OE to Continue Using Racist Race Relations Test
The U S Office of Education will keep administering a race relations questionnaire to elementary and high school students nationwide despite NYC officials and parents calling it racist. About 183 schools in 95 districts were sampled, with testing beginning last fall and a 1975 congressional report planned, while three NYC districts with $4 million in funds balked at the process.
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Weinberger
Britain faces three day work week amid energy crisis
Britain enters a three day work week as Prime Minister Heath warns of a harsher year ahead. Government reports cite half a million job losses and a risk of one million unemployed as coal miners press for higher pay while backing overtime bans. James Prior warns the policy prevented catastrophe by preserving power and water supplies, though Labour criticizes the move as unnecessary.
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Harold Wilson
Britain
Arthur Scargill
Yorkshire
National Union of Miners
James Prior
Prior
London
Labor Party
Edward Heath
Navy cargo ship towed after collision off California coast
A 455-foot Navy cargo ship, the USNS Pvt. Joseph Merrill, was towed to Avila Beach after a collision with the Liberian freighter Pearl Venture near Point San Martin. A 16,000 gallon fuel spill spread then dissipated as Coast Guard crews monitored remnants and prepared containment if needed. The Merrill will undergo extensive repairs before toward San Francisco Navy yards.
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Monterey
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Ski instructor killed as avalanches bury cars at Alta
Heavy new snow broke loose on three Alta slopes in Utah, triggering avalanches that killed a ski instructor and buried several cars. Rescue teams worked through the night to recover victims as officials warned of continuing instability on the inclines.
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Wasatch National Forest
Alta Ski Resort
Alta Lodge
Flagstaff
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Cardiff
Park City West
Rex I. Potter
Salt Lake City
U.S. Forest Service
Chandler St. John
Forest Service
William Cargill
Bob Hoskings
Cargill
Holy Cross Hospital
Salt
Youth leader dies in Alaska snowslide
An avalanche on Flat Top Mountain outside Anchorage swept a church youth hiking party, killing Patrick McDaniel, 35, the Anchorage youth director. Seven others survived with injuries after seven hikers dug out the leader and called for help amid heavy new snow and rescue operations.
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Alaska
UPI
Dean Honnette
Evangelical Covenant Church of
Patrick McDaniel
Alaska Rescue Unit
Honette
McDaniel
Brian Outwater
Ransom Totals in 1973 Argentine Kidnappings Surpass $18 Million
In 1973 Argentina saw over 170 reported kidnappings by guerrilla groups and criminals. Eight kidnappings involved foreign businessmen, with Kodak and Ford among firms paying multi million dollar ransoms. The ERP claimed large sums while Ford and others faced threats and evacuations amid ongoing violence.
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API
Kodak
Antony da Cruz
da Cruz
U.S
Argentina
People’s Revolutionary Army
ERP
Swissair
Kurt Schmid
Juan D. Peron
Victor Samuelson
Esso
Ranson
Samuelson
Ford Motor Co
Ford
John A. Swint
Peronist Armed Forces
FAP
Swint
Otis Elevator
Coca-Cola
At the Movies Weekly Showings Across Local Theaters
Pippi Longstocking runs daily at 1 p.m. through January 16 with an evening The Deadly Trackers featuring Richard Harris and Rod Taylor rated GP. Cinema I offers That Darn Cat and Now You See Him Now You Don't both GP. Cinema II doubles Cops and Robbers with Burt Reynolds and The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing with Burt Reynolds Sarah Miles and Lee J Cobb. Manchester Cinema continues listings with local ads and a Manchester phone number 362-1229.
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Cinema
Cliff Gorman
Joseph Bologna
Man
Burt Reynolds
Sarah Miles
Lee J. Cobb
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