Medal of Freedom awards go to Lady Bird Johnson and 17 others
President Ford will present the Medal of Freedom to Lady Bird Johnson Nelson Rockefeller Joe DiMaggio Irving Berlin and 17 others on January 10. Recipients include Omar Bradley I W Abel Will and Ariel Durant Archibald MacLeish Norman Rockwell Lowell Thomas James Michener Georgia O Keeffe John Bardeen Norman Borlaug Arleigh Burke Alexander Calder Bruce Catton Henry Friendly Jouett Shouse and James Watson.
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UPI
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Joe DiMaggio
Irving Berlin
Ford
Omar Bradley
I.W. Abel
Will
Ariel Durant
Archibald MacLeish
Norman Rockwell
Lowell Thomas
James Mic
James Watson
Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y
Erroll Garner, jazz pianist, dies at 53 in Los Angeles
Famed pianist Erroll Garner died from an apparent heart attack complicated by emphysema at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He was 53, had just been released after treatment, and left a legacy with Misty and film scores. Survived by a twin brother and three sisters. burial planned for Pittsburgh.
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UPI
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United States
Cedars- Sinai Medical Center
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New York
Martha Glaser
Misty
Downbeat Magazine
Pittsburgh
Mr. Kelly's
Chicago
Postmaster appeals for winter road and mailbox access
Columbus area residents are urged to keep roads passable and mailbox approaches clear during winter. Postmaster W L Zimmerman notes rural carriers strive to serve many customers but cannot deliver on impassable roads or where warnings exist. Owners may be responsible for non public roads and boxes must be opened to avoid missing deliveries.
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Columbus
W.L. Zimmerman
Ford undecided on blanket amnesty for draft evaders
First Lady Betty Ford voiced opposition to a blanket amnesty for Vietnam era draft evaders and deserters saying mothers who lost sons would be upset. Mrs Ford, aboard Air Force One returning from Colorado, stated she believes her husband may oppose the plan.
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UPI
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Betty Ford
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Colo
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Janie Hart
Philip Hart
Michigan
Vietnam
Union Pacific seeks move of two mobile agents base
Union Pacific Railroad filed with the Nebraska Public Service Commission to move the Genoa based mobile agents for the Albion Cedar Rapids and Norfolk branches to Columbus. Harold H. Brandt says Columbus will handle carload freight requests and empty car orders, with direct access to the computer inquiry system and a toll free number for branch line customers. No changes to train service or shipment handling are planned.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Nebraska Public Service Commission
Genoa
Columbus
Harold H. Brandt
Eastern District
Albion- Cedar Rapids
Norfolk
Brandt
Prince Wenzel von Kaunitz-Rietburg Known for 30 Daily Changes
United Press International reports 18th century Austrian statesman Prince Wenzel von Kaunitz-Rietburg changed his clothes 30 times a day reflecting his lavish routine and public image.
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United Press International
Prince Wenzel von Kaunitz- Rietburg
Education Today: Schools complain about forms
Public schools fear January deadlines for three and nine page federal civil rights forms. The Office of Civil Rights seeks detailed race ethnic and sex data, costs rise for districts, and principals warn time and money burdens risk diverting focus from educating students.
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Patricia McCormack
America
Uncle Sam
Office of Civil Rights
Ditta
Council of Chief
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Civil Rights Office
Council of Chief State School Officers
Arizona
Carolyn Warner
Education
U.S.A
Council of Chief School Officers
Owen B. Ae
Kiernan
Massachusetts
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Lincoln meat and poultry lab site to be chosen in 3 months
The General Services Administration will select a final site for a proposed federal meat and poultry inspection laboratory within three months. Seventeen Lincoln sites were deemed suitable in an environmental impact study for the Agriculture Department project. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service regional lab would aid Midwest inspectors with tests on food and animals and employ about 30 scientists with a projected annual payroll of 525000 dollars. Leasing an existing building may be preferred over new construction.
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Meat and Poultry Inspection Laboratory
General Services Administration
Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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