Sears Lawsuit Targets Conflicting Federal Hiring Rules
Sears Roebuck confronts federal rules it says undermine fair hiring by favoring veterans and restricting retirement. The company notes rising minority and women representation in its 400000-strong workforce and argues the bureaucracy burdens business with excessive paperwork. Critics claim the suit delays affirmative action, while Sears cites EEOC data to show progress.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
Washington
Sears
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Commission
Congress
Lear
EEOC
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards
Bureau of Census
Federal Agency Council
Washington Octopus
Medicare gap tragedy hits elderly patient in Ohio
Lucille R. Hall, 85, of Columbus, Ohio, lives on $302 monthly railroad pension but faces $700 in bills after pacemaker procedures. Doctors refuse Medicare assignment, forcing patients to cover the gap. Medicare assignment rate falls nationwide. by 1977 Ohio investigators report only 35 percent of cases accepted on the government's terms. The gap between allowed fees and doctors' charges has surged from $81 million in 1969 to $699 million in 1977.
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Washington
Lucille R. Hall
Columbus
Ohio
Grant Anesthesia Associates
Hall
Howard Metzenbaum
Medicare
Lucille Hall
Complex views clash over federal regulation costs and Castro stance
The Chronicle discusses conflicting studies on federal regulation costs, noting Julius Allen CRS critique of Murray Weidenbaum's $102 billion figure and the need to weigh regulatory benefits. It also reports Fidel Castro criticizing U S China ties and predicting policy consequences, framed as a professorlike warning.
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Murray Weidenbaum
St. Louis
Weidenbaum
Julius Allen
Congressional Research Service
Allen
Pope John Paul II Faces Catholic Marxist Challenge in Latin America
Pope John Paul II travels to Puebla Mexico for a Latin American Bishops Conference amid claims by Malachi Martin that Catholic Marxists seek to topple capitalism and democratic governments across the region. The Pope, with Poland’s memories of Communist confrontation, is pressed to oppose a Marxist shift while protecting church freedom. The piece notes clergy involvement in revolutionary politics and warns of Vatican influence becoming a tool of Marxism if unchecked.
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Washington
John Paul II
Mexico
United States
Latin America
Puebla
Conference of Latin American Bishops
Western Hemisphere
Malachi Martin
John Xxiti
Paul VI
Martin
Central America
Nicaragua
Honduras
John Paul
Poland
Vatican
Superstitions and Lucky Charms Among Celebrities
A compact survey of famous figures and everyday people who cling to superstitions. It names Fidel Castro Eisenhower Dick Hyman Danny Kaye Bob Considine Hugh O Brian Spencer Tracy Pat O Brien Art Buchwald Red Skelton Claudette Colbert Jimmy Stewart Ethel Merman Broderick Crawford Groucho Marx Bugs Baer and a narrator's Irish mother in law, noting beliefs about cats coins ladders and luck, with humorous observations on their quirks.
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Fidel Castro
College of Cardinals
Abraham Lincoln
Dick Hyman
Random House
Hyman
Eisenhower
Danny Kaye
Bob Considine
Hugh O'Brian
Spencer Tracy
Pat O’brien
Art Buchwald
Red Skelton
Mrs. Skelton
Claudette Colbert
Groucho Marx
Bugs Baer
Forces shaping U S government since FDR era
Alfred Landon critiques New Deal policies and rising federal power emphasizing inflation regulation and deficit spending. He argues bureaucratic expansion threatens states and individual rights, praising Carter's aim to rein in the bureaucracy and balance the budget while warning of ongoing partisan drift. The piece was prepared for the Ballot Sun and distributed by Knight-Ridder News papers.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
United States
China
Peking
Carter
Castro
U.S
Topeka
Kan
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Energy
James Schlesinger
America
Alfred Landon
Kansas
White House
Ballinot Sun
Knight-Ridder
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Arthur D Aodante
Arnold Miller
Charles J Hostetter
Jack E Weaver
George Miller
Crientation
Lorain County
Arlo McQuily Panting & iBblishing Co
East Ave
Elyria
Otto B
Arthur D Hodentt
A. Blyrie
Sun
Pope
Roscoe Drummond
Jim Bishop
Jimmy Stewart
National Monument
Ethel Merman
Ethel Zimmerman
St. Patrick’s Day
Broderick Crawford
FDR
Alfred M. Landon
Democrat Party
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