Inca Language and Ancient Climate Facts Collide
The text notes Quechua used only by royalty in Inca times and describes hypothetical heat loss timelines for the atmosphere and oceans. It also recalls Alexandra Palace hosting the first public television broadcast in 1936 and cites Health Insurance Institute estimates on yearly physician visits by women and men.
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Alexandra Palace
London
United States
The
Health Insurance Institute
lawmakers debate Hatch Act repeal and civil service politics
Congressman James Mann argues repeal would enact special interest legislation and restrict only active partisan activity while preserving fair policy. Representative John Rousselot contends repeal would politicize the merit civil service and undermine neutral service to the public.
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James Mann
John Rousselot
Hightower Pushes Act To Weaken Hatch Act Restrictions
In Washington DC the House voted 264 to 164 to virtually repeal the Hatch Act, seeking to remove most restrictions on federal employee political participation. Opposition from Republicans and watchdog groups cites risk to impartial government. Senate fate uncertain amid bipartisan scrutiny.
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Jacks
Senate
House
Common Cause
The
Civil Service League
American United
Rep Hightower
Edward Derwinski
Ilinois
Human Rights Not Improved In Russia
AP reports dissidents in the Soviet Union argue Helsinki accords failed to improve rights. They note arrests, emigration barriers, censorship, and restrictions on travel and information while new chapters form in Ukraine, Latvia, and Georgia. Discontent grows as repeated harassment follows open dissent.
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Seth Mydans
Associated Press
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Communist Movement
Ukraine
Latvia
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Georgia
Communist Party
Crimea
Stalin
Helsinki Group
Yuri Orlov
Alexander Ginzburg
Anatoly Shcharansky
Mykola Rudenko
Oleksa_ Tikhy
Marislav Marinovich
Mykila Matosevich
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Mera Kostava
Viktor Atskhiladze
Davidson Rites Held Saturday In Vernon
Funeral services for Mrs Banksie Smith Davidson 76 former Vernon resident and mother of Mrs Joyce Avery of Childress were held Saturday in Vernon with Rev Fred Porter officiating Burial was in Childress Cemetery She died Thursday in a Paducah hospital Born August 25 1900 in Alabama she lived in Vernon 1966 1968 She married Ben Davidson September 3 1968 and moved to Roaring Springs Survivors include her husband a son and seven daughters along with two brothers three sisters twenty two grandchildren and twenty seven great grandchildren Grandsons served as pallbearers.
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Banksie Smith Davidson
Vernon
Joyce Avery
Childress
Sullivan Funeral Chapel
Fred Porter
Second Baptist Church
Childress Cemetery
Second Baptist Church of
Fred Smith
Rigby
Idaho
Bob Dunavant
Bill Starnes
Edna Webb
Charles Phelps
Leadville
Colo
Herman Schaar
Golden
Avery
Herman Cozart
Oscar King
Lompoc
Calif
Odis King
Hereford
Eunice Hobbs
N.M
Mary Kirkland
Quanah
Gertrude King
Lubbock
Andy Gibb Debut Album Blends Bee Gees and Eagles
Los Angeles AP reports Andy Gibb 19 tours a solo path with Flowing Rivers featuring I Just Want To Be Your Everything. Barry Gibb cowrites and produces two tracks, while Albhy Galuten and Joe Walsh contribute to the rest. The piece also notes sky wave radio skips rising with sunspot cycles, predicting a 1980 high solar activity.
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Peter J. Boyer
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Andy Gibb
Bee Gees
Eagles
Gibb
Andy
Barry
Maurice
Robin
The
Joe Walsh
Bee Gee
Barry Gibb
Miami
Albhy Galuten
California
New York
Gibb the
CB Radio Skip Phenomenon Grows Through 1980, Experts Say
AP dispatch notes that CB radio skip, signals bouncing off the atmosphere, is expected to rise through 1980. Enthusiasts hear long distance calls on AM and sideband, with messages from Florida to Canada and Central America. Newcomers wonder how 10 to 30 mile sets receive hundreds of miles away signals.
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Earth
Washington
Skipland
Florida
Missouri
Michigan
Alabama
Arkansas
Texas
California
Canada
Central
South America
Skip
Underwood and Hart Attend Texas Principals Conference
Principal Bill Underwood and Principal Bobby Hart joined about 850 Texas principals at the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals conference in Austin June 8 to 10 at Beauford H. Jester Center. Sessions covered juvenile code justice, education legislation, teacher selection and evaluation, and teaching by objectives. The text notes Queen Anne s lace is the wild carrot’s tiny flower and is sometimes called the Devil s plague due to its hardiness and rapid spread.
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Bill Underwood
Childress
Bobby Hart
Austin
Texas
Texas Association of Secondary
Beauford H. Jester Center
University of Texas
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