449 areas to estimate unemployment. Interviews assess jobholding and seeking through a weighted, computer-processed scheme, with 95 chance of being within 150,000 of a full census figure.
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District of Columbia
Census Bureau
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Howard V. Stambler
Division of Employment and Unemployment Analysis
Garner Girl Wins Miss N. C. Title
Patsy Gail Wood a 24 year old from Garner is Miss North Carolina for 1971 crowned in Charlotte at Ovens Auditorium. First runner up Connie Griffin of Greensboro with finalists from Morganton Winston-Salem Ahoskie Laurinburg and Wilmington. Wood is an East Carolina graduate and plans to continue teaching.
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Charlotte
N.C
Patsy Gail Wood
Garner
North Carolina
Wood
Ovens Auditorium
Connie Lerner
Asheville
Patti Stafford
East Carolina University
Stanley County
Carolyn Lowder
Rocky Mount
Sherry Brabham
Statesville
Martha Davis
Gastonia
Carol Hawkins
Dunne
Margaret Wilkes
Fireworks Parade Scares Saigon Amid Armed Forces Day
Saigon marked Armed Forces Day with a grand parade and aircraft flyby while fireworks, banned since 1968, startled residents who mistook the explosions for Viet Cong attack. Troops from South Vietnam and allies marched. Thieu and Ky sat apart amid tense rivalries and press crackdowns days before October elections.
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Saigon
Benefits Seen In Program To Fight Drug Addiction
Washington AP The White House outlines a $155 million drug policy package including $105 million for civilian heroin treatment programs centered on methadone. Egil Krogh Jr says methadone will be used in clinics and stresses supervised dispensing. He notes internal debate over methadone funding and cites recidivism in counseling heavy programs. He estimates about one third of heroin addicts are pushers.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Egil Krogh Jr
Krogh
Congress
Germany
Washington, D.C
Ban On Times Vietnam Series Extended By Court
Judge Irving Kaufman extended a restraining order on the New York Times Vietnam series until noon Monday after a district court denied the government request for an injunction. He noted a three judge panel must decide the final ruling and said the case should not become moot before review. The Times did not comment but would abide by the court’s decision.
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NEW York
US Court of Appeals
New York Times
Irving Kaufman
Kaufman
The
Times
District Court
Murray I. Gurfein
Nixon
Gurfein
Pentagon
Robert S. McNamara
the Times
Washington Post
Washington
the Post
Aide Admits Nixon Overstated Sharing Benefits
In Key Biscayne Florida an aide acknowledged that President Nixon overstated revenue sharing claims that passage by Congress could cut property taxes by about 30 percent. The admission follows Nixon presenting sharing as a major benefit to taxpayers.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Florida White House
Nixon
Congress
Gument
District of Columbia
Rochester
N.Y
Ronald O. Ziegler
Key Biscayne Villa
Julie Eisenhower
Europe
Ens
David Eisenhower
Tricia
Edward F. Cox
Virgin Islands
Ziegler
Atlantic City
N.J
House of Delegates
American Medical Assa
New York Times
Washington Post
Johnson
John D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Trio Arrested In Slayings In Savannah Area
Chatham County police arrested Richard Richards Gary Faust and Bruce Poe on U S 80 in Bloomingdale as part of a five man probe into the brutal killings of two North Augusta motorcycle club members and the slashing of their female companions. Two South Carolina suspects were also taken into custody Friday night.
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Savannah, Ga
Chatham County
North Augusta
S. C
U. S. 80
Savannah
Bloomingdale
South Carolina
Charleston County
B. A. Harvey
Georgia
Richard Lee Richards
Elkhart
Ind
Gary Vernon Faust
Monroe
Ore
Bruce G. Poe
Cleveland
Ohio
Harvey
Grenade Blasts Saigon U S Public Affairs Office
A grenade exploded in the rear garage area of the Joint U S Public Affairs Office in Saigon early Sunday. A Marine guard was knocked down but unharmed as demolition experts blamed a M26 fragmentation grenade. No fire, no external damage, and no suspects found. The JUSPAO offices occupy the lower three floors of the Rex Hotel in downtown Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S. Public Affairs
U.S. Marine
Juspao
Rex Hotel
U.S
Hodgkin's disease cluster raises virus contagion theory
Albany investigators report a possible extended epidemic of Hodgkin's disease linked to Albany High School graduates. Twelve related cases among classmates, friends, and relatives suggest a contagious element or shared exposure. Doctors note tonsillectomy may affect susceptibility, but none of this is proven.
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Albany, N.Y
State Health Department
Jacqueline Mauro
Albany
Albany High School
Mauro
Peter Greenwald
Bureau of Cancer Control
Greenwald
Albany High
Catskill Mountains
Catskills
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