Pittsburgh teachers strike after contract talks fail
Pittsburgh public school teachers walk out for a third time in eight years as classes proceed with nonstriking staff and 62 000 students told to report. The union rejected a 1000 across the board offer and noted talks on professional issues remain unresolved.
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Commercial water may be more harmful say experts
New Orleans reports quote Loyola University researcher Dr John Christman warning bottled water may not be safer than tap water. He notes forthcoming EPA standards under the 1974 act may apply to bottled water sold across states and stresses home purification as the only feasible safeguard.
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To smoke or not to smoke hearings set for Tuesday
Minnesota public hearings Tuesday will examine rules to implement a 1975 nonsmoker rights law that took effect August 1. One proposal would redefine a bar to venues serving alcohol and food to under 50 patrons, with some bars designated wholly smoking areas.
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Minnesota
State weighs indoor smoking rules at University hearing
Hearing begins at 9 30 a m in the Health Department building on the Minnesota campus to decide rules for smoking and nonsmoking areas. Proposals keep general standards while leaving exact sizes to later policy choices and potential legislative guidance.
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Water Purification Filtration Dates Back to 1870
Water purification by filtration traces to 1870 when an English type slow sand filter was built at Poughkeepsie New York.
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N.Y
WCCO Stations Win DuPont-Columbia Awards
A Minneapolis radio station and its television counterpart were among ten winners at the seventh annual Alfred I. DuPont Columbia University Awards in Broadcast Journalism. WCCO AM received a citation for news and documentary programming. WCCO TV and David Moore were honored for Moore on Sunday.
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