Door-to-Door Book Salesmen Descend on Norwalk in Summer
Four Southwest sales students from Stanford, Berkeley and California campuses drive through Erie and Huron counties selling The Volume Dictionary and a preschool dictionary. They endure 14 hour days, cold showers, and near daily door knockouts for potential commissions, with one worker earning up to 17000 in three months.
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Norwalk
the Southwest Co
Nashville
Times- Mirror Co
Huron
Erie
Ohio
Berry’s
Yvonne Lucas
Stanford University
Berlin Heights
Frank Mizuno
Stanford
Chris Oakes
San Mateo College
Calif
Mike Knaggs
University of
California
Berkeley
Sandusky
Erie County
Huron County
Oakes
Mizuno
Southwest
Ralph Mosley
Mosley
Frank Minzano
AFGE signals conditional push to unionize armed forces
AFGE told Congress it will pursue organizing the 700,000 uniformed personnel only if its members approve and if law permits. Teamsters oppose military unions as impracticable. A poll results due by Oct. 1 will guide next steps, including limited union rights without strikes.
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Washington
UPI
American Federation of Government Employes
Congress
Teamsters’ Union
Senate Armed Services Committee
AFGE
Kenneth T. Blaylock
Costs climb as Big Ten schools top expense list
Northwestern and Michigan remain the priciest in the Big Ten in overall costs to students as a Madison Capital Times survey shows higher tuition and living expenses for 1976-77. Indiana Purdue Iowa are least costly. room and board plus tuition push totals up to over six thousand dollars at Northwestern.
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Madison, Wis
Indiana
Purdue
Iowa
Madison Capital Times
Northwestern
Michigan
Michigan State
Wisconsin
Big Ten
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