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State employment on rise
Employment in Washington State continued its seasonal climb with
an advance of 3 ! ,800 from April to a mid-May total of 1,438,300. The
gain was below that which occurred over the comparable period in
1974, about on par with April-May increases in 1972 and 1973, but
well above growth between those months in the recession-plagued years
of 1970 and 1971. Total unemployment remained relatively stable,
dropping 300 to total 137,800 at mid-May.
Housing scarce at WSU
The housing crunch is getting so severe at Washington State
University for the fall semester that university officials are pleading
with students who have decided not to enroll to let them know so their
housing space can be assigned to someone else. Director of Admissions
Start Berry and Lee Wiggins, acting director of housing, have called
upon both continuing and newly-admitted students whose plans have
changed to notify the Office of Admissions or the WSU housing office.
PTA favors handgun control
The National PTA, during its 79th annual convention in Atlantic
City, New Jersey, June 14, voted to support legislation favoring
handgun control. Initiated by the Illinois PTA, which proposed: "That
the National PTA support legislation that will restrict the manufacture
of handguns and handgun ammunition," the National FTA's legislative
program committee expanded on this by further proposing: "That the
National PTA support legislation which will ban the manufacture,
importation, assembly or sale of the 'Saturday Night Special'," a
handgun which is inexpensive, easily obtainable, and frequently
involved in homicides.
New post for Morley McCall
Morley (Kramer) McCall was appointed director of the North
Olympic Library System by the board of trustees at a special meeting
on J une 17. She had been serving as acting director since the resignation
of James Kirks on May 1. Ms. McCall was head librarian at Shelton for
several years prior to going to Port Angeles to become assistant director
and extension coordinator for NOLS in February, 1974.
Patrol graduation slated
Graduation of the Washington State Patrol's 53rd cadet class has
been rescheduled for noon, July 1, at the Greenwood Inn near
Olympia. This class includes Cathy Swanson and Carolyn Pemberton,
who will be the first two women to graduate as troopers from the
Patrol Academy. Governor Daniel J. Evans will address the graduates at
the ceremonies, which center around a luncheon for relatives and
friends.
Refugee education funds promised
HEW Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger this week announced that
HEW will make one-time-only grants this fall to help defray emergency
costs of instructing Vietnamese and Cambodian school children in
school districts enrolling high concentrations of such children. "We
expect refugees' families to be dispersed widely across the nation,"
Secretary Weinberger said. "In those instances where concentrations
develop, however, this funding opportunity will assure the refugee
• school children do not become a burden on state and local school
budgets."
Forest practices meeting set
The Forest Practices Board will meet in Olympia on Monday, June
30, to review and possibly adopt the draft environmental impact
statement (EIS) on forest practices rules and regulations in the state.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in the auditorium of the General
Administration Building.
IRS to raise interest rate
Interest rates on refunds and unpaid taxes are going up to 9 percent
on July 1, 1975, according to IRS District Director Michael Sassi. Sassi
said legislation raising the rate from its present 6 percent was enacted in
April and becomes effective on the first day of July.
Unemployment claims up
Insured unemployment under regular entitlement in Washington
State climbed 10,089 to total 88,537 for the week ending May 31,
1975. Including the 16,193 persons filing for extended benefits and
28,921 individuals seeking federal supplemental benefits, the total
number claiming rose to 133,651.
at li
"Idea for a story: A man
awakens to find his parrot has
been made Secretary of
Agriculture... Should I marry
W.? Not if she won't tell me the
other letters in her name... How
wrong Emily Dickinson was!
Hope is not 'the thing with
feathers'. The thing with feathers
has turned out to be my nephew.
I must take him to a specialist in
Zurich."
The above parody of a
litterateur's journal from a new
book entitled, "Without
Feathers," scarcely needs to be
identified as the work of Woody
Allen, writer, actor, director, non
sequitur addict, a man who insists
that he wants to be "two with
nature." Allen's latest collection
of parodies and spun-out
academic jokes now at the
Shelton City Library includes a
skewed treatment of psychic
phenomena ("There is no
question that there is an unseen
world. The problem is, how far is
it from midtown and how late is
it open?"), ballet plots and
program notes ("The overture
begins with the brass in a joyous
mood, while underneath, the
double basses seem to be warning
us, 'Don't listen to the brass.
What the hell does brass
know'?"), and a skeptic's version
of the story of Abraham and
Isaac, in which an enlightened
God derides Abraham for
unquestioning obedience: "It
proves that some men will follow
any order no matter how asinine
as long as it comes from a
resonant, well-modulated voice."
Of the longer sketches, two
are particularly memorable: "The
Whore of Mensa" deals with a
private eye's investigation of a
ring of educated call-girls who
provide literary conversation for
the intellectually deprived, and
"If the Impressionists had been
Dentists" reworks Van Gogh's
letters to his brother Theo in the
light of that conceit ('I took
some dental X-rays this week that
I thought were good. Degas saw
them and was critical• He said the
composition was bad. All the
cavities were bunched in the ....
lower left corner ).
Church slates
special speaker
Peter,,Stroem of "~ve Thy
Neighbor ministry will".iaddress
the congregation o~" the
Skokomish Community Chuh~h at
11 a.m. June" 29 concerning the
benefits of visiting with people
confined to convalescent and
nursing homes which he has
experienced in his ministry.
He will offer a training session
at 7 p.m. the same evening at the
church to acquaint people with
the visitation program.
There will be a potluck dinner
following the 11 a.m. service. The
public is welcome to attend all
these activities.
~:: • /':i •••¸•2 b:.,.,.:,>. •
D.C.: $9,66 an hour,
You can call cross-country,
talk for a full sixty minutes and
pay only $9.66, plus tax.
That's if you call before 8 a.m.
and dial direct without operator
assistance.
Other-hour calls across the
country are also inexpensive.
Go ahead. Reach out and
touch someone you love. By
phone.
Just hearing those special
voices is worth it, any day of the
year.
Pacific Northwest Bell '
@
win
June 21 at the
annual Northwest Cham
Baton Contest in Oregon
Oregon, two members of
Robinettes group came out
place winners.
Teana Davidson, 10
placed first in solo, fir,
military strut, second in the
meet, and third in basic
Tressa Schmidt, age 12,
first in novice solo and
beginner solo.
Both girls, along
Zangl, are attending
Thunderbird Clinic of
Lewis and Clark
.Portland.
THE QUINAULT TRIBAL DANCERS were a feature of the program
Monday evening sponsored by the Mason County Bicentennial Committee at
the high school auditorium. Other features of the program, which was
arranged by Ethel Whitener and Anne Paval, were an Indian basket display
by Bruce Miller and a film which had been produced by Emmett Oliver,
director of Indian education in the State Department of Public Instruction.
Husqvarna
MOTOR SHOP
! 306 Olympic Hwy. S.
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