First Dispatch From Poverty War: Job Training Proves Tough Task
Johnson administration faces hard lessons from a 14-page Labor Department report on training 100 hard-core unemployed Negroes at Norfolk State College. While some graduates secured better pay and jobs, others faced jail records, addiction, or training dropouts, highlighting the scale of poverty and the need for deep government commitment to lasting change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Gilbride
Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
Labor Department
Une
Norfolk
Virginia State College
Norfolk Project
Jong
Milineis
Franklin
Iamson
Norfolk Report
New Norfolk
Congress
Mafia Silence Breaks as Informers Talk in Sicily
Palermo reports police say the Mafia wall of silence is cracking after decades of omertà. The article traces Mafia origins, past control of lands and politics, and recent police crackdowns including deportations and arrests, highlighting figures like Genco Russo and Luciano Liggio and the banner line quoted by police chief Mangano: the birds have started singing in Sicily.
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James M. Long
Associated Press
Palermo
Sicily
Mafia
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Black Hand
Cosa Nostra
Mombo
Italy
Leo
Alice
Genco Russa
Musomelli
Russo
Palige
Luci
Ano Liggio
Corleone
Angelo Mangaso
Genoa
Liggio
Mangano
Mangana
Foreign Students Learn To Like Us The Natives Are Friendly
A New York Times survey of the U S student exchange programs shows about 75 000 foreign students in the United States form warm views of ordinary American families and praise Americans as sincere and hospitable While some critics discuss past bias most return home with a broader understanding and with respect for the United States The programs are mutually beneficial and enduring, shaping higher education in Nigeria India and beyond.
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Will Lissner
New York
United States
New York Times
Enid da Silva
Kenya Information Ministry
Kenya Today
Nairobi
Miss da Silva
University of Wisconsin
America
Nigeria
Neamdi Azikiwe
Lincoln
Pennsylvania
Columbia
New Delhi
Alfred P. Barnabas
Indian School of Public Administration
Cornell
India
North
South
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Lucians
O Vanter
Australia
New America
Milan
Turin
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Switzerland
Germany
Belgium
Leleilies
Danilo Dob ci
Ernesto Cardinal Rutlini
Danilo Dolci
the Leopard
Don Calogero Viz
Aini
Tne
Rome
Carabinieri
Tiove
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