Projects With Industry Shows Disabled Workers in Tech Training
IBM and other firms train severely disabled individuals for data processing and computer work with state support and private partners. About 2,000 of 2,500 participants in 1975 found jobs earning over 10 million dollars collectively, with a $1,000 per placement cost and strong retention via trial periods. The Human Resource Center on Long Island exemplifies success, placing 220 of 300 served in white collar roles with salaries between 5,000 and 10,000 dollars, all taxpaying workers.
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DuPont
Florida Restaurant Assn
Arkansas Enterprise For the Blind
Civil Service Commission
Human Resource Center
Albertson
Long Island
You
Cohen Carter China policy critique in Foreign Affairs
Safire summarizes Professor Cohen’s Foreign Affairs article urging a balanced U S stance toward China and the USSR. He notes Cohen’s call to de‑recognize Taiwan, replace the defense treaty with a unilateral commitment, and keep pressure on Moscow. The piece criticizes appeasement and argues firm U S policy against Moscow best serves China and Taiwan.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
United States-China
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Cohen
Jerome Alan Cohen
Harvard Law School
China
Foreign Affairs Magazine
Richard Nixon
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Vietnam
America
U.S.S.R
Peking
Moscow
United States
Taiwan
People’s Republic
Ford
Harris Survey Finds Watergate Not a Decisive Election Issue
A Harris poll of 1,471 voters shows Watergate not shaping the race. Voters split on Nixon pardon and see Ford as a man of high integrity, while Democrats face scrutiny for past misdeeds.
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Jimmy Carter
Ford
White House
Richard Nixon
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Agnew
Gerald Ford
A plan to abolish the Electoral College gains momentum
In Los Angeles J F terHorst argues the Electoral College distorts votes and could yield a minority president. With Ford and Carter necks and a 270 vote majority in reach, he urges urgent passage of a constitutional amendment to adopt direct popular election nationwide.
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Ronald Reagan
Carter
Ford
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Ohio
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New Jersey
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