Fort Chaffee strengthens security over Cuban refugees
Security teams at Fort Chaffee relocation center increase from 600 to 2000 with authority to use force against agitating Cuban refugees. After a violent clash leaving five wounded and fires destroying buildings, Gov. Clinton and Sen. Bumpers criticized delayed White House authorization.
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Fort Chaffee, Ark
Fort Chaffee Relocation Center
Army Reserve Base
Carter
Fort Sill
Okla
Bill Clin
Refugee center at Fort Chaffee braces for unrest
Reporters speak with Cuban refugees at Fort Chaffee where followers of Fidel Castro are blamed for unrest. Officials describe the situation as a powder keg as more than 18,000 refugees arrive since six weeks ago, with refugees accusing a minority of stirring disruptions.
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Carter
Fidel Castro
Julio Valverde Cisner
Castro
Barling residents fear Cubans as riots rock Fort Chaffee center
Barling Arkansas residents say they fear and arm themselves amid riots at the Fort Chaffee Cuban relocation center. About 18,000 refugees are processed with 3,000 to 4,000 Cubans on each property, while officials move leaders to federal detention. Refugees denounce troublemakers as roving bands clash and firefighters are kept busy. Jesus Alvarez Rodriguez, 27, praises the new policy for exposing real intentions.
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Barling
Ark
Fort Chaffee
Harold Gilbert
Clinton
Jesus Alvarez Rodriguez
Women seek full time jobs alongside family life
Gallup Poll shows 33 percent of women want a full time job outside the home in addition to marriage and children. Forty-four percent currently work full or part time. nine in ten Americans are satisfied with family life, while 45 percent feel it has worsened in 15 years. The White House Conference on Families opens in Baltimore.
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Gallup
White House
Conference On Families
George Gallup Jr
Baltimore
U S Steel to Close Part of Fairfield Works in Alabama
About 3,000 steelworkers receive notice as U S Steel plans a major shutdown at Fairfield Works. Finishing facilities and structural mills remain, about 200 workers. Total layoffs at Fairfield rise to 7,000 from an original 9,000. national layoffs around 17,000 before latest cuts. Plant payroll was $218 million last year and $311 million in local goods and services. Arthur C Nielsen dies at 83. services set in Winnetka.
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U.S. Steel
Fairfield Works
Ted Stevenson
Fairfield
Pittsburgh
Stevenson
A.C. Nielsen
Chicago
Arthur C. Nielsen
Winnetka
Nielsen
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
A.C. Nielsen Co
University of Wisconsin
Manufacturing cuts loom as April orders fall sharply
Washington AP reports April factory orders sank 5.5 percent the steepest drop since the last recession, while inventories rose 1.7 percent. Commerce says further production cutbacks and possible layoffs may follow as unemployment nears 8 percent. May data due Friday.
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Washington
Commerce Department
William Cox
Federal Reserve
Troubled Teens Seek Advice From Doctor Wallace
A series of letters from readers age 12 to 13 ask about reputation after marijuana use and kissing, self image, and school pressure. Dr. Wallace offers blunt moral counsel emphasizing self respect, avoiding pot, and focusing on a positive appearance and attitude, while encouraging perseverance with academics.
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Doctor Wallace
Martha
Lake Charles
Jailhouse hero dies in prison cell suicide
In Clute Texas David Gale Herndon 22 saved a fellow inmate from hanging in a jail cell then hanged himself using blanket strips tied to bars. Lt. David Kirk recalled Herndon’s heroism and said the teen inmate was treated and released after rescue. Herndon had been jailed for assaulting a police officer and was on parole from a prior assault conviction.
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Clute
Texas
David Gale Herndon
Herndon
David Kirk
Kirk
Ager
Freeport
Texas Department of Corrections
Official ridicules report on poisons
Washington AP article notes the government spent about 10 million since 1972 researching how to handle slum children ingesting peeling lead paint. A NAS report costing 253 thousand over 20 months is criticized as poorly done and largely repetitive, with stark quotes from W E Gray of HUD calling it intellectual masturbation.
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W.E. Gray
Environmental Hazards Research Division
Department of Housing and Urban Development
National Academy of Sciences
Congress
Gray
Associated Press
NAS
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