Dear Joyce on dealing with on the job sexism in engineering
A columnist piece from Joyce Lain Kennedy with insights from Katherine Becker Evelyn Murray Lehthall and Patricia Martin advises women engineers to use humor tact and selective confrontation to handle sexism. It emphasizes allies, persistent asking for privileges, and direct action when stakes are high. The reader service offers free information from the Society of Women Engineers. The offer ends March 1 1981.
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Joyce
T.R
Paterson
N.J
Boston Area
Katherine Becker
Evelyn Murray-Lehthall
Patricia Martin
Randy Ring
Chicago
Martin, Becker and Murray- Lehthall
Society of Women Engineers
Joyce Lain Kennedy
Vesco seeks asylum after return to Nassau Bahamas
Fugitive financier Robert Vesco returns to Nassau after a week on another Bahamian island and seeks asylum. Officials say deportation order stands, with Vesco pressed for asylum review under Bahamian procedures. Vesco has evaded U.S. authorities since 1972 over the Investors Overseas Services case and Nixon campaign contributions.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Robert Vesco
Vesco
Florida
Bill Kalis
U.S
Costa Rica
United States
Anthony
Investors Overseas Services
Richard Nixon
Getting into college not tough says study
A two year study released in New York and reported by The Boston Globe finds that 56 percent of surveyed colleges admit more than half of applicants who meet admissions criteria. The report also notes that a large majority admit more than nine of ten applicants.
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Boston
New York
Boston Globe
Judges clash as three Buckeye girls fight desegregation
In Buckeye Louisiana state troopers escort three white girls to Buckeye High School amid a Federal court desegregation dispute. State and federal judges battle over custody transfers and jurisdiction as guards report to spindle the students into classes.
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Buckeye
Buckeye High School
Richard Lee
U.S
Nauman Scott
Lee
Scott
Jones Street Junior High
United States
Jones Street
Sandia scientists stage black hat exercises on nuclear plants
At Sandia National Laboratory engineers and security specialists simulate terrorist plots against DOE plants to test defenses. They study fiction and intelligence reports, model intrusions, and sometimes run night drills to reveal gaps. One scenario targets Rocky Flats with nerve gas and a power cut, foiled by night vision and backup power.
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Albuquerque
N.M
FBI
Military
Soldier of Fortune
Sandia National Laboratory
Department of Energy
Sandia
Roy Crouch
U.S. Department of Energy
Rocky Flats
Denver
Record cold grips Eastern Seaboard across states
Frigid air paralyzed the East from Maine to Georgia with record lows and high power demand. At least eight deaths tied to the cold while thousands faced outages and stranded motorists. In Richmond Va temperatures fell to 6 degrees as a man died of exposure. Chicago and Baltimore also saw record lows. Across New Jersey, Philadelphia and Virginia the cold caused gas heater incidents, school closures, and emergency shelters.
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Associated Press
Seaboard
Maine
Georgia
North Carolina
Virginia
Massachusetts
Richmond
Chicago
Boston
Canada
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Toms River
N.J
Jersey Central Power & Light Co
Newark
North Jersey Automobile Club
Thomas Rankin
Wife of Ripper killing suspect under guard in court
Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of Peter Sutcliffe the Yorkshire Ripper, was placed in protective custody after a hostile crowd cursed her husband at a Leeds court appearance. Sutcliffe faces murder charges in the Leeds University student Jacqueline Hill case, with possible additional charges for other victims.
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Ripper
Leeds
England
Peter Sutcliffe
Sonia Sutcliffe
Sutcliffe
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Red Light
Manchester
Moss Side
Leeds University
Jacqueline Hill
the Ripper
Maurice Shaffner
Wakefield
Yorkshire Ripper
Jack the Ripper
London
East End
Shaffner
Sheffield
Dear Dr Wallace teens share dating and pregnancy advice
Readers 12 to 20 seek guidance on dating flirtation and pregnancy. A 15 year old asks how to attract boys and receive dating tips. A 14 year old reveals a pregnancy and asks about parental reaction and marriage plans. A 16 year old wants to confess love and asks how to tell him.
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Dr. Wallace
Burlington
N.C
Everett
Alliance
Ohio
Valerie
Sidney
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