States Lowering Majority Age Reshape Voter and Legal Rights
The shift to 18 as the age of majority in 28 states alters rights to sign contracts own property marry file suits and vote. Effects include narrowed party gaps in Washington registration and a spike in California youth signatures for marijuana legalization, with varied outcomes and ongoing assessments.
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Washington
Asst
Bill Clark
Illinois
Richard Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Rous
William J. Scott
New Jersey
Lewis Caldwell
Chicago
Wool prices edge up but stay below 1960s peaks
USDA projections show shorn wool averaging about 41 cents per pound for 1972, well below the 1960s level and last year's 19.4 cents. The department notes world demand rising and fibers competing but cautions price gains may be limited by synthetic competition. A brighter outlook for woolen apparel is seen as low prices spur mill use.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Mexico President Faces PAN Attack on Farm and University Strife
Mexico City AP reports a broadside from the National Action party criticizing President Echeverria over unrest in universities and farm areas. The president defends reforms aimed at social justice, subsidies to universities, and talks with students amid long running farm credit and land issues.
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Mexico City
Echeverria
Mexico
National Action Party
PAN
Morality Of Study On Syphilis Questioned By PHS Employee
A former Public Health Service venereal disease worker alleges a 1966 inquiry into the Tuskegee syphilis study raised moral questions. He says the 1969 review decided not to treat participants, citing age and risks of penicillin. He criticizes lack of participant consultation and potential rights violations. Brown confirms the review but declines further comment.
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PHS
Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
Alabama
Peter Buxtun
San Francisco
Tuskegee
Macon County
Ala
The
Public Health Service
Buxton
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Buxtun
Law School
CDC
Associated Press
William J. Brown
Brown
Two Die On Oklahoma Roads In Two Accidents
A tractor-trailer crash in Beaver County killed Alfred Joseph Faussett 59 of Carrouzett Texas. The other truck driver Leroy Frederickson 52 of Groom Texas was uninjured. Robert Earl Sneed 77 of Tulsa died in hospital from injuries from a Tulsa two car crash on July 31.
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Associated Press
Texas
Beaver County
Oklahoma
Alfred Joseph Faussett
Carrouzett
Tex
Oklahoma 23
Faussett
Beaver Hospital
Leroy Frederickson
Groom
Robert Earl Sneed
Tulsa
OSU Professor To Be Speaker At Farmers Luncheon
Oklahoma State University meteorology professor Dr Rex Inman will address area farmers at a Holiday Inn luncheon sponsored by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau. He is expected to discuss weather modification districts proposed and other farming issues affecting Comanche County and nearby Southwest Oklahoma counties.
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Oklahoma State University
Holiday Inn
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Rex Inman
Comanche County
Oklahoma
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