Ragpickers in Bogota Struggle for Pennies at Dump
At Bogota’s biggest garbage dump 230 unionized ragpickers scavenge bones cans bottles and cardboard for pennies. Some earn as little as 7.50 per week while young workers reach about 12. The ragpickers pay union dues and private collectors for bones and other recyclables.
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Ogilvie backs Reagan entry. Ford should quit run
Former Illinois governor Richard B. Ogilvie says he is considering heading Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign in Illinois if Reagan runs. He says Gerald Ford should not run again, noting Ford dam near lost the nomination and election. Ogilvie weighed the Reagan chair offer amid talks with Reagan aides and possible bids by John Connally and George Bush.
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New York based exam by family doctors could detect colon and rectal cancer early, yet only 56 percent know of proctoscopic screening and 9 percent had it last year. Dr. David Markman argues medical schools must train physicians in rectal exams. tutor endoscope trainer aids teaching without exposing patients to risk.
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