Astrological Charlatans Debunked by 186 Scientists
A Letter signed by 186 prominent scientists including eighteen Nobel laureates denounces astrology as lacking scientific basis and criticizes media and publishers for promoting horoscopes. Bart Bok, former AAS president, calls newspapers for spreading daily astrology as harmful and misleading.
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New York
Humanists
Bart J. Bok
American Astronomical Society
University of Arizona
Bok
Respiratory Failures Climb at VA Hospital in Ann Arbor
At the VA Hospital in Ann Arbor Michigan, 11th death linked to respiratory failure prompts FBI probe. Robert L Antil 41 died after a sequence of arrests with officials citing complex factors. Investigators suspect a deranged employee may have injected a paralyzing drug. over 50 cases since July 1.
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Ann-Arbor, Mich
Veteran's Administration Hospital
Robert L. Antil
Aay
Antil
FBI
Pay Increase Question Faces Congressmen
Washington AP reports a Congress return on a Pay Comparability Act issue weighing 2 billion to 3.5 billion in raises for federal workers and congress members. President Ford urges 5 percent, while 8.66 percent would apply if Congress balks, affecting 3.4 million federal employees and armed services.
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Ford
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House
Armed Services
Foxe alleges Mills fathered child in affair with abortion
In Newsweek an autobiography excerpt claims stripper Fanne Foxe whose real name is Annabel Battistella says she became pregnant by Rep. Wilbur Mills late in 1973 and had an abortion. Mills, married, reportedly reacted without comment and later resumed public duties after crisis.
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NEW York (Ap
Fanne Foxe
Washington
Wilbur Mills
Mills
Newsweek Magazine
Tidal Basin
Fanne
Arkansas
Miss Foxe
Annabel Battistella
Washington Tidal Basin
Prison Labor Returns In North Carolina
North Carolina resumes prison labor with no armed guards or uniforms. Inmates now earn 70 cents a day and receive about 13 days shaved from their sentences for every 30 days worked, marking a shift from three years ago.
Survey Finds Parents Worried Most About School Racial Makeup
In a statewide survey of 700 adults presented to the State Board of Education, busing discipline and integration were named as the top problems in public schools. 30 percent cited busing as major, 24 percent cited discipline and violence and 24 percent cited integration, with drugs at 20 percent. Overcrowded classrooms and teacher quality followed. Crime control programs led the list for state funding priorities, with school improvement ranked after health and mental health.
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Raleigh
State Board of Education Today
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