Word: shreveport
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Most subscribers express happiness with their new legal protection. An early pilot program for a laborers' union in Shreveport, La., sponsored by the A.B.A. with assistance from the Ford Foundation, was funded from dues even before the experimental period ended, and the plan went forward on its own in January 1974. In Alaska, the teamsters' and the laborers' unions have negotiated legal insurance plans. Employers paid 130, then 150 to 200 an hour per worker for protection that includes even expensive criminal-offense work. While the Alaska plans can cost employers up to $400 or more per worker yearly, most...
...members). Last year the General Assembly of the United Presbyterians' Southeastern sister church decided that homosexuality "falls short of God's plan." It shied away from a stronger condemnation, though, and approved a long-range study. A bill before the upcoming June 9-16 assembly in Shreveport, La., would repudiate homosexual activity and ban "unrepentant homosexuals" both from lay offices and the clergy. > Episcopal Church (2,882,000 members). A commission is studying the issue in preparation for next year's General Convention. But the furor last year over the ordination of New York's Ellen...
DIED. Jan Garber, 82, bandleader known for his mellow dance music; in Shreveport, La. Garber, who formed his first band at the age of 21, blended saxophones, played with what musicians call a "nanny goat vibrato," guitar and muted brass into "sweet with a beat," a smooth style that was highly popular in ballrooms and on radio during the 1930s...
...next big event was the Nationals, held at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds at Shreveport. He lost to J.D. Seales, who at that time was the fifth ranked flyweight in the nation. After sustaining his second straight loss, a disgruntled DiNicola decided to throw in the towel, and he quit the team to rejoin his unit...
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