Energy Crisis Drives U S Unemployment Upward
The energy crunch triggers widespread layoffs in airlines and auto plants. Eastern Airlines and Pan Am cut workers, with totals nearing 3 8 thousand in aviation and thousands more in auto manufacturing. Government figures show November unemployment at 4.3 million with potential to rise.
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Pan American Airways
Allegheny Airlines
Herbert Stein
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Eastern Airlines
Ford
Michigan
Chrysler
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Prison Job Proposed for Inmate Seeking Life Term
Gov. Robert Ray suggested prison employment for Bobby Ferguson a 39 year old inmate seeking a life term claiming Iowa’s penitentiary is his home Ferguson pleaded for life saying he spent all but 16 months in state institutions He has 18 prior convictions including robbery jailbreak and vagrancy while serving a 10 year term at the Iowa State Penitentiary Ray said he can commute or pardon but cannot extend a sentence and proposed hiring Ferguson at the penitentiary to provide guidance and support
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Ray
Bobby Ferguson
Iowa State Penitentiary
Ferguson
Iowa Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Ray
Bakerite Claims Grape Record at Delta Tau Delta
David Fritzlen, a Baker University freshman from Winfield, ate a pound of red grapes with pits in 34.6 seconds at the fraternity house. He says this beats the Guinness World Record of 65 seconds and plans to submit verification for inclusion as a new record.
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Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
David Fritzlen
Fritzlen
Baker University
Winfield
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