Supreme Court to decide Bakke case behind closed doors
The Supreme Court moves the reverse discrimination case to private conference to decide if state medical schools may consider race to aid minorities. Allan Bakke sues UC Davis Medical School for admission based on his race, after 16 of 100 slots were set aside for disadvantaged minorities. Justices will weigh evidence and issue drafts in confidential discussion, with history likened to Brown v Board.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
California Supreme Court
Allan Bakke
University of California
Davis
Bakke
Omega project nears approval in Vermont hearing
Omega Properties Inc presented revised plans for a Route 7 Kocher Drive shopping center to the District 8 Environmental Commission as the Act 250 review nears a decision. Flood control improvements and lighting and sign size were debated with AEC officials, while concerns about visibility and pedestrian safety persisted.
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Omega Properties Inc
Kocher Drive
District 8 Environmental Commission
Omega
State Agency of Environmental Conservation
District Commission
Joseph Parks
George E. Derrick
Furnace Brook
Roaring Branch
Derrick
AEC
Stephen Sease
Jeffrey Cueto
Omega Properties
Sease
James Saks
Bennington
Town Manager defends grader deal amid radio uproar
Louis C. Sarelas denounces a WBTN radio report as bunk while defending a deal to replace the Willow Road town grader. He urged the board to approve a $1,500 wing with trade-in, noting Caterpillar price pressure and that the old machine was worn. Leake wanted time to inspect, but Sarelas says expediency dictated action and promises to inform him after the meeting.
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Louis C. Sarelas
Board of Selectmen
Richard B. Leake III
Willow Road
Leake
Savelas
Selectmen
Caterpillar Company
Albany
N.Y
Sarelas
Wbtn News
Canary Company
Malone
Gerald P. Morrissey
State moves closer to Bennington Brattleboro office site
The Joint Fiscal Committee gave Irving Bates authority to exercise options on state office construction on land in Bennington and Brattleboro. Brattleboro will lease a site for 25,000 dollars for 50 years, adjacent to the municipal building, while Bennington will buy about three acres of the Vermont Veterans Home property for 26,000 dollars. Architect James Lamphere reported plans eight percent complete and a driveway plan for joint use with the chamber, with a final design due for 98 percent completion at Monday trustees meeting.
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Vermont Veterans Home
Bennington
Irving Bates
Brattleboro
Peter Giuliani
James Lamphere
Burlington
Thomas Haley
Veterans Home Board of Trustees
Bennington Chamber of Commerce
Haley
Veterans Home
Board
Lamphere
Three Americans win Nobel prize for medicine in 1977
STOCKHOLM Sweden UPI three American doctors receive the 1977 Nobel prize for medicine for hormone research. Rosalyn Yalow of the Veterans Administration Hospital New York City Roger Guillemin of the Salk Institute San Diego and Andrew Schally of the Veterans Administration Hospital New Orleans share the awards for discoveries on brain peptide hormones and the development of radioimmunoassays. The Nobel committee lauds Yalow for diabetes research impact and notes Guillemin and Schally laid the foundations of modern hypothalamic research with isolation of peptides like somatostatin. Yalow 56 Guillemin 53 Schally 50 are American citizens with diverse backgrounds and families.
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Stockholm
Sweden
UPI
Caroline Institute
Rosalyn Yalow
Veterans Administration Hospital
New York City
Roger Guillemin
Salk Institute
San Diego
Calif
Andrew V. Schally
New Orleans
Yalon
Institute
Yalow
New York
Dr. Guillemin
Dijon
France
Dr. Schally
Wilno
Poland
Nobel
White House runs intensive Panama treaty PR blitz
A political outreach blitz by the White House targets grass roots opinion on Panama treaties. Rosalynn Carter hosts about 100 visitors from Vermont Pennsylvania and Minnesota for three hours of presentations with top aides. Carter and Mondale push ratification arguing the canal must stay neutral and open while opposing voices are labeled well financed and emotionally driven.
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U.S. Senate
White House
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Rosalynn Carter
Carter
Mondale
Warren Christopher
Ellsworth Bunker
Dummerston
Panama Canal
Senate
Panama
Republican Party
Latin America
Bunker
Johnson
U.S
Yanks 1 Dodgers 1 as MAU Soccer Stays Undefeated
In a mixed sports day coverage, the Yankees and Dodgers settle for a 1-1 draw while MAU’s undefeated soccer team continues its strong run with a forthcoming clash amid title talks and national attention. Arkansas faces Texas in an undefeated showdown as college football and soccer headlines unify the slate.
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Dodgers
MAU
Texas
Arkansas
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U.S. University of California School of Medicine
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