Seek Jobs to Replace War Plants
New push button re employment system coordinates relocation of workers from closing military plants. A. G. Gross of the Bureau of Ships calls the plan fabulous as the Brooklyn Navy Yard winds down by June 30 1966. In all about 17000 civilian workers face job losses with other yards and facilities also slated to close.
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A. G. Gross
Bureau of Ships
Washington
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Defense Department
Boston
Portsmouth
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Army
Navy
Air Force
Gross
Defense Department Opera
History Highlights For February 11
This day in history notes 1812 Gerry approves redistricting creating a salamander shaped district named gerrymander. 1861 Lincoln bids farewell in Springfield. 1835 Daniel Boone born. 1847 Thomas Edison born. 1944 U S Navy planes attack Eniwetok Atoll. 1946 Yalta Agreement text made public.
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Associated Press
Elbridge Gerry
Massachusetts
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Daniel Boone
Thomas A. Edison
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Defense system to centralize civilian staffing nationwide
A new Department of Defense Central Referral System will oversee re employment of civilians with similar skills across the United States. The program expands job placements beyond 560 installations and standardizes the hiring process nationwide.
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Department of Defense
Automation 20-Hour Week Parking Rants and Random Facts
A collection of brisk, often humorous items on future work hours, commuting woes, and everyday curiosities. It notes automation possibly shrinking the workweek, long flights causing fatigue, rising hospital costs, and quirky observations from various eras, including trivia from notable figures and global notes.
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New York
Mexico City
Harry S. Truman
China
Pope Paul VI Urges Close Ties With Latin American Press
In Vatican City Pope Paul VI told 40 Latin American journalists he supports freedom of the press and views reporters as a vehicle for diffusion of Church doctrine and for popular education. The pontiff emphasized the Church’s interest in the press as a tool for rights and education.
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Paul VI
Houston
Tex
Navy
M. Scott Carpenter
London
Earl Mountbatten
Great Britain
Far East
Australia
England
Los Angeles
NEW York
James A. Farley
Ben
Therbrt Hoovr Memorial Fund
Richard M. Nixon
Boys Clubs of America
Nixon
Hoover
Faubus Pushes Bond Issue At Farm Bureau Meeting
Gov. Faubus urged Arkansas Farm Bureau members to back a 150 million highway bond program. He argued the plan is well safeguarded, would cut costs by building roads now, and would lift tourism and business. He noted broad endorsements and said he cannot tour the state but will answer questions on radio and TV.
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Little Rock
Orvald
Faubus
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
Central Arkansas Milk Producers Association
Arkansas State Electric Cooperative, Inc
Kansas Municipal League
Arkansas Rice Growers Association
Ozarks
Arkansas
Bull Shoals
Missouri
Electric Cooperative
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