Labor secretary Brock defends record at NAACP meeting
U S Labor Secretary William Brock defended the department’s minority employment record at the NAACP annual meeting in Dallas. He called teenage unemployment a national tragedy and cited the Job Training Partnership Act as boosting youth job placements while avoiding debate over civil rights tensions with the NAACP.
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Teachers vie for NASA interviews in space shuttle contest
Washington AP The fate of 114 teachers competing for a berth on a space shuttle flight hinges on two 15 minute interviews with individual judges. The teachers, selected from more than 10 000 applicants, face NASA's criteria emphasizing communication in the upcoming Challenger mission planned for January.
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NASA
James B. Rowley
Ohio
Agency told to make room for sex in space
New York AP reports environmental psychologist Yvonne Clearwater urges NASA to include quarters for sexual activity as astronauts spend 90 days in space. She notes normal professionals may have healthy sexual appetites and NASA leaders say planning for intimate behavior is prudent for long missions at Ames Research Center.
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Yvonne Clearwater
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NASA
Ames Research Center
Mountain View
Calif
Ambassadors seek end to Beirut hostage crisis
Britain and Italy ambassadors met Shiite leader Nabih Berri in Beirut amid efforts to secure release of 40 American hostages held since the June 14 TWA hijacking. Syria and Israel reportedly ready to join U S in seeking freedom as Berri demands U S warships pull back from the coast.
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Antonio Mancini
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Durable goods orders rise 4.1 percent in May
U S government data show May orders for durable goods up 4.1 percent to 103.8 billion dollars from 99.7 billion in April led by defense purchases. The gain ends a string of small increases following declines in March and February and follows an 8.2 percent jump in November.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Toxic fumes force evacuations near Anaheim warehouse fire
Toxic fumes from a burning agricultural warehouse prompted evacuations for about 9,000 residents in Anaheim and nearby Placentia and Fullerton. A Coast Guard strike team studied potentially explosive chemicals while 10 people were treated and a firefighter hospitalized. Wind shifts spread fumes over the area. 1,500 residents had fled earlier. return timeline undetermined.
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Placentia
Fullerton
Ex-reporter optimistic of appeal in insider trading case
Former Wall Street Journal reporter R. Foster Winans and ex broker Kenneth P. Felish were found guilty of conspiracy and securities fraud for misappropriating Journal information for profit. Defense lawyer Don Buchwald said an appeals court will likely overturn the convictions, maintaining they committed no crime.
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Wall Street Journal
R. Foster Winans
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Charles E. Stewart Jr
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Kenneth P. Felish
Stewart
Felts
Hirabayashi seeks postwar overturn of 1942 convictions
Gordon Hirabayashi, 67, testifies in Seattle that he never lost hope of clearing his 1942 curfew and evacuation violations conviction. The former University of Washington senior, last witness for his side, recalls receiving anonymous letters challenging his status as an American. The trial resumes as the government presents its case with Army intelligence officer William Hammond detailing wartime surveillance reports.
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U.S. Supreme Court
William H. Hammond
Olympia
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