Stars Help Drive Record $21.7 Million Telethon Total
The Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon raised a national record $21.7 million for Muscular Dystrophy Association. Locally WATH radio collected $6,341 in pledges, aided by staff volunteers from the Communications Workers of America and several sponsors.
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Jerry Lewis
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School Strikes Averted (Continued From Page 1)
Essex argues major property tax issues will appear on ballots after the 1971 income tax. He blames student losses on urban to suburban migration and aging city populations. Enrollment has not yet fallen to peak three years ago, and costs in districts rise 8-10 percent due to teacher training reforms and special education curricular changes.
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Essex
State Education Department
Ohio
Dayton Schools Open Smoothly Under Desegregation Plan
The first regular day of classes under a court ordered desegregation in Dayton Ohio opened without major incident. Superintendent Maxwell cited transportation issues and misinformed bus stops among the few challenges as 18 421 of 41 298 students are affected.
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Maxwell
Milwaukee to bus 6600 students under integration plan
The district transfers about 6 600 of 110 000 students across 158 schools to create racially integrated attendance. About 34 percent of enrollments are black and roughly 90 percent of transferred students are black. The plan, rooted in a 1960s lawsuit, targets 32 500 into integrated schools.
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Milwaukee
Omaha
Omaha Schools Prepare for Large Scale Bus Ride
District officials say busing 9 300 students in grades two through nine should proceed smoothly despite early confusion. The 57 000 student district is about 20 percent black. The 8th U S Circuit ordered a two part desegregation plan in 1975 with faculty desegregation starting last fall and a magnet school plan in St. Louis aims to mirror Milwaukee.
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Citizens For Omaha
St. Louis
Milwaukee
FDA Finds Shoppers Prioritize Price and Brand Over Nutrition
A 1975 FDA consumer study shows Americans still chase price and brand when shopping, with 59 percent noting manufacture or expiration dates up from 1973. Interest in calories and nutrition rose, while ingredient lists gained ground from 42 to 47 percent. The Greenbelt Nutrient Composition Laboratory, part of the Nutrition Institute led by Dr. Walter Mertz, analyzes about 60,000 items to understand what goes into foods.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Agricultural Research Center
Greenbelt
Nutrition Institute
Walter Mertz
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Marketbasket prices drop 2 percent across items
Marketbasket items show varied changes with eggs up 13 percent and coffee up 2 percent while several staples fall. Fresh produce disappears from shelves with corn at 1.09 per dozen ears and strawberries limited to one city at 89 cents a pint. Massillon leads 17 cities at 17.09 dollars, Toledo at 17.35.
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