Peace Corps shifts recruiting to older skilled workers
Peace Corps broadens its volunteer search beyond young graduates to mature tradesmen and professionals including heavy equipment operators plumbers gas and diesel mechanics refrigeration technicians machinists and even book binders. Civil engineers accountants architects and managers are sought with age not a barrier. California volunteers receive 75 monthly or 150 for couples plus paid living and medical expenses abroad and provisional teaching credentials for returning vocational education teachers. Local recruiters in Long Beach will meet Montebello Watts La Mirada and Long Beach residents at the Holiday Inn Lakewood Blvd with interviews on Tue Wed Thu by calling 597 8837.
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Ecologists wrestle with Napa River water use and steelhead
Conservationists once led an ecological parade but fear for the steelhead as Napa Valley vineyards spray river water to protect grapevines against frost. Biologists urge a two thirds cut to safeguard the fish, while frost methods risk air pollution and lower effectiveness. The debate pits environmental protection against grape production and river sustainability.
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Napa River
State Fish and Game Department
Napa
Disturbing developments in teachers evaluation debate
Letter writer questions George Robeson’s column and a teachers evaluation bill. He argues that sweeping generalizations overlook isolated cases and expresses concern that biennial assessments may target administrators and avoid identifying poor judgment in classrooms. Long Beach.
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George Robeson
Robeson
Rover’s Help Needed By Editors And Owners
Editors note Rover needs help as urban growth tests the old man and dog partnership. Dogs once did chores like fox chasing and herding but indoor plumbing and increased population complicate things. Temipstead Cedarhurst and Malverne pass dog cleanup ordinances. Rover has learned to do his part.
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Temipstead
Cedarhurst
Malverne
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Ile
United Nations urged to halt India Pakistan war drift
Editorial calls on the five permanent Security Council members to unite against the India Pakistan border clashes, warning of rising war risk and urging coordinated diplomacy to prevent a major conflict despite weak influence in New Delhi and Karachi.
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Pakistan
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France
Mel
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Karachi
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U.N
Moscow
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East Bengal
English Channel tunnel idea lingers amid Cold War worries
The article debates a possible Channel tunnel or bridge solution linking Britain and continental Europe, noting political support from Heath and Pompidou but engineering and strategic obstacles. It also urges UN action to halt India and Pakistan fighting, invoking Big Five influence and nuclear-era diplomacy.
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Europe
Heath
1 Downing Street
Chequers
IWEBOUND SUMMER by Sally Car Meher Ballantine Banks
Review describes IWEBOUND SUMMER a 95 cent paperback by Sally Car Meher Ballantine Banks. The work profiles American naturalists and traces species such as seals beluga whales lemmings and Toon during the icebound Norton Sound Alaska summer as they seek food and raise young.
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Norton Sound
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