Driver education gains boost from 1966 Act
The Highway Safety Act of 1966 pushes states to adopt highway safety programs including driver education. A survey shows about 83 percent of high schools offer driver education with 98 percent meeting state standards. Pro grams typically cover 30 hours classroom and 6 hours driving. Experts urge maintaining programs, noting benefits in safety and fuel efficiency.
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Highway Users Federation
Carl Wenzinger
Doron Precision Systems, Inc
American Automobile Assn
Arabs move toward peace as Syria Iraq water row eases
The Syrian pledge to share Euphrates water with Iraq accelerates the thaw in their border dispute. Saudi mediators push toward a broader settlement with Kuwait while Assad visits Jordan, deemed world turning. In Lebanon, Saeb Salam’s flower gesture defuses sectarian clashes and quiets Beirut street violence temporarily.
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Iraq
Syria
Euphrates
Yamani
Saudi Arabia
Baghdad
Damascus
Khaled
Fahd
Kuwait
Faisal
Assad
Jordan
Lebanon
Saeb Salam
Tripoli
Fire Brigade
the Economist of London
Ozone levels show a global downward drift since 1970
NOAA researchers Angell and Korshov er warn ozone thinning may reflect natural cycles and sunspot activity rather than man made fluorocarbons. They cite varying regional trends since 1962 and note the decline since 1970 is modest and not uniform, calling for continued monitoring.
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Asiatic
Russia
South Tropics
United States
Great Britain
NOAA
War Bond Sale Fails in Mower County Hope
Mower County committee for the sale of War Bonds reports failure to meet the E bond quota. County chairman M F Dugan says both Nazis and Japs counted on home front fatigue for a softer peace. Austin Congregationalists inspect their church cornerstone contents set to move to the new Bel Air Congregational Church. Cornerstone laying scheduled for July 3.
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Mower County
M.F. Dugan
Austin
Thomas Pappas
Nixon-Agnew
Pappas
Athens
Elias Demetracopoulos
CIA
Demetracopoulos
KYP
Michael Rouflogalis
Larry O’brien
Nixon
Mr. Agnew
O’brien
Roufogalis
Panayotis Lambrias
Lambrais
Lambrias
Stacy Hulse
Hulse
Constantine Fetsis
George Rallis
Scrambling for defense dollars on Capitol Hill
Washington defense authorization season reveals a vast lobby for military funding. Generals, contractors, and congressmen link in a web of influence as procurement staffers move to contractors and Pentagon officials shift to committees overseeing defense budgets. Earl Red Morgan helped authorize F-15s, Harpoon missiles, site defense, and AMST transport.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Pentagon
Congressional
Earl ‘Red’ Morgan
House Research and Development Subcommittee
AMST
McDonnell Douglas
Morgan
Phillip Kelleher
House Armed Services Committee
General Dynamics
Kellerher
Congress
Women and Work Clash Across Nation And World
The piece explores changes in gender roles and labor policy, noting revisions to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles affecting hundreds of job titles, lawsuits for equal opportunity, and the rise of women in union leadership. It references the EEOC case against United Airlines, CLUW, and career centers, plus a World Conference on International Women's Year and defense lobbying questions.
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U. S. Labor Department
Labor Department
Eugene O'Neil
Lowell Perry
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEOC
Bive
Chicago
EOC
United Airlines
United
International Association of Machinists
Aflcio
Airline Pilots Association
Afl-Cio
Blondie
Penny Singleton
Labor Union Women
CLUW
Jerry Wurf
Newspaper Guild
Charles Perlik, Jr
Ford
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mexico City
Patricia A. Elmore
Austin
Oklahoma State Tech
Okmulgee
Miss Elmore
Tech
Vo-Tech
Oklahoma State University
Austin Area
College of St. Catherine
St. Paul
Kristin Buelt
Leonard Buelt
Waltham Rt. 1
Ann Miller
G. Donald Miller
Austin Rt. 4
Music in Motion parade and contest in Osage
Osage Iowa hosts the seventh annual Music in Motion with a 1 pm parade and 7 pm show at Sawyer Field featuring Ottawa Crusaders Enid Valiant Knights Royal Chevaliers Flying Dutchmen and Marquis of Fond du Lac plus host Osage Drum and Bugle Corps.
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Osage
Iowa
Osage Drum and Bugle Corps
Sawyer Field
Ottawa Crusaders
Ottawa
Ill
Valiant Knights
Enid
Oklo
Royal Chevaliers
Waterloo
Flying Dutchmen
Quincy
Marquis of
Fond du Lac
Wis
Iowa State American Legion
Ithaca
N. Y
Drum Corps, International
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Austin Daily Herald
Rian
Israel
Sadat
Amman
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James K. Angell
Julius Korshover
Air Resources Laboratories
2Nd St. N.E
Minnesota
Edmund E. Smith
Thomas J. Koeck
General Delivery
Minn
Atreas
A.P.O
F.P.O
Berry's
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Labor
Sigmund Freud
George Norris
Navy
House
Seapower Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Hyman Rickover
Jack Cloherty
Kelleher
Anti
Central Intelligence Agency
Greece
By Tom Koeck
U.S
Bill Meachem
Blooming Prairie
Franzen Brothers Circus
Victory Field
Blooming Prairie Lions Club
John F. Becker
20Th St
St. John’s University
St. John’s
Twin Cities
White House
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