Garbage in Western city dumps could feed the hungry
United Nations speech by Manouchehr Ganji cites FAO analysis of urban refuse showing calories in a single day’s trash could meet a poor person’s daily needs in Asia or Africa. He warns up to a billion people live in poverty and urges a radical reform movement for developing nations. He links hunger to higher food prices driven by developed nations.
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United Nations Commission On Human Rights
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Ganji
Commission
Asia
Africa
U.N. Commission
Diver SAHASOTA Finds Oldest Human Remains in New World
William Royal, a retired Air Force colonel and amateur diver, ended a four year struggle with archaeologists by convincing them he had located the oldest human remains in the New World. He first discovered a skull beneath 40 feet of water in the Warm Mineral Springs near Sarasota, Florida, in 1959.
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Royal
Florida
W. A
Sonny" Cockrell
Americas
Sarasota
Harrassed Debate Over Union City Dam Plan
Erie County Commissioner William Hill clashed with Mrs. Vera Sayre over Union City Dam funding and ballots. Officials said cost figures would come from the Army Corps of Engineers and restroom facilities at the dam area drew criticism amid high visitor counts.
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Erie
Erie County
William Hill
Vera Sayre
Union City
Hill
Primary Election Signatures Begin For Erie County Offices
Candidates started gathering petition signatures for the May 21 primary. Filing deadlines vary by office with county and state avenues, and incumbents including U S Representative Joseph Vigorito and Governor Milton Shapp expected to seek re election. Competition noted from Commissioner Hill against Forest Hopkins in the 4th District.
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Erie County
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Harrisburg
State Assembly
U.S
William Q. Hill
GOP
Forest Hopkins
North East
Joseph P. Vigorito
Erie
Richard Schweiker
Milton J
Shapp
Ernest P. Kline
Wife dies after husband killed in crash in Pa
An elderly Conemaugh woman died of a heart attack moments after learning her husband had been killed in a one car crash on U S 22 north of Johnstown. Susan Pierce 70 died Tuesday, John D Pierce 01 was killed when his van left the road and hit a tree. Both died at Lee Hospital within about an hour of each other.
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Conemaugh
Susan Pierce
John D
U.S. 22
Here
Pierce
Pierces
Lee Hospital
Seek Three Dems For 74 Mini Convention
Erie area Democratic candidates will be elected as delegates in the spring primary to represent the 24th Congressional District at a Kansas City mini convention in December. Erie County Democratic Party Chairman Roger Fischer said the delegate election has had little publicity, with candidate names on the May 21 primary ballot. The mini convention will review the national charter and platform ahead of the 1976 presidential election. Nominating petitions may be picked up at the Erie County courthouse.
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Erie
Democratic National Party
Kansas City
Erie County
Democratic Party
Roger Fischer
Fischer
Bicentennial Bill Passed By House
Harrisburg AP says the Pennsylvania House voted 149 to 6 to create an independent commission for the 1976 bicentennial. The measure returns to the Senate after the House expanded the commission from 16 to 26 members.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Senate
Sonny Bono files legal separation from Cher
Sonny Bono of the Sonny and Cher duo filed for legal separation yesterday from his wife and partner. The pair will still appear on national television this season, continuing their team schedule despite the divorce filing.
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Sonny and Cher
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