Civil Rights Commission urges busing to desegregate cities and suburbs
The Civil Rights Commission releases a 119 page study urging busing between inner city and suburban districts to combat growing segregation in large metro areas. It argues boundaries now act as racial and economic barriers and cites federal housing policies as contributing factors.
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Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Commission
Bipartisan Commission
Gerald R. Ford
Young Ready To Take Flak From Open Foreign Policy Stance
United Nations ambassador Andrew Young defends a confrontational yet open style of diplomacy as essential to Carter era policy. He argues for frank public debate on foreign affairs and warns against closed decision making, citing Vietnam and Bay of Pigs lessons. In Africa, he says Marxist rules would still require Western technology and trade.
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United Nations
N.Y
Andrew Young
Carter
Jimmy Carter
State Department
Africa
Young
Vietnam
Bay of Pigs
West
The
Humane Society
Educational paths for aspiring cooks and animal welfare plea
Question and answer discuss multiple cooking schools Guilford Tech Asheville-Buncombe Tech Institute Holiday Inn University Memphis and N C State University Food Science program. Also a heartfelt letter advocates humane treatment for unwanted animals and notes female Marine lieutenants training with male officers at Quantico.
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Guilford Tech
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Institute
Victoria Rd
Asheville
Holiday Inn University
Memphis
Tenn
N.C. State University
Raleigh
Rampage by Nazi-leaning sharpshooter leaves five dead
Fred Cowan, a 33 year old moving company worker described as gentle yet obsessed with Nazi symbols, killed four coworkers and a New Rochelle police officer during an 11 hour siege after a two week suspension. Police ended the standoff with Cowan shooting himself in the head. About 300 officers and federal agents faced the gunman in the 10 hour siege at Neptune Worldwide Moving Co warehouse in New Rochelle.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
Fred Cowan
Norman Bing
Bing
Cowan
Mary Ellen Cowan
Westchester County
New York City
Neptune Worldwide Moving Co
Allan McLeod
Clint Wynant
McLeod
FBI
Wiliam Hegerty
Rain drought spurs cloud seeding and water fears
In the Northwest drought, Idaho warns Washington over moisture rights while Oregon and Washington fear 76,800 farm jobs and 1.6 billion in crops lost. Authorities debate cloud seeding and power shortages loom as Bonneville sold surplus electricity to California earlier this winter.
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Olympia
Wash
Northwest
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Cascade Mountains
Montana
Pacific Ocean
Wayne Kidwell
University of Idaho
Kidwell
Midwest
Bonneville Power Administration
California
Bob Straub
North Carolina Stores Ordered 62 Degree Heating
Gov. Jim Hunt issued a 62 degree limit with 48 hours per week of restricted heating for all retailers in North Carolina. Businesses face possible prosecution for noncompliance. The Legislative Committee approved the measure as part of the energy crisis response.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Jim Hunt
Legislative Committee On
Energy Crisis Management
Hunt
N.C
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Supreme Court
America
Cyrus Vance
Nigeria
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R.J
Georgia Jobusch
Quantico Marine Base
Quantico
Roland Lersch
Amusements Bridge
TOR
Peete
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