Flexible hours spread across borders boost worker morale
Boston UPI report notes flexi time as a growing concept in business and government. Key speakers from New York’s Lower Manhattan Association cite improved morale, lower sick leave, reduced overtime and turnover, and eased commuting. Skeptics warn of inertia, communications disruption, and trust issues, but supporters cite peer pressure and proven results at firms like Lever Brothers and Exxon.
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UPI
Justin Murphy
New York City
Lower Manhattan Association
Murphy
Flexitime
Carl S. Selinger
Port Authority
New York
New Jersey
Selinger
Lever Brothers
Exxon
Europe
U.S
Philadelphia
Toronto
Madison
Wis
Hewlett-Packard Corp
Waltham, Mass
John Flaherty
Vietnam Invades Cambodia in Major Cross-Border Attack
VOA quoted U S officials saying Vietnam launched the heaviest fighting since last December with heavy artillery and air strikes penetrating up to 40 miles into Cambodia. Up to 80000 Vietnamese troops were involved in fighting centered near the Parrot's Beak border area as U S officials assess Hanoi aims not to topple Phnom Penh but to quiet the border area.
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UPI
Vietnam
Cambodia
Voice of America
U.S
State Department
VOA
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Chup
Phnom Penh
Hanoi
Amish adapting to industrial society in Arthur Illinois
Illinois Wesleyan sociology professor D Paul Miller lived with an Old Order Amish family near Arthur from January to April on sabbatical. He notes the community increasingly uses shops, autos, telephones, and non Amish services while preserving core rules.
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Ill
Illinois Wesleyan University
Arthur
D. Paul Miller
Miller
IWU
Normal
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Supreme Court
Decatur
Wesleyan
Thompson keeps EPA Marion lab open in Illinois
Gov. James R. Thompson says an EPA water testing laboratory in Marion will stay open beyond July 1. He seeks $184,000 in the new fiscal year to fund operations, citing the need to test Southern Illinois water supplies on schedule and a June 16 EPA hearing. The lab moved from Carbondale to Marion in July 1974.
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UPI
Environmental Protection Agency
Marion
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Springfield
Champaign
Illinoi
Carbondale
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