Local Jaycees host 19 7 rail convention in Columbus
Columbus Jaycees will host the 1977 Fall state convention Oct 14 16 at the Holiday Inn drawing about 500 Jaycees and Mrs Jaycees. The event features dances seminars meetings and an awards banquet with Dick Bryan Goodyear executive director as best speaker. Bryan, a Lions International past president, is a noted youth advocate and world traveler.
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Columbus
Dick Bryan
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Lions International
Bryan
Pope Paul VI
Georges Pompidou
France
Franco
Spain
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Rama
Thailand
Pees
Goodyear
Wooster
Ohio
Northeast Ohio
American Society of Training Directors
National
College of Wooster
Ohio State University
Harvard
Columbus board to pursue condemnation of Duncan Elementary land
Columbus Board of Education votes 4 to 1 to condemn and acquire two acres adjacent to Duncan Elementary for a new building, offering 6000 dollars. Earlier, the board discussed possibly disposing of Lincoln School property by sealed bids. They debated elevator access for handicapped pupils and faced a disputed graduation policy waiver.
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Dick Howf
Columbus Board of Education
Duncan
John Tooley
Fred Bellum
Lincoln School
Lloyd Castner
Historical Society
Society
Bellum
Columbus High
Jim Ball
APS
Brazil
Columbus
Hijackers surrender in Frankfurt seek asylum
A man and woman in Czech airline uniforms hijacked a Yak 40 with 26 aboard from Karlovy Vary to Prague, flew to Frankfurt, and surrendered after 3 hours of talks asking West Germany for political asylum. They will face German trial. authorities note past hijackers were tried locally.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
UPI
Ceskoslovenake Aerolinie
Knut Mueller
Tokd
Czechoslovakia
Karlovy Vary
Carlsbad
Prague
Munich
Mueller
Snow flurries across Nebraska bring light dusting
Light snow showers spread through central and eastern Nebraska with Harrison at two inches Chadron one inch and Scottsbluff light snowfall. The National Weather Service noted dry polar air from a northern Idaho high and forecast warmer tonight with mid-20s to mid-30s lows and highs near 60s on Wednesday.
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Harrison
Chadron
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
National Weather Service
Idaho
Soviet cosmonauts land safely after aborting Soyuz 25
Vladimir Kovalenok and Valery Ryurain parachuted to a safe landing in Kazakhstan after their Soyuz 2 mission aborted near docking with Salyut 6. Moscow Radio reported both cosmonauts in good condition as the capsule touched down 118 miles northwest of Tselinograd.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Asia
Moscow Radio
Vladimir Kovalenok
Valery Ryurain
Kazakhstan
Tselinograd
Salyut 6
Soviet Union
Family TV debut set in Orient for Divis clan
Mrs. Tony Divis and children Dee Ann 17 Davey 14 and Dean 12 will debut on television after the first of the year in a commercial shot in Japan for corn-oil client Aji-no-moto. The shoot, partly sponsored by the State Department of Economics, was filmed near McCool Junction with a banquet scene in a corn field. The family later expects the ad to have world-wide release with the campaign titled Corn Country USA.
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Tony
Jané
Japan
USA
Divis
McCool Junction
Davis
Stalling
Labo
United States
Dee Ann
Davey
Dean
Puerto Rico urged to seek statehood by governor at conference
Gov. Carlos Romero Barcelo told a United Press International Editors and Publishers Conference near San Juan that Puerto Rico should end its semi colonial status and become a full U.S. state. He said the island faces neglect and unequal political rights, noting Puerto Ricans remain disenfranchised American citizens as 400 reporters listened.
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Dorado
Puerto Rico
UPI
Carlos Romero Barcelo
Romero
United Press International Editors and Publishers
San Juan
US accuses USSR and Czechoslovakia of Helsinki mail violations
Belgrade based speech by Joyce Hughes of Northwestern University law school cites a pattern of disrespect for Helsinki pledges. She names the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia for tampering with international mail, blocking family reunification and cultural exchanges, and hindering access to publications and subscriptions.
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Doyle McManus
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United States
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Northwestern University Law
Joyce Hughes
Miss Hughes
National Urban League
U.S
Boble Nelsinki
New York
Moscow
Panel backs affirmative action in professional schools
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights endorsed affirmative action programs in professional schools including numerically based admissions. The 12 page statement linked such policies to employment related redress and noted Bakke could be affected if admissions discrimination claims hinge on expectation of benefits rather than actual loss.
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Washington
UPT
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Supreme Court
Bakke
Arthur Flemning
Alan Bakke
University of California Medical School
Davis
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Cornhusker
Crewa
Dolla
Lucille Hollman
American Association of Retired Citizens
AARC
Lon Walle
Czechosiov Ussr
Helsinki
Hughes
Oivis
Dea Divis
Olvis
Vina Teamteuts
Deb Gondringe
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