Apprenticeships Offer Strong Career Path In Trades
A history spanning 4000 years frames apprenticeships as a robust route to skilled work. In 1976 over 100000 Americans entered programs with 1977 expected to rise. Trades include plumbers, cosmetologists, dental technicians, cooks, carpenters, and more with 2 to 5 years of combined on the job and classroom training. Prospects remain strong across many fields and veterans may qualify for benefits. For information contact the Labor Department’s Apprenticeship Bureau or local unions and councils.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
Afl-Cio Building and Construction Trades Council
The
Urban League
Seigenthaler FBI files prompt rare public dispute
Anthony Lewis notes a Nashville copy editor's FBI role and exploration by John Seigenthaler. He details FBI memos, attempts to access files, and a broader critique of bureau practices. The piece endorses Judge Frank M Johnson Jr. for FBI director and emphasizes accountability and legal integrity.
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N. Y. Times News Service
Boston
Tennessean of
Nashville
Jacque Srouss
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John Seigenthaler
Homer Boynton
FBI
Washington
New York Times
Srouji
Boynton
Timesnto
Seigenthaler
Clarence Kelley
Bureau
Kelley
Robert Kennedy
Boston Globe
Hoover
Carter
Frank M Johnson Jr
Republicans Await Battled Over Panama Canal Treaty
Conservative forces aligned with Reagan push to influence GOP machinery ahead of the New Orleans RNC and October governors conference. They urge a resolution condemning the treaty while moderates threaten to let it pass and be ignored.
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Washington
Gerald Ford
Republican National Committee
Bill Brock
Brock
Dark horse hoped as GOP faces open 1980 nominating race
Clarke Reed a Mississippi GOP leader says the 1980 nomination may come from primaries rather than a brokered convention. He notes potential dark horses like Jack Kemp and discusses Ford Reagan Baker Dole Thompson Schweiker Bush and Connally as possibilities while urging the party to seize on primary momentum and public concern over Carter. Reed also stresses recession of the Panama Canal treaty as a GOP opening and the need for a conservative revival through the party.
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UPI
Jackson
Jimmy Carter
Clarke Reed
GOP
Carter
Reed
Mississippi
Kansas City
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
Pennsylvania
Richard Schweiker
Robert Dole
Kansas
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Ilinois
James Thompson
John Connally
Schweiker
George Bush
New York
Jack Kemp
Southland
Dunie
The New Diplomacy Shifts Toward Economic Negotiations
James Reston surveys a changing diplomacy as nations use economic disputes over oceans resources and 200 mile safety zones. He notes U S Canada talks on offshore lines and resource control with Lloyd N Cutler and Marcel Cadieux while outsiders like Sol Linowitz and Gerard Smith symbolize a trend toward specialized, decentralized negotiation.
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United States
Canada
North America
Washington
Ottawa
Butler
Carter
Marcel Cadieux
Europe
Cutler
Atlantic
Sol Linowitz
Clark Clifford
Cyprus
Gerard Smith
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Philadelphia
Atlanta
Dallas
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Occupational Outlook Service
GAO
Sylvia Porter
Anthony Lewis
Abroad
Srouj
Memphis
Martin Luther King Jr
White House
Supreme Court
Johnson
Alabama
Bell
By Clay F. Richards
RNC
South
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Free World
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Utah
Richards
Panama
Vietnam
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Ray Bliss
Ohio
America
Georgia
Rodney Cook
By Andrew Reese
Senate
Greenville
Miss
Richard Nixon
Southern Association of Republican
James Reston
Georges Bank
Nova Scotia
Cape Cod
Martha Vineyard
Nantucket
Massachusetts
North American
Prairie States
Oti
Coast Guard Grumman
Coast Guard
William Macomber
Heaven
Earth
Wee
Vance
China
Middle East
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