Urban Crisis Confronts Chicago's New Mayor
Chicago enters the post-Daley era under Mayor Michael Bilandic facing school and transit funding crises. The city battles violence in Humboldt Park and Cabrini Green while business leaders praise his fiscal conservatism and bond ratings.
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Chicago
LaSalle Street
Midwest
Michael A. Bilandic
Dennis Block
Bilandic
Humboldt Park
Cabrini-Green
Loop
Sun Belt
Richard J. Daley
Chicago Transit Authority
Bilanche
Daley
New York
Female Cops Win Federal Discrimination Suit in Rocky Mount
U S District Court Judge Hemphill ordered Rocky Mount North Carolina to grant two police officers Shirley B Howell and Lurlene H Preast seniority back pay and attorney fees after ruling the city unlawfully discriminated against them based on sex. The ruling found they were paid less and classified as police women rather than patrol men for substantially identical duties.
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N.C
U.S. District Court
Robert W. Hemphill
Columbia
S.C
Shirley B. Howell
Lurlene H. Preast
City
Raleigh
Police Department
Hemphill
Beach Trip Now Easier Bridge Opens In New Bern
A new U S 70 bypass bridge at New Bern will open with a 10 a m ceremony on Wednesday. Eastbound traffic will use the new span to reach Morehead City and Atlantic Beach, easing downtown congestion as westbound lanes wait for completion.
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New Bern
U.S. 70
Morehead City
Atlantic Beach
Glenburnie Road
Trent River
HEW anti smoking push questioned by Fountain in Raleigh
Rep. L H Fountain criticizes a U S Health Education and Welfare anti smoking campaign saying there is no conclusive evidence cigarettes cause disease. Califano letters with Dr Wolfe are released as Senate actions on tobacco subsidies and cancer program hearings loom. A separate note highlights a Chac Mool sculpture exhibit at the Smithsonian through March 1977.
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Fountain
Califano
Sidney M. Wolfe
Ralph Nader
Health Resarch Group
Wolfe
Senate
Washington
Chichen-Itza
Smithsonian
Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
New Fibers Unlikely May Not Enter Market
John Gregg president of Artex Fibers Inc. said research and development costs will deter new man made fibers. He told Georgia Textile Manufacturers Association members that most producers focus on new uses for existing synthetics and that rayon from wood pulp may grow in importance. A second address urged premiums and discounts to speed cotton to mills, suggesting warehouse pricing to improve shipping performance.
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St. Simons Island
Gregg
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