Garys clean air masks steel layoffs in Gary Indiana
In Gary, Indiana, air is clear as United States Steel cuts half its workforce, leaving 41 percent unemployment and a four day week. Black residents face job cuts based on seniority, while welfare and crime rise and Mayor Hatcher pushes training and housing programs amid slow reform.
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End of an era as San Francisco whaling closes
At the San Francisco Bay docks the Dennis Gayle and three other Del Monte fishing boats end an era as US commercial whaling is halted. Del Monte is the only company affected, with fewer than 150 whales caught annually, while Russia and Japan continue whaling abroad.
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Army Uses Two-Twelve Discharges For Heroin Users In Vietnam
The U S Army in Vietnam discharges up to two thousand G I s monthly using administrative Two-Twelve withdrawals. Soldiers are twice certified as heroin users by urine tests and labeled of negligible value. Officers say the method serves deserters and commanders who want drug users out, amid Nixon and Pentagon pledges of rehabilitation.
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