Mexico set to curb gun rights with new curbs
Mexico proposes a stringent gun control bill to Congress aiming to curb crime and end the pistolero image. It would require special permission for weapon ownership, limit individuals to one small caliber pistol kept at home, and faces daunting challenges amid frontiers and a culture tied to guns. Defense officials say unregistered weapons exceed six million, complicating enforcement amid a surge in robberies and guerrilla activity.
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N.Y. Times
Mexico City
United States
Hermenegildo Cuenca Diaz
Chamber of Deputies
Cuenca Diaz
Virginia first lady leads home meal budget campaigns
Mrs Linwood Holton Virginia’s first lady heads a grass roots drive to help families stretch the food dollar. She speaks at seminars with government and business experts on budgeting meal planning and nutrition, targeting low and middle income households. The program uses The Budget Watcher’s Cookbook and USDA tips to teach planning labeling and smart shopping.
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Gay Pauley
UPI
New York
Linwood Holton
Virginia
Jinks
Holton
Roanoke Valley Nutrition Committee
Virginia Department of Health
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Playground revolution at Thousand Oaks School in Berkeley
Berkeley children gain a transformed playground created by a UC landscape architecture class. Students redesign the blacktop with two wooden towers connected by sloping cable pulleys and add an outdoor nature study area. Community donations and parent involvement aid building, with playful structures like blue steel drums and painted crates forming a caterpillar.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
Thousand Oaks
University of California
Thousand Oaks School
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