Vital Statistics from Boyle Columns Hidden in Mail
HAL Boyle compiles quirky, wide ranging facts from readers and public life. Topics include hourly work by mothers, traffic tickets, car theft trends, budget costs from 1952 to today, diet and health links, Soviet tourism, Woodrow Wilson’s rise, odd local ordinances, and population projections for China by 1980.
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Livestock Inspection Bill Heads to Governor
In Austin AP report notes Senate approved bills including livestock and livestock product inspections for shipments into or through the state and promotions for firefighters and police returning from military service. House passed about 50 local bills and four Senate bills including a plan to create a new state school for the mentally retarded at Richmond.
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Ford Foundation Grants 5.2 Million for Population Programs
New York AP reports the Ford Foundation approved a total grant of 5,296,200 dollars to aid less developed nations in population problems. Of this, 2,856,200 dollars funds family planning training and research. The largest grant, 975,000 dollars, goes to Population Control Inc. for Pakistan research expansion per government request. Additional awards include 480,000 dollars to All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi and 125,000 dollars to Topiwala National Medical College in Bombay for reproductive research.
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