Brilliance of Tang Dynasty Outlined in Chinese Golden Age
The Tang dynasty 618 to 906 A D is praised as China s golden age with vast reach and culture. By 755 population surpassed 53 million and Changan drew merchants and envoys worldwide. Buddhism rose then declined as Confucian civil service exams grew. innovations included woodblock printing gunpowder and the compass.
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Korea
India
Ch’angan
Ater T’ang
Joseph Needham
Song
Court Suit Challenges School Dress Code
A Johnson County District Court suit challenges Southeast pebgean County district dress rules. Judge Herbert W. Walton issued a temporary restraining order allowing Jeffrey Davis to attend school without hair cutting. The case, filed as a class action by ACLU member David J. Waxse, targets district 229 rules on male hair length.
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Johnson County
Pebgean County
Herbert W. Walton
Jeffrey Davis
Overland Park
Herald Davis
Bliss
Jeffrey
District 229
David J. Waxse
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Davis
Basic Classes Begin Tonight in Lawrence
The Lawrence adult basic education program opens this spring at Cordley School with classes from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A GED preparation section is offered and the high school equivalency test is recognized by employers and colleges as a diploma.
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Lawrence
Cordley School
FDA to review safety of hundreds of nonprescription drugs
The FDA launches a three year program to evaluate safety and effectiveness of thousands of over the counter products. Panels will set standards on ingredients labeling warnings and directions with antacids laxatives sunscreens and more for reformulation approval or removal from the market.
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The
Food and Drug Administration Today
National Academy of Sciences
FDA
Charles C. Edwards
Charles Wilson Dies Believed in Hard Work and Service
Charles Edward Wilson died at 85 in Lawrence Hospital after a life of 60 hour weeks rising from office boy to GE president and key wartime posts. He led defense mobilization during WWII and the Korean War and later headed the People to People Foundation. He lived in Scarsdale and is survived by his daughter and grandchild. funeral Thursday at White Plains First Baptist Church.
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N.Y
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Harry Truman
Office of Defense Mobilization
Eisenhower
Scarsdale
Elizabeth
Hugh Pierce
First Baptist Church
White Plains
1972 Meat Import Quotas Likely Follow 1971 Formula
Washington AP reports evidence that the Nixon administration plans 1972 meat import quotas near the 1.16 billion pounds allowed in 1971 and 1970 under voluntary restraint. Talks with Australia and New Zealand continue with no official announcement imminent.
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Agriculture Department
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New Zealand
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Billy Graham Dances at Tolbert Inauguration Gala
In Monrovia Billy Graham wore a deco ration and white vest for a cha cha as President Tolbert hosted a late inaugura tion ball. Pat Nixon received Liberia s Grand Cordon decoration and spoke of mutual respect and the American dream.
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Pat Nixon
Monrovia
Liberia
William Tolbert
Tolbert
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Republic of Liberia
Graham
Tubman
Star of Africa
Stephen
French singer Maurice Chevalier laid to rest in private ceremony
Maurice Chevalier, 83, died of heart failure after a kidney illness. He requested discreet burial beside his mother in Nesnes La Coquette near Paris, with no visitors and no body on view. Mourners were barred from his estate as President Pompidou praised his image of France.
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Atlantic
Rene Chevalier
Marnes la Coquette
Chevalier
Georges Pompidou
France
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