Experts Predict Painless Conversion to Metrics
New signs in Ohio and other states show road mileage and limits posted in miles and kilometers as the U.S. moves under Public Law 94-168 toward a metric system. Officials from the U.S. Bureau of Standards and Education discuss phased adoption, with schools, industry, and sports gradually converting to metric units over about ten years.
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Princess Anne Pregnant as Buckingham Palace Announces
Britain's Princess Anne, wife of Mark Phillips, is expecting a baby with the palace announcing a November due date. In Brigstock, England she watched the Brig stock horse trials where Phillips competed.
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Metric system trials expand gasoline liter sales
Pennsylvania weights and measures teamed with Sun Oil for a pilot test to gauge consumer response to buying gasoline by the litre. Similar test conducted in Tallahassee, Florida showed favorable reaction. Federal agencies outline broader metric adoption across shipping, signs, crop data, patents, and defense, with several industries already using metric units for years.
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Sun Oil Company
Tallahassee
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Myths and Facts on the Equal Rights Amendment Debunked
Sylvia Porter debunks six ERA myths five years after Congress approved the amendment. Claims about double Social Security taxes, spousal support, anti male intent, separate bathrooms, women in combat, and homosexual marriages are addressed with constitutional and social implications.
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Supreme Court
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Yale Law Journal
U.S
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ERA
Meranza Press
North Carolina
Florida
Tiny Birth Control Pellet Promises Long-Term Contraception
Scientists at the Population Council and Rockefeller University report a one centimeter implantable birth control pellet that dissolves fully over two to three years. Tests in animals show potential for both men and women, offering long-term contraception without surgical capsule removal.
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Population Council
Rockefeller University
New York
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Rockefeller
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Gupta
Bridge winners at Welty Way Sunday movements
Mitchell movement results show North-south winners Mrs L B Beers with Keith Bean first and Mrs K V Harrington with Mrs John Stamy second. East-west winners William Kodine with Dennis Cordle first and Mrs James Boardman with Mrs Allen Langengeld second.
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William Kodine
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Allen Langengeld
Bar Shower Given For Tom Davis
Dr and Mrs Ray Scholl and Mr and Mrs Jack Zazza hosted a bar shower Friday evening at the Sheraton Inn for Tom Davis of Mt Vernon. Thirty guests attended. Davis, son of Mr and Mrs George Davis of Mt Vernon, will marry Sue Emmons daughter of Drs Richard and Margaret Emmons of Clinton on May 21.
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