School Tie to Cereal Sports Offer Blasted
SAN FRANCISCO AP The Post cereals boxtop trade for sports gear is condemned as an unconscionable diversion of classroom time and funds Consumers Union plans to petition state officials to ban it on elementary campuses The White Plains NY headquarters of General Foods declined comment The program offers catchers mitts balls and bats for boxtops The Committee on Children's Television warns the scheme could cost schools up to 7000 in parent and child contributions Critics say it turns children into salespeople and diverts resources from education The group suggests state schools superintendent Wilson Riles could issue an order outlawing the program and that the equipment be donated to underperforming schools
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Sally Williams
Committee On Children's Television
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Harry Snyder
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Consumer Reports
Committee On Children’s Television
Everest Climbers Return to Base Camp After Summit Success
American bicentennial Everest expedition members arrived safely at Base Camp Kathmandu Nepa l after canceling a second summit attempt due to extreme cold and winds. Dr Chris Chandler of Seattle and Robert Cormack of Boulder Colo reached the 25000 foot summit Friday afternoon. Expedition leader Phil Trimble halted the second team because temperatures dropped to 20 degrees below zero and winds over 100 mph.
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Cola
Phil Trimble
Mansfield Glenn Conclude China Trip
Senators Mike Mansfield and John Glenn arrived in Hong Kong after a three week visit to China. They refused to discuss their trip with reporters until they report to President Ford and the Senate. Mansfield stated it would not be appropriate to comment on observations and conclusions until the reporting is done.
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Mike Mansfield
John Glenn
China
Ford
Senate
Mansfield
Second Cigaret Maker Sets Price Hike
Brown & Williamson Tobac co Corp raises wholesale prices on Viceroy Kool Belair by one cent per pack, with Trem's premium de Maucier up slightly. Regular and king size cigs now cost 13.50 per 1,000, a 75 cent rise, following Reynolds price increases last week. Vending machines likely to add a nickel. consumer prices expected higher.
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Louisville, Ky
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
Brown & Williamson
St. Reynolds Industries, Inc
Salon
Police Olympics Winners Must Wait for Medals
Jacksonville AP reports that track and field winners at the national police Olympics must delay medals after a printing error. Medals engraved with third place and Phoenix Arizona were mistaken. another batch will be produced and mailed to winners.
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Ariz
Black Legislators Decry Butz Public Appearances
A coalition of black legislators denounced former Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz’s ongoing public appearances as a direct affront to blacks. Butz, who resigned after a racist slur, spoke to two Southern California trade groups despite criticism from U S representatives and city and state officials. He insisted the engagements were preplanned and would continue if invited, though some were canceled.
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Los Angeles
Agriculture
Earl Bubs
Butz
California
U.S
Yvonne Braithwaite Burke
D-Calif
David Cunningham
Compton
Maxie Filer
Nate Holden
State Assembly
Maxine Waters
Tor Butz
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Pakistan Saudi Arabia Heads of State Meet
King Khaled visits Islamabad for six days with Bhutto calling the trip a milestone in relations. The king receives a 21 gun salute and honor guard as talks with Bhutto begin. The report notes a Virgil quote on women as a Thought for Today.
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Saudi Arabia
Slamabad
Khaled
Islamabad
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Bautto
Second Gurney Trial Begins
Orlando AP report says jury selection starts in the perjury retrial of former Sen. Edward Gurney. Judge George Young will rule on a defense motion to dismiss before jurors are seated. One government star witness previously led on the stand in the Tampa trial. Perjury was one of two counts. conspiracy charge was dropped.
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Orlando, Fla
Edward Gurney
George Young
Tampa
Gumey
Gun Misfires Twice Trucker Escapes Death
Detroit AP report says beer truck driver Gen Barr escaped a holdup when the robber's gun misfired twice after Barr parked his Stroh Brewery truck outside a bar. Barr rolled to the pavement as a warning shot clicked, then the assailant fled.
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Gen Barr
Barr
Stroh Brewery
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