Catholic Schools In Money Crisis
Washington AP reports the Roman Catholic school system faces a deep financial crisis with about 1,400 closures or consolidations in five years and enrollment down by a million. NCEA cites $267 million short of the $1.4 billion needed last year, with parochial schools increasingly taxpayer funded as public districts bear costs from shifting students.
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Washington
National Catholic Education Association
NCEA
Perpetuum
C. Albert Koob
Koob
Sarnoff Proposes $1 Billion Federal Pollution War
Beverly Hills California AP chairman Robert W Saratt of RCA urged President Nixon to launch a national pollution fight. He called for a federal program including a pollution sources inventory, effect assessment, priority setting, technology catalog, and clear responsibility allocation in business and government. He said this would be a beginning to end the patchwork approach.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Robert W. Saratt
RCA
Sarnoff
Nixon
UCLA
Stops To Help And Is Robbed On I 70 Near Boonville
Bernard Devine of Springfield said he stopped to assist a motorist on Interstate 70 east of Boonville when a gunman robbed him of a billiard containing personal papers and about $75 in cash, then drove off with his car into a field. An accomplice followed and picked up the gunman after the car was abandoned. Devine reached town and notified police.
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Boonville
Bernard Devine
Springfield
Devine
Ten Can Petition For Transportation
Jefferson City AP Ten residents of a school district can petition for an election on whether the board shall provide transportation for pupils living more than a half mile from school. Atty Gen Danforth says no law allows a petition to eliminate transport for pupils living between a half and a mile. No election can be held without specific authority.
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Jefferson City
John C. Danforth
Danforth
Donald L. Manford
Kansas City
Connally Faces Texas Fraud Questions Amid Treasury Nomination
In Washington AP report Connally may be grilled today over a Texas stock fraud case touching many political allies. Senate Finance Committee members largely know little of the controversy while Connally’s Treasury bid seems likely to advance.
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Washington
John B. Connally
Texas
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Connally
Security and Exchange Commission
Waggoner Carr
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Navy
Proxmire
Sen
Wallace Bennett
Utah
Nixon hints Connally as possible Treasury secretary
The Mexico Ledger reports criticism of President Nixon selecting John Connally a Texas influence for the Treasury post. Critics say the move aims to aid the 1972 Texas vote with Connally potentially tipped as a 1972 GOP vice presidential candidate replacing David Kennedy.
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Nixon
Texas
Connally
David Kennet
Treasury
Double Jointed May Slip Retina
Children who are double jointed should be checked for detached retinas. Researchers found detached retinas are 5 to 10 times more frequent in children with exceptional joint laxity. Dr Charles Schepens of Harvard Ophthalmology and the Retina Foundation spoke at a medical research association meeting in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Charles Schepens
Schepens
Harvard University
Retina Foundation
Boston
Medical Research Association
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