Defining Reasonable Discipline Rules Faces Statewide Challenge
A legislative study group led by Senator Ed Renfrow pursues uniform school discipline guidelines across North Carolina. The effort seeks a clear definition of reasonable punishment to align teachers, parents, and students, amid public hearings showing wide disagreement on authority, safety, and the risk of court actions.
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Ed Renfrow
Johnston County
Sen. Renfrew
Renfrew
No Cart Safety Regulations Says CPSC
The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission will not regulate shopping cart design after study. Human error such as parental carelessness is main factor in accidents, so warnings on carts are deemed unnecessary and voluntary signs may be pursued instead.
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Federal
Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPSC
Oregon
Théopse
Consumer Alert Council
Barbara Keating
London Fogscapes and the 1952 Smog Disaster
In the 1952 December fog blamed for at least 240 deaths, London awoke to a killer smog that halted air, road, and rail traffic for days. The Clean Air Act followed, improving coal burning and reducing deadly pollution with ongoing controls and emergency plans.
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London
Dickens
Arthur Conan Doyle
Jack the Ripper
Air Pollution Crosses Oceans Affecting Europe And U S
Air carried by westerly winds from Britain and Great Lakes cities causes sulfuric acid rain in continental Europe and in New York's Adirondacks. The thin acidic soils of Norway and Sweden worsen effects. Clean Air Act efforts praised but far more work needed.
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Britain
Europe
Norway
Sweden
Scandinavian
France
Germany
Poland
Netherlands
Bryan Silcock
Sunday Times of
London
United States
New York
Adirondacks
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Great Lakes
New Parameters On Religious Freedom in Education
A conservative constitutional scholar William B Ball argues that public schools may establish secular humanism and intrude on rights of conscience. He cites MACOS HEWs The New Mode Me and MACOS controversies to show education may indoctrinate rather than educate.
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Institute For Humane Studies
William B. Ball
Villanova
Harrisburg
Ball
Wisconsin
Yoder
Ohio
America
New York
Ielieve
Congress
National Science Foundation
HEW
Carter Era Human Rights Shift Draws Fire at Home
Washington columnist argues President Carter has muted assertive human rights advocacy. The piece cites softened criticism of the Kremlin, support for Iran’s shah, and U S military aid to Somoza’s Nicaragua, contrasting with reported Ugandan and Cambodian abuses and a lack of global action. It notes congressional probes into Uganda’s State Research Bureau training tied to Amin and possible U S oversight lapses.
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Washington
Carter
Kremlin
Leonid Brezhnev
Anatoly Dobrynin
Iran
United States
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Capitol Hill
Somoza
Miami
Cambodia
Uganda
Idi
Amin
Texas
Yale creates cleaner students through odd remedial program
A Thanksgiving vignette at Yale shows 21 year old Ezra Whitman demonstrating new skills learned at college. His parents praise his ability to hang a coat, launder clothes, wash a frying pan and take out the garbage, highlighting a campus program that teaches basic domestic tasks.
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Washington
Yale University
Yale
Whitman
Ezra
Mr. Whitman
Mrs. Whitman
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Holiday Inn
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Embry- Riddle University
Daytona Beach
Police Air Wing
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Embry- Riddle
Boruku
Vero Beach
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U.S
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Les Whitten
Buchwald
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