Labor Department Signs Record $9.1 Million Training Contract
The U S Labor Department signed a $9.1 million contract with the National Urban League to provide on the job training for 7,000 unemployed urban residents in 26 cities. The program offers up to $1,000 per trainee to employers for training costs and related support. The Urban League will recruit trainees and fund distribution, with at least 95 percent of slots reserved for BlackTHER. Aimed at expanding opportunities, the effort follows prior manpower programs serving over 22,000 people.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
National Urban League
Willard Wirtz
Urban League
Congressional Ax
Congress
Wirtz
Comsat Corp
Atlantic
Pacific
Comsat
NASA
Delta
Americas
Europe
Africa
Special Meeting Urged on Firefighters Pay Petition
City firefighters press for a quick action on their pay raise petition to appear on the November ballot. The commission is to decide at the Oct 2 meeting, with a last possible date Oct 5 to meet state 30 day notice, while police petition timing also looms.
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Wesley G. Howery
Howery
Julio Conigliaro
Oran K. Grayson
St. Grant Stewart
Conigliaro
Police Protective Assn
Commission
Hughes Plan Receives Nevada Backing Amid Air Service Fight
Mrs. Brookman led a 1967 Nevada legislature resolution urging Hughes provisions for Air West after Bonanza Airlines merged. Sen. Alan Bible and Nevadans pressed approval while Hawthorne businessmen backed Hughes plan to restore service to Tonopah Hawthorne and others, warning Elko and Ely could lose air access without action.
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Congress
Brookman
Nevada
Bonanza Airlines
Air West
U.S
Alan Bible
Hawthorne
Bonanza
Tonopah
Reno
Hughes
Elko and
Ely
Heavy B52 raids hit North Vietnam killing 300 soldiers
A prisoner report cited by U.S. spokesmen said B52 strikes Aug 4 and 5 near Chu Lai killed about 300 North Vietnamese troops from the 2nd Division. Raid coverage included targets in the southern panhandle and near the DMZ, with additional sorties along infiltration routes to Saigon and toward Kontum.
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Saigon
UPS
Chu Lai
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Vinh Binh
Central Highlands
Kontum
3Rd Brigade
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
U.S. Airborne
U.S. 5Th Infantry Division
Dau Tieng
Tay Ninh City
Agnew Visit Sparks Las Vegas Welcome and Golden Nugget Tie
Governor Agnew arrived at McCarran Field to a tumultuous welcome by about 500 people as Las Vegas officials and locals celebrated his visit. A 20 car motorcade carried him to the Sahara while a delegation from Maryland greeted him with flags and support.
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Carson City
McCarran Field
McCarran Airport
Agnew
Maryland
Las Vegas
Ted Wesley
Sahara
Delta Rocket Explodes After Takeoff From Cape Kennedy
A Delta rocket carrying a private Comsat satellite exploded 108 seconds after liftoff near Cape Kennedy. The blast sent debris into the Atlantic and caused an $11 million loss for Comsat. No ground injuries or damage were reported.
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Cape Kennedy
API
Delta
Earth
Air Force Safety
Comsat
Mexico City
Europe
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Atlantic
Comsat Corp
United States
Vandenburg Air Force Base
Cali
Space Agency
Franchot Tone Dies Veteran Screen Stage Star
Franchot Tone, a prominent film and stage actor, has died. He starred in romantic leads for years and later played character roles in films such as Advise and Consent. Tone was married to four actresses, including Joan Crawford and Dolores Dorn Heft, and was mourned by friends like Van Heflin Vince Edwards Lloyd Nolan James Stewart and others.
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Franchot Tone
Debonair
New York
Joan Craw
Tone
Advise
Joan Crawford
Jean Wallace
Barbara Payton
Dolores Dorn-Heft
Miss Wallace
Miss Payton
Neal
Soledad
Calif
Gail
Palm Springs
Hollywood
van Heflin
Lloyd Nolan
James Stewart
Ice Cream Driver Loses City Permit
A 3-1 City Commission vote revoked Thomas G. Felts business license to operate an ice cream truck after findings he drove the vehicle while intoxicated and kept beer cans in the freezer. Felts listed 281414 Washington Ave as his address.
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Thomas G. Felts
Washington Ave
Philip M. Mirabelli
City Commission
Felts
Henderson Soldier Killed in Vietnam Firefight
Army Specialist 4 Lowell Eugene Lunzmann, 24, of Henderson, killed in combat in thick jungle after his unit engaged the enemy. He had been in Vietnam since May 20, a Basic High School graduate and machinegunner. Survived by parents and three siblings. funeral services pending.
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Las Vegas
Army Sp
Lowell Eugene Lunzmann
Henderson
Lunzmann
al Lunzmann
Basic
Lanzmann
Vietnam
Houston Surgeons Transplant Twin Hearts and Kidneys
In Houston Methodist Hospital teams led by Dr. Michael DeBakey transplanted a heart into 16 year old Dusan J. Vince of Elemier Yugoslavia and a kidney into 23 year old Troy Calvin Stewart of Pasadena Texas from a single donor. It is Houston's 14th heart transplant and the world's 48th. Vince entered Sept 8 with heart failure. Stewart was admitted Sept 4 with kidney failure.
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Houston
UPI
Methodist Hospital
Pasadena
Tex
Michael DeBakey
Dusan J. Vince
Elemier
Yugoslavia
Methodist
Troy Calvin Stewart
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U.S. Labor Department
Hanoi
South China Sea
da Nang
N.Y. Company
Mr. Blaine and
Mr. Thomas An
Nounce
Golden Nugget
Continental Connector
Vegas Village
Continental Connectors
American Stock Exchange
Leon Gilbert
Woodside
Western Transporation Company
Chicago, Ill
Fremont Street
Second and
Fremont
San Francisco
Grant Stewart
Oran Grayson
National League of Cities
Richard Nixon
Ward Earth
Air Force
Cape
Tom Neal
Vince Edwards
Ben Casey
Lowell Lunzmann
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