Bicycle Rodeo Teaches Safe Riding At Coolidge School
About 270 students from grades 1 to 6 attended a bicycle safety event at Coolidge Elementary. Organizers Lack Ross and Jim Patterson emphasized bike control as students rode within prescribed circles and were judged on handling in varying speeds.
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Betty Ford depicted as jealous and insecure in Nessen book
Former White House press secretary Ron Nessen says Betty Ford was jealous and insecure long before her husband became president and struggled with alcohol and pain killer dependence. The New York Post reports galley proofs claim she kept her problems private and appeared calm during the 1975 assassination attempt news, while Ford’s office declined comment awaiting his reading of the book.
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San Diego
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First
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Sears withdraws TV sponsorship over violent shows
Sears announced it will no longer sponsor "Charlie's Angels" and "Three's Company" amid protests led by Rev. Donald Wildmon against television sex and violence. Demonstrators picketed Sears locations nationwide, including Sears Tower in Chicago, while Sears spokesman Wiley Brooks cited unsuitability with guidelines.
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Three's Company
House votes to bar aid to four countries and boost tobacco sales
The House barred U S aid to Cuba Cambodia Vietnam and Uganda while approving subsidized tobacco exports as part of a 3.7 billion foreign aid bill. The vote blocked direct and indirect aid to Cuba Cambodia Vietnam and Uganda and rejected a move to halt subsidized tobacco sales abroad under Food for Peace.
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D-Va
Carroll Hubbard
D-Ky
Joel Pritchard
R-Wash
Computer cross check uncovers welfare fraud in Franklin County
Franklin County prosecutors say a cross check of computer records may bring charges against as many as 2,300 people for welfare fraud. The potential loss to the county welfare department ranges from 2 to 6 million dollars, largely from Aid to Dependent Children payments to workers. A Franklin County task force has screened 750 names, finding suspected fraud in about 80 percent of cases. The first felony cases could begin in two to three weeks.
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Ohio
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Lewis
Saudi oil rise tied to U S arms sales and peace push
GAO says Saudi willingness to boost oil output may hinge on U S actions on jet sales to Saudi Arabia and pressure for Middle East peace talks with Israel. Report warns future Saudi production depends on technical, political, and economic factors amid rising U S and global demand. It notes Saudi capacity could reach 13.5 million barrels daily by the early 1980s but is capped below that level through 1979.
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Turkey embargo plan unchanged despite Senate setback
State Department officials say the Carter administration will press ahead with lifting the Turkish arms embargo despite the Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote. With four members absent, the committee rejected lifting the three year ban 8 to 4, but officials say abandoning the effort is not under consideration.
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