Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, August 21, 1985, Image 9

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Volume 1, Number 49, August 21, 1985
HELP W ANTED, NOTICE OF BIDS, ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS, PUBLIC
NOTICE, INVITATION FOR PROPOSALS, NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS, FOR
SALE, FOR RENT, TECHNICAL AND TRAINING SCHOOLS, MANY OTHERS
Army veteran helps others benefit from law he missed
W A S H IN G T O N W hen Elmer R Sims left the Army in
1968, he returned to his former employer and asked to have
his old job back.
"I was told there were no openings," Sims said, "so. I
looked for work elsewhere At that time. I wasn t aware
there was such a thing as veterans' reemployment rights
Today. Sims knows quite a bit about those rights, which
were enacted in 1941 His job as assistant regional director
for Veterans' Reemployment Rights IVRR) in Chicago
demands it
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