Welfare hiring push meets corporate reluctance
An Associated Press survey of the 100 largest firms shows three-quarters have no programs to hire welfare recipients. Only eight have such programs. 16 are exploring. Executives cite the need for specialized skills and training, with firms like IBM GE and Exxon stressing fit over welfare status.
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Washington
Associated Press
Clinton
IBM
Fred McNeese
General Electric
Allied Signal
Exxon
Texaco
Digital Equipment Corp
Aetna
Fred Laberge
Jeffrey Joseph
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Manpower shifts as firms scale back hiring welfare workers
In Manhattan and beyond, firms from Bell South to Phillips Petroleum report downsizing and no welfare recruitment plans. Large retailers Safeway JC Penney PepsiCo Taco Bell and KFC also show little interest in hiring welfare recipients as economists note premium wages curb need to recruit. The piece cites Tim Klein Kristi Desjarlais and David Wyss and references a broader work first philosophy in Kansas.
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Tim Klein
Bell+ South
Kristi Desjarlais
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
Oklo
Safeway
JC Penney
PepsiCo
Taco Bell
KFC
David Wyss
DRI/McGraw Hill
Cemetery root of old Davis burial site near Lawrence
A tiny family graveyard on a 160 acre Burt farm near Lawrence began after Quantrill raid era. Henry T. Davis bought land in 1880s, built a stone house, and used the cemetery for kin. Today a growing West Lawrence development surrounds the nine gravestones and 50 foot protected circle.
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Quantrill
Burt
New Hampshire
Henry T. Davis
Lawrence
Davis
Sixth
California Road
Sixth and Kasold
Eliza
Henry T
Eliza Davis
West Sixth Street
Race Westridge Car Wash
W. Sixth
Roger Henry
Henry
Mike Yoper
Journal
Wost Priester
Davis Cemetery
Sixth Street
Fifth graders turn school idea into board game business
Barnstable Massachusetts fifth graders at Grade Five School created a handmade board game with illustrations and titles. They formed Main Street Learning Corp, netting about $30,000 in one month, planning books clothing and videos to reach over $1 million in annual revenue. Students say profits would fund trips and school needs while teachers view it as practical learning. Principal Tom McDonald notes the school serves 544 students with a $1.3 million budget and the town aims to keep education costs low.
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Hyannis, Mass
Barnstable
Carissa Souza
Cape Cod
Tom McDonald
Max Zemanovic, Jr
Main Street Learning Corp
Tradk
Paul Tom McDonald
Hyannis
Mass
Itt Oracters
Memorial Day draws veterans to medals and memories
Washington veterans recount Memorial Day and Veterans Day rituals as medals become keepsakes and legacies. Dennis Geiger cites older World War II vets and Vietnam veterans seeking to pass on service honors to heirs while Phil Budahn notes many seek proof of qualification from Army Reserve, Air Force, and Navy offices in St. Louis. The Army center handles 650 to 700 award inquiries weekly, over half from World War II veterans.
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Washington
Dennis Geiger
Military Order of the Purple Heart of
The
United States of America
Vietnam
Phil Budahn
American Legion
U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Center
Air Force Reference Branch
Navy Liaison Office
St. Louis
Army Center
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Richard Gwed
Journal-Worth
Lawrence High School
Red Fieldhouse
Manhattan
Core
Kansas
George Burt
William Quantrill
West Lawrence
Memorial Day Spurs
Veterans’ Memories
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