Lack of Summer Work Hurts College Students
Thousands of college students face a summer jobs drought and rising costs as unemployment among youth hits six year highs. Freshmen and married students relying on earnings risk being priced out of college, with aid cutbacks, higher tuition, and fewer grants threatening many families and schools nationwide.
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Moil
U.S. Office of Education
Stanford
Charles J. Sheehan
University of New Mexicco
A Glance Inside A Day In Court Case By Case
A Middletown bail bondsman triggers a televised style manhunt in a humdrum municipal court scene. Project Turnabout offers hope for drug addicts, while automakers target the minicar with a German import as a focal point.
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Middletown Municipal
Kansas City Strike Drags On Thins City Economy
A nearly monthlong construction strike cripples Kansas City, idle 22,000 workers, and halts major projects. Wages rise contestedly from four unions seeking about 5.50 an hour over four years, replacing 4.00. The stoppage costs the city tens of millions weekly, delaying a children’s hospital, university buildings, and plans for a new sports complex.
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Laborers Union
Mason and Plaster Tenders
Lathers
Builders Association
Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce of
Tius Davis
Children’s Hospital
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City Football Chiefs
Kansas City Baseball Royals
Harry St. Truman
Campus Probe on Police Role Sparks Debate at Stanford
The President's Commission on Campus Unrest opened a session at Stanford with questions on when police should break up gatherings. The commission, after hearings including Jackson State, seeks a mid September report. Chairman William Scranton notes fuzzy campus city jurisdiction, urging integrated campus and city police work. Chiefs Beall and Reddin join a panel with four other police leaders to discuss campus policing.
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Bayless Manning
Stanford University Law School
Mississippi
Jackson State College
Kent State
Commission
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Jackson State
Scranton
William T. Beall Jr
University of California Police Force
Beall
Thomas Reddin
Los Angeles
Reddin
Police
Edward M. Davis
Charles R. Gain
Oakland
Calif
Bernard L. Garmire
Miami
Fla
Jerry V. Wilson
Washington, D.C
Agnew Plans Asia Trip Affirming U.S. Commitments
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew will visit South Korea Nationalist China Thailand and South Vietnam to reiterate U.S. willingness to maintain its Southeast Asia presence while reducing the overall Far East profile. Nixon says policy avoids withdrawal and Agnew will report back around Aug. 31 or Sept. 1.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Asia
Nixon
United States
Southeast Asia
Agnew
White House
Far East
Senate
U.S
South Korea
China
Thailand
South Vietnam
Pacific
Korea
Vietnam
Cambodia
Niarchos Denies Wife Death Linked to Pills
Greek shipping magnate Niarchos denied claims that he fatally injured his wife Eugenia and stood by a Greek finding that she died from an overdose of sleeping pills. A Greek medical-legal committee said she died May 4 from sleeping pills, though coroner notes bruises from attempts to revive her. Niarchos spoke from his yacht Creole off the French Riviera as prosecutors in Athens sent the file to the penal council.
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Nice
France
Stravros Niarchos
Niarchos
Switzerland
French Riviera
Athens
Eugenia
Nicharos
Greece
Rene de Caamburn
Paris
Skipper and Five Crew Remain Aboard Flaming Freighter
A Philippine skipper and five crew members stay aboard the burning freighter Don Jose Figueras, sinking 900 miles northwest of San Francisco. The Cuba Maru and Ogishima Maru aided in rescuing life rafts, while the vessel continues to burn in holds 2 3 and 4 after a hull crack and starboard list. The ship was en route from Pusan to Panama when fire broke out late Friday night. no injuries reported.
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San Francisco
Don Jose Figueras
Pacific
The
Coast Guard
Demosthenes Gabac
Gabac
Republic of the Philippines
Pusan
Korea
Panama
Figueras
Transmarine Navigation Co
Los Angeles
Rain Likely With Cloudy Skies and Mild Temperatures
Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness today with a chance of showers or thundershowers. High temperatures will reach the low 80s.
Big Three wage talks hinge on Labor Day timing
Detroit AP reports top negotiator says an economic proposal will be offered to the United Auto Workers before Labor Day as contract talks with General Motors Ford and Chrysler move toward the September 14 expiry. Earl Bramblett urges serious bargaining early, while unions seek raises a $500 monthly pension after 30 years and a reinstated cost of living escalator.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
CLAW
Leonard Woodcock
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Earl R. Bramblett
Bramblett
UAW
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Associated Press
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tur
Atlanta
Emory University
Yale
Denison
William E. Stanford
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Twe
Norman Peale
Sports Valley News
Cer
Amusements Books
Thomas Collins
Harry S. Truman
Kansas City, Mo
San Clemente, Calif
Constantine Fafoutis
Penal Council
Cuba
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