Turnover climbs in volunteer Army
Washington reports the all volunteer military enlisting fewer low skill recruits and facing high turnover as intelligent enlistees are assigned to better tasks. Defense figures show fewer recruits score poorly. Aspin notes 40 percent are dropped before completing first enlistments. A related study from Project Max Wac suggests women can support combat units without reducing effectiveness, with 6.5 percent of active duty soldiers women and a goal of 10 percent.
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Les Aspin
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Bay City hotel fire death toll climbs with more bodies found
UPI reports four more charred bodies at the Wenonah Park Hotel raise the death toll to nine. Fire officials say the four story building remained an unsafe structure under current codes as investigators probe the blaze’s cause. Residents return for belongings amid subzero cold as authorities consider arson or code violations.
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Job chances up for 78 grads
Bethlehem, Pa. United Press International reports that job prospects for college graduates have improved for the second straight year. Nearly 600 employers responding to the College Placement Council survey expect to hire 16 percent more new graduates in the coming year than in 1976 77.
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