Unemployables training plans face scrutiny and debate
The article compares Johnson Kennedy era retraining programs with the White House partnership to place half a million unemployables in work. It notes over a hundred companies join, federal funds cover health services and transit during training, and questions whether even a fifth of participants will gain jobs. It also contrasts War on Poverty Job Corps costs with projected outcomes, then shifts to Rep. Albert Watson denouncing American press coverage of Vietnam and defending candid public reporting of a prison execution.
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Shreveport
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Power Cut at Birmingham Office Building
A 14 story Alabama Power Co building lost power for about 40 minutes when an underground cable was cut by water system workers nearby in Birmingham. Also Caribbean leaders agreed to launch CARIFTA with ten English speaking items and Jamaica undecided. Italian authorities kept firemen on standby as Arno and other rivers rose after 2.6 inches of rain in Florence.
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Alabama Power Co
Electric Company
Georgetown
Guyana
Carifta
West Indies
Jamaica
Florence
Italy
Arno
FBI Seeks bomber in Soviet Embassy blast
Washington AP governments deploy scores of FBI agents and demolitions experts after an early morning bomb at the Soviet Embassy. Investigators search debris for explosive type and chase a bushy haired man seen by a cab driver moments before. An anonymous threat to Dobrynin prompted stepped up security.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Richard E. West
West
State Department
Ife
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Department
Watson Receives 12930 Federal Grant for Water Facility
AP reports Watson Arkansas in Desba County was awarded a federal grant of 12930 to aid construction of water pollution control facilities. The project total cost is 43100 dollars and funds will support the Watson facility development.
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Watson, Ark
Watson
Desba County
Man Charged With Second Murder In Liverpool Case
James Gerard McCardle, 26, was charged with the murder of Audrey Kidd a 44 year old mother of three. Kidds body was found by a mechanical digger at a building site Wednesday night. The alleged slaying occurred around December 22 as detectives continued the case.
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Liverpool
England
James Gerard McCardle
Audrey Kidd
McCardle
Bacteria Thrive in Spaceflight On Flying Farm
Space scientists report aboard Biosatellite 2 experiments show bacteria including Salmonella and typhoid organisms grew faster and tolerated radiation better without gravity. Plants showed orientation issues. wheat seedlings grew taller. beetle offspring declined under radiation. amoebas fared well, suggesting spaceflight effects on higher organisms warrant further study.
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Washington
Itn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Hawaii
NASA
National Academy of Sciences
Earth
Politicians Trying to Bring Unity in Pulaski County
Opposing Democratic blocs in Pulaski County reportedly met to preserve the county's Democratic delegation in the state legislature. The plan aims to discourage primary challenges and focus on opposing Republicans in the fall. Sen. Ben Allen invited legislators to a Thursday meeting, with Allen declining further comment.
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Little Rock
Pulaski County
House
Ben Allen
John Cunningham
Democratic Committee
Allen
Ex-Warden Milner Denies Brutality at Cummins Prison
T G Milner former Cummins Prison Farm warden 1941 to 1949 testifies prisoners were well fed clothed and punished for disobedience He rejects tales of torture claiming a strict snitch system and prompt punishment He cites two graveyards one pauper plot and one for unclaimed inmates noting a death at the hands of a fellow convict was buried in a pauper’s grave
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Ark
APA
Cummins Prison Farm
T. G. Milner
Miler
KCLA
Lincoln County Grand Jury
Cummins
Milner
Welfare chief weighs Cox fate at nursing home division
State Welfare Commissioner Len Blaylock said he will likely announce Monday whether to retain or remove William Floyd Cox as director of the Nursing Home Division. He cited alleged overclassification of patients costing the state over $100,000 annually and claimed favoritism in patient assignments. Cox denied charges as politically motivated, blaming classifications on reports from welfare workers and physicians.
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Little Rock
Len Blaylock
William Floyd Cox
Blaylock
Cox
Kilgore
Osceola
Welfare Department
Nursing Home
State Welfare Board
Navy explores floating long range missiles for subs
Navy engineers study a new class of long range missiles that would float upright on the ocean surface after launch from a submarine. The system would be remote controlled, guided by pre-fed data, and kept stable by a weighted bottom. Range around 6000 miles, cheaper than Polaris, part of Strat-X concepts from a 1966 study ordered by Robert McNamara. Secretary of the Navy Ignatius addressed the idea in general terms.
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Washington
Navy
Pentagon
Polaris
Soviet Union
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Paul R.ignytius
Prodigal Son parable as guide to happiness
Star Feature Writer Mary Anita Laseter reflects on happiness as life’s aim using the Prodigal Son parable. A sermon style tasting notes how selfish desire leads to folly, learning, forgiveness, and a return to a freer, sonlike future.
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Mary Anita Laseter
Geroge H Durean
Duncan
God
Police Cars Move in 120 MPH Chase in San Diego
In San Diego AP reports Margaret Ann Cotio, 22, stole a patrol car after being stopped for erratic driving. The chase reached speeds up to 120 mph, forcing several vehicles off the road before Cotio was forced off. She faces auto theft, hit-and-run, and resisting arrest charges.
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San Diego
Margaret Ann Cotio
Miss Cade
Miss Code
Bobo the gorilla dies after 16 years at Seattle zoo
Woodland Park Zoo's 16 year old gorilla Bobo died in his sleep after an autopsy found blood clots traveled from his left leg to the lungs. For 13 years scientists tried to pair him with a mate Fil, even rigging a TV to attract him to romance, but Bobo preferred people and spent his time pacing his glass cage and weighing himself on scales. He weighed 520 pounds.
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Seattle
Bobo
Woodland Park Zoo
New Fort Built For Palsy Sufferer In Topeka
In Topeka Kansas Billy George a 10 year old with cerebral palsy gains a new snail shaped fort built by Mayor Charles Wright Park Commissioner Lauren Nash and five volunteers. The structure replaces a removed fort on city easement and marks a community effort to keep Billy from playing in the streets.
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Topeka
Kan
Billy George
Charles Wright
Lauren Nash
Bily
Billy
Nash
Williamy George
George
Menis
Unwanted Harvest Exploded In Lincolnshire Farmland
In Louth England the British army detonated artifacts from an old mortar range on a farm owned by William Hardy. Sappers with mine detectors dug up about 250 mortar and smoke bombs in two days on the acre tract and expect hundreds more. Hardy 33 said farming is like fielding a minefield. Royal Engineers Sgt Malcolm Banks noted bombs and smoke devices remain and lamented an official error in clearing the land for farming.
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Louth
England
William Hardy
Lincolnshire
Jainefield
Hardy
Malcolm Banks
The
Royal Engineers
Allied Forces recapture Hue Citadel grounds in heavy fighting
Allied forces reported recapturing the Hue Citadel palace grounds from Communist troops after weeks of siege. Government troops raised the flag over the 200-foot radio tower and cleared the palace area, while pockets of resistance persisted in surrounding streets. Ten Marines were killed and 51 wounded at Khe Sanh and Tan Son Nhut Airport endured another rocket attack.
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Shorge Espen
Associated Press
Wester Saigon
Hue
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Citadel
George McArthur
Khe Sanh U.S
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Khe Sanh
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