Soledad guards and cons live in a tenuous truce
Soledad California wrestles with lingering fear and reform, as inmates and guards adjust after the closure of the adjustment center. W. Tom Stone’s leadership seeks calm amid Attica and San Quentin echoes, while prisoners and staff face emotional strain and watchful vigilance.
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Soledad
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W. Tom Stone
Stone
Attica
George Jackson
San Quentin
Jackson
Perspective on devaluation and its broad effects
The piece explains dollar devaluation after the gold peg was removed, noting minimal immediate impact for most Americans but some effect for travelers and import users. It argues the move forced other currencies to adjust and framed the change as largely psychological, driven by pride and strategic realignment.
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New York
United States
U. S
Quarantine Set for 34 Texas Counties Over Cattle Scabies
The U S Department of Agriculture announced a quarantine covering 34 northwest Texas counties to curb cattle scabies outbreaks. Seven counties have confirmed cases, with others designated precautionary. Shipments from infested herds face inspection, dipping rules, and possible slaughter restrictions to prevent spread.
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Health care set for slum areas
Washington AP government paid physicians dentists and nurses will begin work in doctor poor city slums and rural areas under the National Health Service Corps. Regulations approved anticipate placing 33 doctors 15 dentists and 10 nurses in 20 communities by January with more sites by March and July to address doctor shortages in urban slums and rural towns.
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Biot
Richardson
Federal Register
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Corps
United States
New York Union Sues IRS Over Rent Policy
District Council 37 of AFSCME files suit in New York federal court challenging an IRS policy that keeps landlords and business cheats anonymous. The union argues secrecy prevents tenants from knowing they are due refunds and hampers enforcement. The IRS says it is reviewing the policy. Separately the Pay Board delays a pattern-setting aerospace contract decision, deferring 11.8 percent first-year rise as it weighs related plant accords at Lockheed, Boeing, and McDonnell-Douglas.
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Organized Labor
New York City
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
U. S. District Court
New York
American Federation of State
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Boeing Co
McDonnell-Douglas Corp
No real winner in India Pakistan war warned
AP Special Correspondent predicts the India Pakistan conflict yields no clear victor for any power. Pyrrhic India victory risks, Moscow and US complicating stakes, Bengal movement linked to new nation, Maoist tensions rise in West Bengal amid unrest.
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William L. Ryan
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China
Peking
United States
Southeast Asia
India
Pakistan
Bay of Bengal
Bengal
Washington orders engineers to stay quiet about Moscow talks
Washington assigns two month media gag to NASA engineers who met with Soviet experts on a possible joint spaceflight. Donnelly cites need for ratification and review of Moscow discussions and forbids release of Soviet messages, restricting press access to summaries only.
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Manned Spacecraft Center
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JPL
Girls prove shoplifting is easy in four stores
Rita McDermott of East Texas State University and Debbie Dockery staged a shoplifting project with four merchants to test whether honest looking shoppers escape scrutiny. They concealed items with umbrellas purses pillows and pockets, stealing over 50 dollars in 90 minutes, then admitted the ploy to study clerk vigilance and training. They claim to have shown that clerks watch less closely for noncriminal appearances.
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Rita
Debbie
Agnew reveals Christmas gift list with spoof items
Vice President Spiro Agnew read a playful Christmas gift list to 400 insurance lawyers at the Waldorf Astoria. The list includes items for George Meany Martha Mitchell John Mitchell Nixon Mao Zedong Ralph Nader CBS News Daniel Ellsberg and Sandor Vanocur.
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