Harvard study flags bias against obese students in college admissions
Harvard School of Public Health researchers report unconscious prejudice by college admissions officers and some teachers against obese high school girls. The NEJM article notes fewer obese students enter prestige colleges, with twice as many obese girls in high schools than in colleges, and similar patterns for boys.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard
New England Journal of Medicine
Jean Mayer
Helen Canning
Mayer
Wellesley
Record of Kansas City dance contest riot at Municipal Auditorium
Police described the scene as a sudden outburst of anger during a rock n roll show in Kansas City. Eight civilians were injured and twenty seven adults arrested after bottles flew from a balcony and fights spilled into the street. Police noted no racial motivation and called it the city’s largest such disturbance.
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Kansas City, Mo
C.M. Kelley
Municipal Auditorium
James Brown
Mr. Dynamite
Don Kaser
Kelley
Kansas City
Traffic Court Records Show Multiple Violations and Fines
Police court entries list James H. Mayes Jr and numerous others with offenses ranging from improper left turns and speeding to excessive noise and no driver's license. Several drivers faced fines from 5 to 100 dollars and one case notes suspension and appeal to district court. A non traffic item shows Joseph L. Henry in Topeka for vagrancy serving 15 days.
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James H. Mayes Jr
Stewart Ave
Roy D. McNish
N. Ltd St
Alfred D. Avery
Cadet Ave
Valerian R. Stecklein
Maine St
Joanna Blankenship
N. Y. St
Dave Garcia
Tenn. St
Gary R. Jones
Ind. St
Mary A. Kistner
N.H. St
Reinhard C. Moxon
W. 24Th St
Samuel F. Schmidt
E. 19Th St
Clifford R. Stuck
Mass. St
Helen M. Ray
Orrin K. Kamlin
Westdale Rd
Joseph L. Henry
Topeka
Death sentence for killer of 17 year old Linda Callender
Kenneth L. Kirkpatrick received the death penalty in district court for the June 12 slaying of Linda Sue Callender, 17. Judge William Gossage set the execution date for March 1 next year.
Florence Receives International Aid for Art Restoration
Florence mobilizes experts from the Soviet Union Canada Europe the United States and Israel to assist salvage work after flood damage. Nineteen specialists led by Lawrence J Majewski of NYU fly to Italy to oversee drying racks shelves and climate control at the Pitti Palace while restoration stretches for months or years. Cimabue's Crucifixion is deemed beyond repair after 14 foot floodwaters washed away about 80 percent of the painting.
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Canada
Europe
United States
Israel
Lawrence J. Majewski
New York University
Institute of Fine Arts
Italy
Florence
Pitti Palace
Bruno Molajoli
Antiquities and Fine Arts
Cimabue
Advent Workshop At First Methodist Church
Members of the First Methodist Church plan an Advent Workshop in the church Fellowship Hall from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Activities include wreaths nativity figures wall hangings and music with a supper at 6 followed by carol singing led by the James W. Paddock family. A nursery will be provided.
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First Methodist Church
Church Fellowship Hall
James W. Paddock
Commission On Education
William Brooks
Bonnie Miller
World Leaders Ask Pope to Endorse Birth Control
A letter signed by 85 religious and scientific leaders from 20 nations asks Pope Paul VI to support birth control to curb overpopulation. Drafters Dr Edward J Tatum and Dr John C Bennett circulated it to theologians and scientists, noting the church’s stance may adapt to modern conditions.
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New York
Vatican
Msgr
Angelo Dell’s
Acqua
Edward J Tatum
Rockefeller University
John C. Bennett
Union Theological Seminary
Bennett
LBJ to Discuss Spending Cuts at Ranch Meeting
President Johnson calls in key lawmakers to the LBJ Ranch in Texas to plan the next Congress agenda and identify programs to trim. Budget director Schulteze reviews current cuts and the fiscal year budget as leaders gather.
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LBJ
R-Mich
House
Sen
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Senate
Gas Threat Seen From Scranton Coal Mine Fire
Authorities in Scranton Pennsylvania manned eight blocks and evacuated homes as carbon monoxide fumes from an underground coal mine fire prompted drilling of up to 120 holes to locate and extinguish the blaze. No deaths reported.
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Scranton
James J. Walsh
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Double Wedding Features Wide Variety of Clothes
In Qui Nhon Viet Nam a 200 guest double wedding united two Army nurse brides and two male officers. Capt Ronald Crown and 1st Lt Catherine Ward wed first with Lt Robert Sweeney and Lt Marie Bates joining in a joint Nuptial Mass at a Chapel of Peace as war traffic roared nearby.
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Qui Nhon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Army
Ronald F. Crown
Seat Pleasant
Crown
Catherine Mary Ward
Virginia Beach
Robert P. Sweeney
Farley
Iowa
Marie Frances Bates
Iran
Chapel of Peace
Douglas
T. “Smith
Yonkers
Sweeney
Officers Club
Michael Kubley
Monroe
Wis
John Ziewaskiewicz
Cleveland
Ohio
Gloria Irlbeck
St. Paul
Minn
Mary Ann Brogan
Blaine
Wash
Jeanne Mullins
Hiram
Republic of Korea
Tiger Division
War brides plan honeymoons before returning to duty
Army spokesman says the Sweeneys will take a week of honeymoon leave on Okinawa before resuming duties. The Crowns intend a wedding trip to Hong Kong and Formosa.
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Sweeneys
Okinawa
The
Crowns
Hong Kong
Formosa
Israel Censured by UN on Raid Against Jordan Villages
The U N Security Council censured Israel for its reprisal raid on three Jordan villages on November 13 and warned of punitive steps if attacks continue. The vote was 14 to 0 with New Zealand abstaining after two weeks of debate.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Jordan
New Zealand
Bomb Explodes in Caracas Supermarket US Sector
A bomb detonated today in a Caracas supermarket within the American sector. Police report it as the third terrorist attack on U S property this week with no injuries recorded.
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Caracas
Venezuela
U.S
Federal drugs foreseen rising government role in prescriptions
AP reports in Topeka that pharmacists Ray Miller of Leavenworth and the Kansas Pharmaceutical Association note a growing government role in medicine. They cite public health benefit extensions to dependents of military personnel and recordkeeping as key factors shaping policy.
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Kansas River
Leavenworth County
American Institute of Steel Construction
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Leavenworth
Stan ‘Sen
Don Hults
Lawrence
Finney and Turnipseed of
Topeka
Kansas
Ray
Miller
Kansas Pharmaceutical
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