Critics push for review of official job figures
AP reports growing criticism from economists and policymakers that official unemployment statistics understate distress by hundreds of thousands or millions. Critics cite definitional changes, seasonal adjustments, discouraged workers, and mismeasured underemployment as distorting economic planning and policy decisions.
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John Cunniff
New York
Julius Shiskin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
White House
John Kennedy
Gordon
American Economic Association
BLS
Charles C. Killingsworth
Michigan State University
Killingsworth
Shiskin
FDA plans new quality rules on drugs
Washington Reuters reports the FDA will start a program to improve quality control of manufacturer supplied data in drug studies. Commissioner Alexander Schmidt cites errors or possible data falsification and notes tighter labeling for birth control pills and a cautious approach to cyclamates and hormones in cattle as part of broader oversight.
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Washington
Food and Drug ‘Administration
Alexander Schmidt
Schmidt
FDA
Searle & Co
CBS
200 Years Ago Norfolk Bombarded Out of Existence
Norfolk endured a brutal bombardment on New Year’s Day 200 years ago as British ships fired from the Elizabeth River. After eleven hours of cannon and rifle fire, much of the city lay in ashes and ruin, with rebuilding beginning when William Goodchild returned, bought land, and built a home.
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Larry McDermott
Associated Press
Norfolk, Va
Norfolk
Elizabeth
Lord Dunmore
Virginia
HJ. Eckenrode
Eckenrode
Dunmore
William Woodford
Robert Howe
Howe
St. Paul’s Church
William Goodchild
Goodchild
Furloughed Prisoner Fails To Return
Michael Duerr a 34 year old inmate from St. Louis County did not return from a five day furlough to spend holidays with his family at the Church Prison Farm near Jefferson City Corrections officials said. He was serving a 10 year term for second degree burglary and was described as a model inmate. Officials had contacted his sister in St. Louis County who said he left Saturday and had not been heard from since.
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Jefferson City
Church
Here
Michael Duerr
St. Louis County
Duerr
Broom On Transformer Kills Man
Authorities say a 19 year old man, Gregory B. May, died electrocuted while attempting to restore power to a vacant house using a broom on a 48,000 volt transformer. He and friend John E. Maberry Jr. were near a car when the broom triggered the switch and May collapsed. May was pronounced dead at General Hospital after failed resuscitation.
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Kansas City
Gregory B. May
May
John E. Maberry Jr
Maberry
John
General Hospital
Gift Funds Whirlpool Bath for Stribling House
Audrain Medical Center received 540 from Col and Mrs C R Stribling Jr to aid Stribling House. $200 buys a whirlpool bath for second floor care. rest funds cushions for about 20 Captain’s chairs in the second floor solarium. Hospital officials thank donors and tribute fund supporters.
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Audrain Medical Center
C. R. Stribling Jr
Woodrow Lee
Stribling House
Jean Thompson
AMC
Mr. Lee
Col
Mrs. Stribling
Flint police shooting blooms over patrol car dispute
Genesee County prosecutor says charges possible after a clash between a black policewoman and a white officer over who would drive a shared patrol car. Madeline Fletcher, 20, is in Hurley Medical Center with a chest wound. Walter Kalberer, 34, is hospitalized in satisfactory condition with a thigh wound. Ballistics pending. Fletcher was hired under an affirmative action program in 1974 and completed probation on Dec 15.
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Flint, Mich
Genesee County
Flint
Madeline C. Fletcher
Hurley Medical Center
Walter Kalberer
Kalberer
Miss Fletcher
Postal Service Announces Holiday Schedule with Limited Mail
The Postal Service will operate on a holiday schedule New Years Day with no window service or regular mail delivery. Mail will be collected as late as possible from local delivery boxes and star marked boxes. Normal service resumes Friday and Saturday Jan 2 and 3 with IRS tax form deliveries continuing.
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Washington
Postal Service
Internal Revenue Service
Britain Bans Sex Discrimination In Jobs
Britain enacts the Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay laws banning sex bias in employment education housing and services. The measures grant equal pay and opportunities while outlining numerous exemptions such as private clubs small firms and single sex roles with enforcement through courts and tribunals.
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Britain
London
M M A Holiday Dinner At Le Chateau In Clayton
Missouri Military Academy hosts its annual holiday dinner for St. Louis cadets parents and alumni at 7 p m tonight at Le Chateau 10405 Clayton Road Maj Ronald Kelly says over 100 reservations were made The event marks a shift with ladies attending and invites cadets to bring a date or friend similar gatherings are planned in Kansas City and Chicago during spring furlough in March.
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Missouri Millitary Academy
St. Louis Area
le Chateau
Clayton Road
Ronald Kelly
Academy
Kansas City
Chicago
Kirsten Retires After 30 Years At Met Opera
Dorothy Kirsten ends a 30 year run at the Metropolitan Opera with a New Year’s Eve farewell performance as Floria Tosca in Puccini’s Tosca. The soprano first sang at the Met three decades ago during La Boheme.
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New York
Dorothy Kirsten
Metropolitan Opera
Met
Floria Tosca
BBC Staff Strike First in BBC History
London AP reports 700 BBC journalists staged a 24 hour walkout for higher pay, marking the first strike by BBC news staff in the 50 year history. Demonstrators from the National Union of Journalists demanded unsocial hour pay increases from 390 to 800 dollars.
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London
Jane Wellesley
Crown Prince
Charles
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
National Union of Journalists
Jane
Duke of Wellington
Radio Times
Indians Call for Year-Long Delay of Elections
New Delhi AP report says Congress leaders urge Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to postpone Parliament elections for one year, tying delay to extending the emergency and constitutional changes. They predict a party convention endorsement and note speculations of replacing parliamentary rule with strong presidential authority. The speech cites internal and external destabilizing forces and targets the United States as a critic of India’s democracy.
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New Delhi
India
Congress Party
Indira Gamshi
Chandigarh
Mrs. Gandhi
Gandhi
Party
Congress
United States
Pakistan
Ford
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