Woman miner feted for work in a man's world
Barbara Walton 43, a Peabody Eagle 2 mine recruit near Shawneetown Illinois, was honored by the Labor Department as Illinois’ most successful woman in a traditionally male occupation. She earns 6.40 an hour and will receive her face papers next August 6 after a year in the mine. Walton has held varied jobs from detasseling to carpet installing and horse breeding, and says women can do honest work without degradation.
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Galatia
Ill
UPI
Barbara Walton
Peabody Coal Company
Eagle 2
Shawneetown
Labor Department
Chicago
Illinois
Lodi
Modesto
Calif
Klamath Falls
Grants Pass
Ore
McGregor
Tex
Gatesville
Casa Grande
Ariz
Walton
Santa Claus reassures injured girl Beth Ann Cameron
Eight year old Beth Ann Cameron who is hospitalized after a truck crash that killed her parents and three sisters in Vermont was told by President Ford that Santa will find her. Ford arranged an Air Force plane to fly her from Manchester New Hampshire to New Haven Connecticut for medical care and spoke to her by phone for about five minutes.
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Vail
Colo
Ron Nelsen
Beth Ann
Santa Claus
Ford
Santa
Doctor's gamble funds free Aurora clinic for needy
Dr. Eugene R. Balthazar, 73, started a downtown clinic in 1972 funded by a $25,000 gamble in 1959. He provides free treatment, shots, drugs, and bandages to mostly Spanish speaking and minority patients while rejecting all cash donations and medicaid or medicare cards. The clinic operates 28 hours weekly with hopes to stay open longer, saving lives and taxpayer dollars.
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Aurora
Ill
UPI
Eugene R. Balthazar
Balthazar
Catherine Weiland
Barbs By Phil Pastoret on Trends and Inflation
The column lampoons the Congressional Record not fitting Top 40 radio humorously. It notes the odd image of buying a car once owned by a little old lady who raced stock cars and reflects on inflation making wallets feel oddly full despite emptiness.
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Harvest Haven
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