Coal Township Tops FBI Crime Report With Zero Offenses
The FBI data show nationwide crime rising 6 percent in 1973 with over eight million serious crimes. Coal Township Pennsylvania, population 11,789, reported no murders, manslaughter, rapes, assaults or robberies, according to Police Chief Jesse Weaver.
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Washington
FBI
Township
Sthali
Pennsylvania
America
Coal Township
Jesse Weaver
Shamokin
Philadelphia
Weaver
Heat Rain And Altitude In Auto Economy Tests
A Detroit News piece notes wet roads raise fuel use by up to a mile per gallon at highway speeds due to road drag. Cold and altitude also hurt economy as air density changes engine needs. Auto firms test altitude compensating carburetors to maintain proper air fuel mix when traveling mountain regions.
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Bob Irvin
Detroit News
Pike’s Peak
Instant Membership Is Allowed by ABC Board
RALEIGH AP The ABC liquor control board scrapped its plan to require a three day waiting period for instant membership clubs. Clubs and lounges argued the delay would hurt business from temporary patrons. A temporary restraining order by Judge Frank Snepp had blocked the waiting period in Charlotte. The unanimous ABC panel voted Thursday to permit immediate membership, potentially ending the suit.
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North Carolina
H. J. White
Brladenboro
Horseman’s Digest
J. Crawford Williams
Raleigh
North Carolina Quarter Horse Association
Williams
ISIA
Board of Agriculture
Gilbert Boger
R-Davie
General Assembly
ABC Liquor Control Board
Charlotte
Superior Court
Frank Snepp
ABC
North Carolina seeks $343 million for new school programs
The 1979 General Assembly will be asked to appropriate a record 343 million dollars for new public school programs and services for 1975-77, with total school budget over 1 billion annually. Top priority funds aim to expand reading programs, hire more teachers, expand kindergartens, and boost services for exceptional children, plus upgrades in occupational education. The Board also requests 85.2 million for community college and technical institute budgets, plus 45.6 million for equipment and books and 68.4 million for construction.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Genera Assembly
Board of Education
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Henry M. Jackson
Dash
J. W. Fulbright
Togo
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Piedmont Lodge
Jesse E. Saunders
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ConoNiah
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Lloyd Carlisle
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Wayne Atkins
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Aluminum
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