House votes to ban bus fuel use at schools
The House backed a plan to end fuel allocations for bussing children past neighborhood schools to save energy. Supporters call it energy saving. opponents call it racist. The next school year would start the ban if approved, with Senate fate uncertain.
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House
Senate
Federal Energy Office
William E. Simon
Simon
Great Britain
Edward Heath
Heath
American Airlines
Transit Plan Savings Less Than Expected in La Crosse Deal
Aldermen sustained the mayor’s veto on the original La Crosse Transit Co takeover and approved a compromise that nears a mass transit plan. Actual capital savings range from 50 000 to 80 000 dollars, with local share between 10 000 and 16 000, far less than earlier estimates.
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la Crosse
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la Crosse Tribune
Wilbur Smith and Associates
Cleveland
Ohio
Curtis Storck
14Th Dist
W. Peter Gilbertson
Transit Company
Ronald Bracegirdle
Blind Teacher’s Hearing Transferred to Madison
The hearing to restore Richard Fischer’s teaching position was moved from Black River Falls to Madison and will reconvene at 10 a.m. Monday in the equal rights division office. Fischer, 38, a blind former Alma Center teacher, is the central figure as attorneys discuss new testimony and a 1972 proposal for a three fourths time schedule.
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Wis
Richard Fischer
Alma Center
Madison
Bruce Schrimpf
Equal Rights Division
State Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
E. Washington
Bruce Elkhe
Fischer
John Bosshard
Schrimpf
Max Ashwill
Department of Public Instruction
Bosshard
Mike Laverty
Laver
Richard Rousey
Rousey
Laverty
Blind physical education debate and bus funding clash
Wisconsin educators question whether a blind teacher can effectively conduct physical education in public schools. Expert witnesses cite observation and demonstrations as essential and warn against non professional aides. City budget talks focus on transit replacements and school safety costs amid bus and facility site debates.
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United States
Goodwin
UWL
Department of Public Instruction
Trucking Violence Surges as Independent Drivers Protest
Violence against truckers continued into a second day as independent drivers staged a work stoppage across Pennsylvania and Ohio. Police in Delaware arrested a protest leader for carrying a loaded pistol amid gunfire brick-throwing and vandalism.
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Mike Duffy
Associated Press
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Teamsters Union
Weekend weather turns cold with light northeast winds
Fair to partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday with a low near zero Friday night and a high around 15 Saturday. Northeasterly winds at 8 to 15 mph Friday night. Sunday stays cold with a low between five and ten.
Nixon Eyes Single Urban Transit Fund to Align Federal Aid
President Nixon plans a single urban transport fund combining more than 2.2 billion from highway and mass transit programs to be allocated by population and used by cities as they see fit. The plan would end impoundment, cover operating costs, and support rail or bus projects, with Los Angeles likely a major beneficiary in a broader transit push.
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Nixon
Congress
Los Angeles
Department of Transportation
Highway Trust Fund
Single Urban Fund
State of the Union
White House
Claude S. Brinegar
Brinegar
Department of Agriculture
Transportation Department
Missouri
Supreme Court
New York City
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