Folk forecasters warn of a hard winter ahead
United Press International reports a string of folklore signs from bears to squirrels foretelling a harsh season. An 86 year old Wisconsin widow notes fat bears hinting at trouble, while a Galena Indiana farm wife and a Bainbridge Georgia camp operator observe animals hoarding and chattering as signals to prepare.
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United Press International
Kady Riersen
Rhinelander
Wis
Corrine Smith
Galena, In
Jack Wingate
Bainbridge, Ga
Wingate
Alva Watson
Ill
Illinois
Missouri
Georgia
Indiana
T.J. Webb
Ellijay
Webb
Bill Sherrod
Elk
Colo
Sherrod
High Ridge
St. Louis
Helen Wohlschlaeger
Darts target nuclear advocate in political gift scheme
Seattle couple Stephen and Cynthia Thomas sell Dixy dartboards at 3.50 each mocking Governor Dixy Lee Ray for pro nuclear policies. The board features a headshot and a misattributed quote from The Oregonian of 1975. The scheme aims to influence voters ahead of Ray's tenure as governor.
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Seattle
API
Stephen
Cynthia Thomas
Washington
Dixy Lee Ray
Atomic Energy Commission
Miss Ray
The
Oregonian
Thomases
Gov. Ray
Thomas
Lawyers’ charade backfires in Crete grocery heist case
In Joliet Illinois three witnesses during Chester Gow’s trial identified a man at the defense table as the Country Mart robber. The man was a paid model hired by defense lawyers Louis Bertani and Martin Rudman to impersonate Gow. Judge Michael Orenic ordered the lawyers to appear in court October 3 to explain contempt.
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Gov
Lenox
Ill
Chicano Farm Workers Largely Unaware of Rights in California
A UPI report notes that 41 percent of 584 surveyed Mexican and Mexican American farm workers said they did not know farm labor rights equal to Anglo workers. The study recommends Spanish language outreach via TV, radio, and paystub notices, and finds low awareness of minimum wage, Workmen's Compensation, and safety rules.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Department of Industrial Relations
OSHA chief aims to cut paperwork and hazards in workplaces
Dr Eula Bingham heads OSHA and seeks to trim half the required employer paperwork and scrap redundant rules. She plans new standards for high risk areas, focuses on genetic damage monitoring with NIH, and notes one emergency standard ending dibromo chloropropane use after sterility cases. She also says OSHA will join inspection programs with other federal bodies.
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UPI
Eula Bingham
Bingham
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Cincinnati
California
Arkansas
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Greg Beard
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