Right to Know Anti Secrecy Fight Gains Steam Across States
Dallas report notes at least 14 states expanded public access to records and meetings this year. Mason Walsh cites new laws allowing court testimony and disclosure of traffic accident facts in South Dakota. Several states broaden open government while others limit progress or increase secrecy. Public access hinges on legislative action and citizen demand.
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Rain Brings Boy Windfall in Kentucky
Paris Kentucky police returned to Caywood a stack of wet one dollar bills found by 15 year old Jimmy Daywood near a church shelter after rain washed cash from a pipe. The teen walked away $13 richer until owners could not be located.
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Icebergs Threaten North Atlantic Shipping Routes
Boston reports a heavy Greenland ice year with a 300 square mile iceberg zone south and east of Newfoundland. The International Ice Patrol, led by Capt. Kenneth S. Davis, uses ice cutters and planes to warn freighters and liners as crews log over 800 bergs this year. The patrol costs are shared globally.
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Newfoundland
International Ice Patrol
Kenneth S. Davis
Davis
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UNC Loan Fund aids students in Chapel Hill area
In North Carolina a good high school student may borrow via the UNC Loan Fund to attend the University of North Carolina. Harold Weaver says the fund backs creditworthy students with repayment tied to future earnings. Last year 592 students borrowed 144000 dollars, with medical and dental students comprising about two thirds.
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Traffic ticket misleads caller over defective muffler in Ark
In North Little Rock Arkansas a woman phoned police saying she wanted to talk to Detective Muffler whose name appeared on a traffic ticket she had. Officer Jack Hunter explained there is no detective by that name and the ticket cites a defective muffler as the violation.
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Jack Hunter
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