Haskell Teacher Aims English Program for American Indians
Linguist Barbara Ward seeks a $200000 grant through the Bureau of Indian Affairs to develop an English language program for American Indian students at Haskell Junior College. She and students will collect interviews across ten of eleven language families to craft targeted materials while preserving tribal language influences.
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Haskell Thian Junior College
Haskell
Barbara Ward
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Grant
Ward
Apollo 16 timetable from Space Center Houston
A CST timetable lists major Apollo 16 events including midcourse corrections, lunar module activities by Duke Young and Mattingly, moonwalks, and the splashdown on April 28 in the South Pacific. Key milestones include lunar landing on April 20, two further moon explorations, and the return flight beginning April 23 with the splashdown final.
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Space Center
Houston
Charles M. Duke
John W. Young
Young
Duke
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Lunar Module
Command Module
Six Die in Kansas Highways Weekend Crashes
Six persons were killed in Kansas traffic incidents over the weekend. In Lenexa on I 35 a car driven by William Miller, 50, entered the wrong side and collided with a pickup, killing Miller, his wife Shirley, 48, and daughter Joni, 11, all of Emporia, plus John J. Zahner, 66, of Lenexa. Miller’s daughter Cindy, 15, and Zahner’s wife Ruth, 56, were injured. An 18 year old Wichita youth Dennis Oyler died in a separate I 235 crash. Vincent Brady, 65, died in a truck and train collision near Frankfort in Marshall County.
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Kansas
Lenexa
William Miller
Shirley
Joni
Emporia
John J. Zahner
Miller
Cindy
Zahner
Ruth
Kansas Highway Patrol
111Th Street
119Th Street
Johnson County
Wichita
Dennis Oyler
Frankfort
Vincent Brady
Marshall County
Shuttle Project Test Due Nearing Space Decision
Apollo 16 progresses to the moon as Congress weighs a multibillion dollar space shuttle program. The House Space Committee backs a 3.428 billion dollar bill for NASA funding and 5.15 billion in six year development, with a first manned orbital flight planned for 1978. Opponents push for delay to study and clarify military roles.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
House
House Space Committee
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Thas
NASA
Aspin
Reformist Laite Tells of Prison Turnaround in Georgia
William E. Laite Jr once ignored prison reform as a Georgia legislator. A six month federal term for perjury changed him into a reform advocate. He now directs work release programs and authored a book on prison life while lobbying for reform, including furloughs for good behavior.
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Macon
William E. Laite Jr
Georgia
Laite
Georgia Board of Corrections
Lane
United States
William Laite
Texas
Federal Housing Authority
Board of Corrections
Devlin and McManus Sentenced in Absentia for Enniskillen Parade
Bernadette Devlin and Frank McManus were sentenced in absentia to six months in jail for taking part in an illegal parade in Enniskillen. They did not appear in court and refused legal representation, linking the protest to Bloody Sunday killings. The incident coincides with renewed shooting and rioting in Belfast and Londonderry as British troops face sniper fire and IRA retaliation.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Bernadette Devlin
Firebrand
Frank McManus
Enniskillen
Londonderry
Joseph McCann
McCann
Tryouts Set for KU Yell Leaders at Allen Fieldhouse
A clinic for Kansas University men seeking yell leader posts will be at 7 tonight in Allen Fieldhouse. Tony Tracy, a Leavenworth junior and current head KU yell leader, will conduct the clinic. Yell leader tryouts are scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday in the fieldhouse.
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Kansas University
Allen Fieldhouse
Tony Tracy
Leavenworth
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