Eyster family ties to Vietnam war deaths and Cu Chi tunnels
The article recalls the death of Colonel George Eyster, his family’s military lineage, and Lt. General Jonathan Seaman’s remark that Eyster would have become a general. It describes Cu Chi tunnels, their scale, use in combat, and a tour by AP photographer Faas with reflections on the war’s human cost.
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George
Eyster
George Eyster
U.S. Army
1St Infantry Division
Vietnam
Jonathan Seaman
Linh
Cu Chi
Faas
New York
London
Airbags to be required in all U.S. cars by 1984
Washington reports the federal government will mandate airbags or passive restraints in new cars by 1984. Transportation Secretary Brock Adams calls it a victory for safety and for children amid high highway fatalities.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Congress
Brock Adams
Vance
Cyrus Vance
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Supreme Court weighs Bakke reverse discrimination case
Justice Marshall pressed the Bakke case challenging the University of California Davis medical school admissions program. The Court weighs whether race based preferences in education and employment violate equal protection. If upheld or struck down the ruling could reshape affirmative action nationwide.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Allan Paul Bakke
Marshall
Bakke
University of California
Medical School
Davis
California Supreme Court
Snort
California
Allan Bakke
Steel firms press Carter for protection against imports
President Carter hears steel executives and labor leaders as industry faces 19000 layoffs from plant closings. Officials say no quotas, but consider aid and voluntary marketing agreements to stabilize a shrinking market and modernize plants. Strauss warns against simple protectionism while seeking hard facts for policy.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Robert S. Strauss
Strauss
International Speed Reading Course Coming to Lincoln Area
The National Reading Enrichment Institute offers a four week speed reading course in Lincoln area with free one hour orientations open to the public. Classes meet weekly with a cassette tape follow up, promising 3 to 10 times faster reading and improved comprehension. Tuition is half the typical price with group rates available at the Radisson Cornhusker Hotel 13th & M St. 432-4471.
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National Reading Enrichment Institute
Lincoln
N.R.E.I
United States
Coln
Radission Cornhusker Hotel
13Th & M St
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Cox
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Korea
Taiwan
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Brandeis
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