Back Pay Upheld In Discrimination Case
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court near term end, divisions show in a ruling on back pay for alleged discrimination. Lawyers see the decision as clarifying limits of remedies and employer responsibility.
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Reme Court
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Legal Defense Fund
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Supreme Court
Congress
Potter Stewart
Albemarle Paper Co
Albemarle
William J. Brennan Jr
William O. Douglas
US Closes Laos Aid Mission After 20 Year Commitment
The United States ends its aid mission in Laos ahead of the June 30 deadline, ordering all aid officials to leave. The move follows two months of anti American harassment as the pro Communist Pathet Lao tightens control and signals potential limited future assistance from Washington. The embassy noted turnover issues with Laos confusing U.S. and project property. In related notes, Thailand pressed Meo tribesmen to return home, and NZ announced diplomatic ties with North Vietnam.
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Laos
United States
U.S
Washington
Pathet Lao
Indochina
Figon Radio
South Vietnam
Nguyen Vang Thieu
Thieu
My ‘Tay
Saigon
Vien‘tane
Ment
Foreign Ministry
Gordon Ramsey
Salt Lake City
Utah
Beatrice Perez
Sunnydale
Calif
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Penang
Kuala Lumpur
Truong Vinh
New Zealand
North Vietnam
Bill Rowling
Peking
W.B. Harland
Hanoi
National Assembly
Chatichai Choonhavan
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Thailand
Meos
Porrible
Business Indicators Rose For Third Straight Month
Washington AP The federal leading indicators index rose 2.1 percent in May marking a 5.7 percent three month gain economists view as a sign of recovery The May rise followed an April revision to 3 percent and the index components show up signals eight of ten improving with layoffs and hours unchanged while suppliers profits and spending improve leading to cautious optimism about a broader turnaround.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Youth Survives Eighth Floor Fall in Bangkok Hotel
Oklahoma City youth Kurt Krusekopf, 17, fell from the eighth floor after stepping onto a flimsy ledge outside his hotel room in Bangkok. He survived with broken arm, hip, pelvic bone and jaw, plus other injuries. A Navy doctor aided at the scene, and surgeons in Bangkok and Oklahoma City have performed operations. The family, employed by the U S Foreign Assistance Program, plans recovery in Oklahoma with months of rehab ahead, as unemployment figures and recovery context are noted.
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Oklahoma City
Kurt Krusekopf
Bangkok
Laos
U.S
Bone and Joint Hospital
Navy
Kurt
Thailand
Krusekopf
Air Force
Interest Rate To Improve For Small Savers
Senate Finance Committee backed removing the 6 percent ceiling on U S savings bonds to let rates reflect market conditions. Treasury Secretary Simon supported an immediate upward adjustment, aiming to boost small savers and Treasury stability as federal borrowing rises. Ambulance tax in Moberly: Randolph County ambulance district approves tax levy increase from 7 to 10 cents.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
William E. Simon
U.S
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
Simon
Randolph County Ambulance District Board
Donations Sought for New Mexico Child Center
Courtney Child Care Center plans to open at 716 E Breckenridge and seeks local donations to cover operating costs in addition to HEW funds. The new center will serve 40 children ages 27 and support working mothers, replacing part of the 75 percent HEW-funded program and 25 percent Community Chest support as costs rise.
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Courtney
E. Breckenridge
Lewis French
N. Wade
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mexico
The
Mexico Housing Authority
Cancer Researcher Dr Cowdry Dies at 86
Dr Edmund Vincent Cowdry, 86, a noted cancer researcher and former first fellow of City of Hope, died at his home. He retired in 1980 as head of Washington University School of Medicine’s Vimence Cancer Research Laboratory and later served as City of Hope fellow and consultant to medical groups. A Macleod Alberta native, he studied at the University of Toronto and the University of Chicago and did research at Woods Hole while an associate professor at Johns Hopkins.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Ozarker seeks 1500 to run for president
Springfield AP notes unorthodox candidate Billy Joe Clegg who, with running mate Rev. Lee Packwood, campaigns in the Ozarks for a $1,500 by August 1 goal. He denounces communism ERA homosexuality and liquor, proposes turning the UN into a Boy Scout HQ and broadcasting Oval Office proceedings.
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Springfield
Billy Joe Clegg
Ozarks
Baptist Bible College
America
Clegg
Lee Packwood
United Nations
Oval Office
White House
Air Force
New Hampshire
U.S.A
Beirut Street Fighting Escalates as Clashes Spread
In Beirut fighting among armed factions intensified with machine guns mortars and bazookas causing growing casualties. Ten killed and 35 wounded include civilians as security forces join after a policemen was killed by a rocket. Palestinian and Phalangist forces clash amid a months long sectarian conflict. Yasir Arafat appealed for peace on state television.
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Beirut
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Phalange
Liberal
Chiyah Ani el Rummanneh
Yasir Arafat
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