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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1976
Page
2
A Civil Service Commission survey shows women hold under 3 percent of top paid supergrade posts while making up nearly 80 percent of the growth in white collar federal jobs last year. Overall, women held about 35 percent of full time government white collar posts, up 0.4 percent.
UPI reports Viking 1 fixes its sampling arm to begin life detection as hopes dim for salvaging the $2 million seismometer. Engineers suspect a broken wire. officials plan to use data from other instruments while awaiting a possible release attempt. Viking 2 readies a final course correction.
Federal and private groups announce two campaigns to raise awareness of child abuse. A $500,000 HEW project and a $10 million nationwide drive by the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse aim to urge help for abusing parents and promote non punitive support.
Chicago reports the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says birth control pills have a higher death risk than none but lower than pregnancy. The bulletin notes thromboembolic risks and possible heart attacks, urges dosage guidance and careful counseling, and advises switching methods after stopping the pill, especially for women over 40.
Three businessmen in Central Texas, Joe Pustejovsky, B J Brown, and David Krause, turned a joke into a venture selling dried cow chips framed in cedar shadowboxes as decorative Authentic Texas Longhorn Chips. They source chips from H C Carter Longhorn ranches, use red cedar frames from Bastrop, flatten and seal the chips to resemble fresh, new specimens.
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