Speeding Surges After 55 MPH Limit Nationwide
AP survey across 48 states on May 1 shows motorists mostly ignoring the 55 mph cap while some slow to comply. Speeding tickets rise but police report limited enforcement. traffic deaths dip 25 percent year over year in March. Kansas cites 6,091 speeding arrests for a mid-April week, versus 2,352 in 1973. several states report lower fatalities so far this year.
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Associated Press
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Ohio
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Cotorads
Congress
Army aims to raise Black representation to 25 percent
Army officials predict Black representation could rise to 25 percent in the long term, about 5 percentage points above current levels and roughly double the share of young Blacks in the general population. April figures pending, recruitment gains noted after a January plateau.
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South Vietnam aid issues dominate congressional week
Senate debate shifts to a $574.4 million supplemental aid bill for South Vietnam for the last two months of the fiscal year while an amendment by Sen. Kennedy would curb funds for ammunition and fuel transfers. House actions include postcard voter registration and a metric system conversion bill forming a 21 member National Metric Conversion Board.
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Pioneer patrons to be honored at Omaha Livestock Market
Thirty eight longtime livestock producers will be honored Wednesday as pioneer patrons for 50 years or more of patronage at the Omaha Livestock Market. Since 1960, about 1,000 farmers and ranchers from Nebraska Iowa Colorado Kansas Missouri Montana South Dakota and Wyoming have received pioneer patrons recognition at the banquets.
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Davis to Attend World Wheat Council Meeting
Ray Davis of Potter, president of the National Association of Wheat Growers, will attend the World Wheat Council meeting in London after the spring. He will also visit the French Wheat Growers Association as a guest. Davis praised Nixon’s trade policy, urging most favored nation status for the Soviet Union and China to sustain U.S. wheat markets.
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Conquest of cancer may be hundreds of years away
In Omaha Dr Claude E Welch president of the American College of Surgeons warned the conquest of cancer may not come until the year 3000. He cited fundamental challenges and urged continued funding for research while noting progress in curing about 39 percent of cases. He spoke after being honored as a member Saturday in Omaha by Doane College, where he is a 1927 graduate.
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American College of Surgeons
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Osborne to address Hereford group in Rose event
Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne will speak at the Nebraska Hereford Association field day on June 6 at the Shovel Dot Ranch in Rose. Highlights include a neon barbecue judging contest and a rope halter making contest hosted by B. T. Buell and Sons.
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