All Boy Choir in Conn Faces Gender Discrimination Ruling
HEW sanctions an elementary all boy choir in Wethersfield Connecticut for single sex status claiming violations of Title IX. The program aims to attract shy boys to music after school with no town funding. Critics say bureaucratic overreach and clash with educational goals and parity for girls.
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Washington
Office of Civil Rights
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wethersfield
HEW
William Cotter
D-Conn
Howland
Cotter
Congress
Jurors questioned in Harris Hearst kidnapping case
Defense accuses Judge Brandler of withholding juror misconduct complaints as trials of William and Emily Harris proceed. Allegations include a juror prejudging the case and a spectator seen with a paper gallows during jury selection. An emergency hearing on a possible mistrial was to resume.
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Los Angeles
William
Emily Harris
Harrises
Aoman
Chef Defense
Leonard Weinglass
Brandler
Patricia Hearst
San Francisco
Larrises
Jeannie Barton
Navel Revealing Stretch presidential campaign clash
Report notes a contested stretch in a presidential race with business figures winning 12 to 4 while journalists faced a defeat last week and faced a secret setback.
FBI Official Admits Improper Actions
FBI Associate Director Richard Held acknowledged responsibility for disruptive counterintelligence tactics in Minneapolis while leading the office from 1962 to 1973. Held said he was not directly involved, as investigations focus on harassment of student protesters and anonymous letters to college administrators. Prosecutors near a grand jury to consider indictments against FBI personnel for civil rights violations in burgla ry cases.
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FBI
Held
Senate Intelligence Committee
Justice Department
Kaward
Levi
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VBI
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New York
Convention of Police Chiefs Hit By Robbers
In Wilmington three masked gunmen robbed Thompson's Restaurant at predawn after a North Carolina Police Executives Association conference breakfast. Police chiefs from Wrightsville Beach and four nearby towns were unarmed in street clothes. They lost cash from the register and James Matthews of Henderson lost a $750 ring and wallet contents. A restaurant employee could not specify the total taken.
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Wilmington
Wrightsville Beach
John Ward
North Carolina
Thompson's
N.C
James Matthews
Henderson
Millionaire Hobo and the Classless CB Society
A humorous look at citizens band radio culture where anonymity and quirky handles replace status. The piece notes FCC rules on 2 MHz devices, Dutch licensing trends, a gay patrol in St Louis using CB radios, and locals arming for safety as skip and sunspots affect radio propagation.
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E. Z. Strange
Citizens Band Society
Habo
St. Loui
Senate approves 750 million in tax breaks for transport sectors
The Senate backed about 750 million in five year tax breaks for life insurers railroads airlines and shipping with provisions to boost depreciation credits and tax relief. It retroactively extends two year zero tax liability for rail and air credits while preserving the shipping double break and adds IRA tax relief for homemaker spouses with untaxed pension contributions.
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Washington
Senate
Hie
Sen
Dale Bumpers
aAmerica
Ford Turns To Choosing Running Mate
Washington backers say Ford has won a majority of Mississippi's uncommitted delegates and can shift focus from the presidential race to selecting a running mate. Clarke Reed, a Mississippi GOP leader, says Ford’s visit secured the delegation, while Reagan’s choice of liberal Schweiker as running mate diminished his standing with conservative Dixie Republicans. Ford plans to consult all 4518 delegates and alternates before the GOP convention on vice presidential picks.
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Washington
Ford
Mississippi
Mississipi
Ronald Reagan
Richard
Schweiker
Rpa
GOP
Clarke Reed
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
California
Aa Ford
Laer
Ford seeks delegate surge as convention nears in 1976 race
Ford pressed supporters in Jackson Mississippi claiming enough votes to win on the first ballot while Reagan forces push for 1 140 delegates and AP lists 1 104 Ford says Carter is a liberal with a free spending voting record. Carter spent the day in Plains Georgia meeting advisers. Most Mississippi delegates remain uncommitted awaiting a unit rule at Kansas City. Suitwerker and Reagan schedule Northeast and South tours next week.
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Ford
Jackson
Miss
Carter
Plains
Reagan
Associated Press
Mississippi
Kansas City
Majoriy Suitwerker
Northeast
Walking School? Postmen Train For Safety In Foggy Snow
Winston-Salem AP reports postmen attend a safety program labeled walking school after on the job slips. Graves Wilson Jr calls it a misnomer and notes films on ice and snow are used, with one mailman saying the effort was a waste. Kenneth Blakley, out after a back strain, warns future deficiencies bring harsher action.
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Winston-Salem
Graves Wilson Jr
Somme
Winston-Salem Journal
Poe
Postal Service
Kenneth Blakle
Blakely
Senate backs tax bill amid liberal reform push
Senate Finance Committee and chairman Len Russell Long face criticism yet win broad Senate support for the committee authored tax bill. Since June debate began, the chamber has rejected measures to cut or remove incentives aiding wealthy investors and businesses as it margins past 738 committee amendments.
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Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Mittee
Len Russell B Long
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