Voucher Plan Aims Educational Shopping for Families
The federal government studies a regulated education voucher system allowing parents to spend tax dollars on private or public schools. Feasibility studies in Gary Indiana Alum Rock San Jose and Seattle move toward model programs. opposition from labor religious and civic groups grows.
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Washington
Congress
Adam Smith
Office of Economic Opportunity
American Jewish Congress
House Education Committee
OEO
Oko
Christopher S. Jencks
Center For the Study of Public Policy
Harvard
Gary
Ind
Alum Rock
San Jose
Calif
Seattle
Wash
San Francisco
San Diego
Wayne Morse
Atlantic City
Helen Bain
National Education Association
Jeff Schiller
Schiller
EVA
Virginia Koehler
Allan Smith
SF Teachers Vote to Return To 119 Schools
San Francisco teachers at 119 schools overwhelmingly approved a settlement ending a strike. About 1,400 members ratified the pact with the San Francisco Unified School District, boosting staffing, boosting salaries, and outlining grievance procedures amid budget tensions.
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San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Classroom Teachers Association
Afl-Cio San Francisco Federation of Teachers
Board of Education
Alioto
Reef closes historic channel at Kalama Bay near Martha's Vineyard
In Edgartown Massachusetts an artificial reef formed and blocked a gulf inlet allowing boats to pass from the Atlantic into Kalama Bay near Martha's Vineyard. Efforts to reopen the channel had been debated with tax money until a recent storm finished the job.
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Edgartown
Mass
Atlantic
Kalama Bay
Martha’s Vineyard Island
Wise homemakers stock up as chicken prices rise
The National Broiler Council advises buying chicken at good market prices and freezing for thrifty meals. Uncooked chicken keeps up to 12 months, cooked dishes six months, and fried chicken about four months under favorable storage conditions.
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National Broiler Council
KU Museum Expands Associates Program Involvement
Kansas University Museum of Natural History grows its Museum Associates to extend access beyond campus. Projects include Founders Dinner, Lunar Rock Exhibit, and education programs like Audubon films and a mammal field day. Over 17 000 viewed the Lunar Rock Exhibit in February and March.
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Kansas University Museum of Natural History
Museum Associates
Louise Hanson
Historical Society
KU Museums of Art and Natural History
Gal Watcher Wins Texas Futurity at La Bahia Downs
Gal Watcher owned by Bernnie Winter of Ardmore Oklahoma won the $151,700 Texas Futurity quarterhorse championship at La Bahia Downs Sunday. Olympia Buddy finished second and Loop the Loop finished third.
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Goliad, Tex
Gal Watcher
Bernnie Winter
Ardmore
Okla
la Bahia Downs
Olympia Buddy
Nuremberg Trial Counsel Draws War Parallels at KU
Brig. Gen. (ret.) Telford Taylor, chief prosecutor at Nuremberg and author of Nuremberg and Vietnam, will speak at 7:30 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium Kansas Union. The Law School sponsors the lecture on parallels and contrasts between Nuremberg and Vietnam. Taylor’s career spans government roles and Wall Street law, with several related titles and a Life Magazine feature on Lt. William Calley.
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Vietnam
Kansas University
Telford Taylor
Columbia University
Woodruff
Kansas Union
Nuremberg
School of Law
Taylor
Wall Street
William Calley
Life Magazine
Topeka Attorney Named Workers' Compensation Examiner
Gov. Robert Docking appointed Wilburn Dillon Jr. of Topeka as a workers' compensation examiner for Kansas. Dillon succeeds Thomas E. Wright Jr., who resigned to return to private practice. Dillon is a Bethel College Newton and Washburn Law graduate and has prior experience as a special examiner.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Wilburn Dillon Jr
Kansas
Dillon
Thomas E. Wright Jr
Bethel College
Newton
Washburn University
Neighbors Group Plans Weekend Vietnam War Canvass in Lawrence
Lawrence citizens forming the Vietnam Canvassing Coalition will tour the city Friday through Monday to discuss the war issue. Louis Wolfe and Jim Scheurick lead the effort to reframe public view, with a briefing at Kansas University’s Woodruff Auditorium Wednesday.
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Lawrence
U.S
Vietnam
Louis Wolfe
Lawrence Peace Center
Jim Scheurick
Woodruff Auditorium
Kansas University
Wolfe
Workmen Track Rotten Easter Eggs in Tampa Park
In Tampa public works crews joined an Easter egg hunt after complaints about the smell from rotting eggs. Workers hunted for the rotten eggs while children searched for prizes in the same park.
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Tampa, Fla
Hard Eggshell Wins Contest At Peters Hollow Easter Fight
Charles Hyder of Carter County won the Peters Hollow Easter Egg Fight in Elizabethton after six hours of tapping. The event draws hundreds as eggs are tapped until one remains unbroken. Hyder credited Indiana shipped feed for harder shelled eggs.
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Peters Hollow
Tenn
Charles Hyder
Carter County
Hyder
Elizabethton
Indiana
Kansan Soldier Dies in One-Car Crash Near Port Deposit
Benjamin Mosley aged 30 from Junction City Kansas was killed when his car left U S 222 near Port Deposit Maryland and struck several trees. He was dead on arrival at a local hospital and was stationed at Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
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Port Deposit
Kansas
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Here
Benjamin Mosley
Junction City
Mosley
U.S. 222
West German households discard vast refuse volumes
West German households produced an estimated 261 million cubic yards of refuse last year, equating to about 600 pounds per person for Germanys 60 million residents, according to the German Home Association.
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German Home Association
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KU Museum
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Brownie Kerns
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South Vietnam
Coalition
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Terr
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Pod" Miller
Porter Paints
Armstrong
Congoleum Sebring
Henry
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WOMS
Kansas City
Anchor Savings Association
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