Detroit Auto Worker Willie Carolina Reflects on Race and Steel
A UPI profile of Willie Carolina, a 47 year old Briggs Chrysler auto plant truck driver in Detroit. Born in Manning South Carolina, he moved to Detroit after World War II seeking money and stability, rising from sweeper to a $10 000 a year worker while praising the United Auto Workers for improving black workers’ prospects.
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UPI
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Maryland
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United Auto Workers
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Manning
S.C
Sam
Burma
India
China
Jobs program under fire from auditors and critics
The federal JOBS program aimed at private industry employment faces criticism from the Labor Department audit. Critics say the plan, funded since 1966 with over $1 billion, is too broadly based and creates artificial jobs with excessive placement costs. Supporters argue training helps unskilled workers move into productive roles.
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National Alliance of Businessmen
General Accounting Office
Department of Labor
Two Giants in Max Lerner's World America and Russia
Max Lerner reflects on his roots in America and Russia, recalling family tragedy in a Russian village, the lure and limits of Soviet life, and the enduring idea that America and Russia are two giant civilizations with parallel qualities. He weighs emigre experience, historic leaders, and Nixon Brezhnev treaties shaping Cold War outlook.
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Brezhnev
Walt Whitman
Alexis de Tocqueville
Joe Davies
Joe Stalin
Stalin
Truman
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Fissure healing after hemorrhoid surgery discussed
Dear Dr Thosteson advises that a fissure is a rectal membrane split and may heal without further surgery with wise measures. Mrs G M notes persistent bowels problems despite bulk preparations and milk of magnesia or enemas.
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Thosteson
Fissure treatment and medical guidance from readers
The column discusses fissure surgery as often necessary, bowel management after procedures, and home remedies like prune juice and milk of magnesia. Reader questions cover postoperative adhesions, iced tea safety, diverticulosis, and a Warsaw village freight-raid anecdote.
Legal gambling debate warns of unseen costs and crime
Paul Harvey argues states face welfare and cost pressures and weighs legalization. He cites Las Vegas, Britain and New York lotteries to show crime persists and government control may not curb vice. Mayor Rizzo notes gamblers seek a quick bailout, avoiding taxes.
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Hoover
Las Vegas
Britain
United States
Nevada
Kansas
Carl Loeb
The
National Council On Crime and Delinquency
New York
Philadelphia
Frank Rizzo
Word Quiz Answers From Strictly Personal Harris
A reader quiz lists 18 complex terms with definitions and accepted answers such as benthose apotropaic lampadedromy ophelimity macarism messuage assentation plethometer tontine virgule violation holo phrase facia doxastic ephetic lordosis logogram theriatrics ingul tuation, reflecting arcane lexicon.
Price of murder drives gun control debate in Congress
The piece links two violent incidents to calls for repealing the Gun Control Act of 1968. It highlights a freed 85-year-old killer and a 20-year-old felon sentenced for double murder, raising questions about federal crime laws and gun rights. Congressman Kemp defends gun ownership as foundational to liberty.
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Jack E. Kemp
New York
Kemp
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Government tightens safety rules for school buses
The Transportation Department issued a new standard to protect 20 million pupils from unsafe buses and untrained drivers. It affects about 256000 buses and 275000 drivers, bans standees, and requires lap belts plus annual inspections and regular driver training.
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