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According to Holt, Dottin refused to write down his name but wrote down his badge number. Then, after Holt complained to Dottin about the patrolman's treatment of him earlier in the morning. Holt said Dottin handcuffed him. Holt added that Dottin, "twisted and ripped" the collar off his shirt by grabbing his neck...
...coyotes are blamed for killing more than a million sheep a year, and sheepmen are clamoring for resumption of open chemical warfare. The U.S. Department of the Interior, meanwhile, has been experimenting with more specific anticoyote tactics. In one method, sheep are outfitted with a poison-filled collar; if a coyote takes a bite, it soon bites the dust. Another device, the so-called M-44, involves a spring-loaded tube covered with bait and planted in the ground. When a coyote begins tugging at the bait, the device fires a lethal dose of cyanide into its mouth...
...trained for specific auto-related jobs, the transition to the South is more difficult. "Many have skills that don't fit here," says Collins. An automotive machinist used to pushing buttons on an assembly line is not trained for the complicated work done by oil-industry machinists. White-collar workers also face problems. Detroit's Wade Cook, 48, a former railroad employee with 16 years of management experience, has sent scores of resumes to the Sunbelt without result. The difficulty, explains University of Houston Sociologist William Simon, is that the Texas economy is highly technical at the upper...
Proudly endorsing Budweiser, wing forward BILL LOONEY bragged, "I guess I'm just a blue collar at heart." Sophomore GREG CAREY agreed, proclaiming "Budweiser tastes the best. I don't think you'll get many arguments about that...
...defense contracts will place a heavy strain on an industry that has been coasting along in second gear since the end of the Viet Nam War. Most companies cut payrolls sharply during the late '70s, and they now face shortages of both experienced aerospace engineers and blue-collar employees, including skilled production-line workers and tool-and diemakers. Says Hugh Johnson, vice president of First Albany Corp., a New York brokerage firm specializing in the defense industry: "Labor is going to be a real problem. Conservatively, the shortage of engineers ranges between...