Involuntary Servitude Allegations Rise at NC Migrant Camp Hearing
Witnesses told a Raleigh hearing of the U S Civil Rights Commission that conditions in many North Carolina migrant labor camps amount to involuntary servitude. The testimony focused on camps along the migrant stream from Florida during harvest, noting about 15 000 workers or 10 to 15 percent of the seasonal farm force active statewide. Florida Rural Legal Services staff and migrant workers testified that camps often fail to meet legal standards as they described conditions in more than a hundred camps encountered.
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North Carolina
N.C
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Florida
Florida Legal-Services Agency
Webster
Florida Rural Legal Services
Johnston
Sampson
Robert Ritchford
Harnett County
Ritchford
James Wells
Advisory Committee On
Mount Olive
State Employment Security Commission
ESC
Wells
Lance Used Bank Plane To Take Personal Trips
Budget Director Bert Lance testified that he used a bank plane to fly himself his wife and relatives to two football games and Mardi Gras in New Orleans free of charge claiming it was for building new business. He faced questions about potential tax liability and whether his actions were improper while stressing he had unlimited use to develop bank business.
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Washington (Ap
Bert Lance
New Orleans
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Lance
National Bank of Georgia
Percy
Washington
Senate Government Operations Committee
Office of Management and Budget
Carter
University of Georgia
Athens
Jacksonville
Fla
OMB
Senate
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Testament Explain Why the Phrase Lives On in Wills
A reader explains that testament is an obsolete term once used to dispose of real estate under Roman and English law while a will covered movables. Today a will can cover all property, and testament remains only in legal phrasing.
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Henry VIII
Dayan’s Middle East trip diverted amid Paris stopover
Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan cut short a U S trip to return home and confer with Prime Minister Begin amid Middle East peace talks. He briefly visited Paris after Brussels and said he would depart for New York as planned.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Moshe Dayan
United States
Menachem Begin
Middle East
Dayan
Brussels
New York
Paris
Ben Gurion
Begin
France
Iran
Ismail Fahmy
Jerusalem
Mideast
Blood Pressure Education Cuts U S Heart Deaths
Public education about high blood pressure reduces heart attack and stroke deaths in the United States. Dr. Michael DeBakey notes a 7 percent drop in heart disease deaths since 1973 and a 14 percent fall in stroke deaths, while stressing heart disease and stroke remain leading killers.
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New York
United States
Michael DeBakey
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
Tex
DeBakey
U.S
Inside Reading Section C Page 14C
A brief label points to a reading section across pages 12 to 15C with mentions of the 14C page in the Reading section. The fragment hints at column notes and ongoing features featured inside the section.
Kojak star Telly Savalas subpoenaed in Miami murder trial
Television star Telly Savalas was served as a witness for Ronnie Zamora in the slaying of a wealthy Miami Beach woman. Zamora’s lawyer says screen violence influenced the youth’s actions. Trial set for Sept. 26 before Judge H. Paul Baker. parts of the unconventional defense may be allowed.
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Telly Savalas
Jack Mendorff
Savalas
Ronnie Zamora
Miami Beach
Rubin
Zamora
Dade
H. Paul Baker
Baker
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