Easy to be a security guard? AP report notes lax hiring
An AP writer recounts quick access to private guard work in Michigan using a stolen identity from a wanted poster. He passes basic checks and is told to start soon, while firms require little proof of identity and no background scrutiny, highlighting weak screening in the booming security industry.
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Michigan
Stefan Doney
Associated Press
Detroit
FBI
Cameron David Bishop
Firm
Pers
Harry Rager
Rager
Royal Oak
Roger
Bishop
Raymond Cager
McGahey
Pinkerton’s
Burns
Reed Singleton
Detroit Security Service
Michigan Association of Private Detectives
John Clisch
Clisch
L. S
Robert Baird
Turkey
Italy
France
China
Latin America
Red
Democrats scale back showy conventions to focus on substance
The Democratic National Committee plans a restrained Miami Beach convention beginning July 10. No floor demos or long roll call. speeches limited to 15 minutes. the platform printed 10 days early. only two major speeches and minimal entertainment. Major networks eye altered prime time coverage.
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Network Execuives
Dick Murphy
Democratic National Committee
Murphy
Miami Beach
David Brinkley
Walter Cronkite
Harry Reasoner
Reubin Askew
Florida
Alabama
California
Creating A Classic by Norman Rockwell
Norman Rockwell again fashions a typically American subject the Boy Scouts. Life imitates art as he stages models for a dozen special illustrations of the core tenets of Scout law.
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Norman Rockwell
Boy Scouts
Rockwell Scout
Franklin Mint
Louis Lamone
Nixon trip warned of perils and espionage risk
The piece argues Nixon's China visit carries dangers from Beijing seeking redemptions for past U.S. errors and from an expanding espionage network. It cites Chou En-lai remarks, Hoover on Red China's espionage limits, and claims of narcotics financing fueling spying.
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New York
George Washington
Nixon
Peking
Chou En-lai
New York Times
James Reston
Reston
U.S
China
Mao Tse-tung
Lin Piao
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Red China
United States
Peking U.N
Delegates walk out of Paris Vietnam peace talks
Communist delegations led by Xuan Thuy left the Paris conference to protest the U S air war escalation. They said they would return next Thursday March 2 while the U S and South Vietnamese teams decide on next week’s meeting.
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David Mason
Associated Press
PARIS
U.S
William J. Porter
Xuan Thuy
North Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Tien
Attacks Ease as U.S. Strikes Continue on Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks slackened at night with no U.S. strikes in South Vietnam. Despite calm, U.S. reports say enemy troops did not cross the western borders, while heavy air strikes against the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos and North Vietnam persist. South Vietnamese officers note reduced enemy assaults and cite the death of a Viet Cong commander in Da Nang’s southern provinces. President Thieu proposes a Southeast Asia neutralization conference, open to North Vietnam, contingent on ASEAN participation and a ban on external aggression and territorial use for aggression.
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Saigon
U. S
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
Snce
da Nang
Huynh Phuoc Thua
Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
Southeast Asia
Thieu
C. L. Sulzberger
New York Times
Sulzberger
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asia Nations
North Vietnam bears war toll and women shift power
North Vietnam pays a heavy price for Indochina war with manpower losses and economic strain. The struggle drives social change as women assume greater roles in government, economy, and public life, reshaping the country’s structure as morale and discipline waver at home.
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North Vietnam
Hanoi
North
South
U.S
North Vietnamese National Assembly
Robin Hood Tree Revitalization Underway in Sherwood Forest
Work has begun on the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest to preserve the legendary Robin Hood hiding place. About $125,000 will be spent on the conservation project.
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Sherwood Forest
Robin Hood
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Arthur C. Miller
Copley News Service
Hong Kong
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