Special education advances expand rights for handicapped children
Dr. Edwin W. Martin notes two major gains in U S special education for about seven million handicapped children. Congress boosted the BEH budget from 1 million to 132 million. legal rulings in Utah Pennsylvania and Washington confirm tax supported education for the disabled. Today 35 states mandate some form of special education, yet gaps remain in access and quality.
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Bureau of Education For the Handicapped
U.S. Office of Education
Congress
BEH
Dr. Martin
Utah
Pennsylvania
U.S. Eastern District Court
Philadelphia
Federal District Court
Washington
District of Columbia Board of Education
Artin
Bureau of Education For
Washington, D.C
Dean to testify on Watergate role before Senate panel
John W. Dean III is poised to tell the Senate Watergate committee his account of planning and coverup activity linked to the White House. Prosecutors seek a guilty plea from Dean while noting his central role in intelligence gathering and fund-raising for Watergate.
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Washington
John W. Dean III
Johnny
White House
Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Senate
Jeb Stuart Magruder
G. Gordon Liddy
Magruder
John N. Mitchell
Liddy
Mitchell
Justice Department
H.R. Haldeman
Haldeman
Democratic National
Watergate Complex
FBI
Vernon A. Walters
Central Intelligence Agency
Walters
CIA
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Senate Committee
Herbert Kalmbach
Stans
Kalmbach
John D. Ehrlichman
James W. McCord Jr
John J. Caulfield
New York
McCord
John Dean
Federal Grand Jury
The Family in Flux and the Call to Strengthen It
A columnist argues that despite sensational reports erosion of the American family is overstated. Careful data show divorce not at an all time high and the extended family fading, but society still relies on the family for child rearing. Strengthening rather than dissolving the family is urged.
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Washington
Safety of private flying rises with FAA program sweepstakes
GAMA runs Safe Pilot Sweepstakes offering prizes from 1500 tuition toward private pilot rating to a 30000 airplane to enroll pilots in FAA Accident Prevention seminars and clinics. Since 1971 the program has promoted safety in general aviation with voluntary seminars, check rides, and reports on unsafe conditions.
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General Aviation Manufacturers Assn
GAMA
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Riparian rights and state water rule concerns in Minnesota
Reader comments discuss private land ownership, riparian rights, and limits on state or federal interference with waterbeds and waterways. They reference historic jurisdiction before 1858, court reminders to the State Conservation Department, and calls for respecting landowner rights while noting public waterways as non owned by anyone.
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Minnesota
United States
Congress
State Conservation Department
High Court
Mark Forthun
Blackduck
Advertising watchdog eyes Minnesota ad practices
Minnesota Consumer Affairs Director Sherry Chenoweth says a larger staff will probe advertising abuses such as free gifts with purchases and discounts from regular prices. Investigations will define free offers, assess advertised values, and may regulate auto industry terms like executive cars and demonstrators. The staff grows to fifteen by July 1.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Consumer Affairs Office
Sherry Chenoweth
Public Poll Finds Meat Prices Blamed on Processors Labor and Government
A Minnesota PROBE survey of 1 000 adults shows only 8 percent blame cattle farmers for higher meat prices while 30 percent blame meat processors and 26 percent blame government statewide. Rural areas tilt toward labor and processors at 33 percent each with 6 percent blaming farmers.
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Twin Cities
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