Gay rights activists rally in four cities
Activists rallied in San Francisco New York Houston and New Orleans as the seventh Gay Freedom Day Parade drew about 240000 attendees in San Francisco. Harvey Milk urged President Carter to back gay rights while the Briggs amendment to allow teacher firings for promoting gay acts drew debate amid a broader push for constitutional equality.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
New York
Houston
New Orleans
Market Street
Harvey Milk
Carter
John Briggs
Navy Study Shows High Asbestosis Rate
Long Beach California AP reports a Navy study finds high asbestosis rates among Long Beach Naval Shipyard workers. About 16 percent of 6,640 tested had the disease, rising to 34 percent for those with 17 or more years on site. Dr. Jean Felton notes there is no cure and most cases are in early stages.
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Long Beach
Calif
Navy
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Jean Felton
Union Apprenticeship Offers Draw Crowds
In New York crowds waited five days for a paycheck as about 750 people camped outside International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3 in Queens awaiting 1,250 applications for 500 apprentice positions. A second line outside Local 2 in Manhattan planned 500 applications for 50 plumbing and pipefitting jobs with entry at $12.85 an hour by 1982.
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New York
Actavio Grulion Jr
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3
Queens
Manhattan
United Association of Journeymen and
ERA Supporters Aim for Victory After Setback in Illinois
Washington AP report shows ERA supporters shaken by a Illinois defeat but staying committed. They seek passage in one more state to build momentum for ratification and national adoption of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Nancy Neuman
League of Women Voters
Congress
Washington
Illinois
ERA
Legionnaires Disease Not Contagious Says CDC Experts
Researchers in Atlanta say Legionnaires disease is not contagious and occurs both sporadically and in outbreaks. The CDC notes key questions remain about the bacterium’s natural reservoir and environmental sources. Doctors push for more soil, water, and air studies near outbreaks to locate the bacterium.
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Atlanta
National Center For Disease Control
David Fraser
Center
Bureau of Epidemiology
Legionnaires
Illinois VEW elect commander at Rosemont convention
The Illinois Veterans of Foreign Wars elected James Mascola of Blue Island state commander at the four day convention in suburban Rosemont. The event drew over 1,700 veterans who also chose Frank Rice Gillespie senior vice commander James Felton Chicago junior vice commander Helmuth Frank Springfield quartermaster Thomas Russell Park Ridge judge advocate Dr. Robert Mitchell Park Ridge surgeon the Rev Leroy Calkins Blue Island chaplain and Virgil Johnson Geneseo as a delegate to the Big Ten Conference.
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Chicago
Illinois Veterans of Foreign Wars
James Mascola
Blue Island
Rosemont
Frank Rice
Gillespie
James Felton
Helmuth Frank
Springfield
Thomas Russell
Park Ridge
Robert Mitchell
Leroy Calkins
Virgil Johnson
Geneseo
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Raymond Stotlar Lumber CO
Hi-Way
Commercial Credit Homeowner Loans
G Control Data Corporation
N. University Ave
Credit Life
Concord
America
Calcutta
HERO
Concord” Fabrics
Hannah Plaza
Cape Girardeau
Paducah
E. Monroe Herrin
Ill
Reinhardt’'s Jewelry
South
Carbondale
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