Metric system prep hits schools across Illinois
Chicago AP reports that schools prepare for metrication by 1976 with plans to teach metric alongside English units in early grades and exclusively in later grades. The Illinois Board of Education approved policy while legislation faced delays as states push Think Metric campaigns and curricula revamps nationwide.
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Illinois Board of Education
Ilinois Board
Congress
United States
Colorado
Hawaii
Louisiana
Minnesota
New Mexico
Utah
Virginia
Illinois
State Board of Education
Richard J. Martwick
Cook County
Chicago
Edward II
France
Four Indian Parties Unite Against Indira Gandhi
Four non Communist opposition parties announce they no longer recognize Indira Gandhi as prime minister after her conviction for corrupt practices. They urge President Ahmed to return from vacation and address a constitutional crisis sparked by the ruling. The alliance had earlier won big votes in central Gujarat, aggravating India's political crisis.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Jana Sangh
Congress
Bhartia Lok Dal
People's Party
Mra
Gandhi
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Ahmed
President to Name Members for Regulatory Reform Talks
President Ford asked leaders of the House and Senate to appoint 10 members from each chamber to meet with him later this month to discuss regulatory reform. He argues federal business regulations are too complex and slow.
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Washington
Ford
House
Senate
Singapore to refuse more Vietnamese refugees
Singapore government announces it will not accept additional Vietnamese refugees due to lack of space. A statement cites 965 refugees on St John’s Island as the current capacity issue and confirms no new admissions.
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Singapore
St. John’s Island
Court orders new diet rule on food stamps
The U S Court of Appeals ruled the present food stamp formula invalid for failing to guarantee a nutritionally adequate diet to all 19.6 million recipients and gave the Agriculture Department 120 days to draft a new plan while allowing current rules to stay in effect. The ruling marks a shift toward guaranteeing an adequate diet as an entitlement and could raise program costs and eligibility, with Congress having appropriated over 4.1 billion dollars for the year and a supplemental 885 million pending.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S. Court of Appeals
J. Skelly Wright
Ron Pollock
Food Research and Action Comectie
Department
Edward J. Hekman
Food and Nutrition Service
City of New York
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Congress
U.S
Students Seek Fast Action to Save Kidnapped U S and Dutch Students
Stanford University officials and Tanzanian authorities report second letters from three kidnapped students. Ambassadors Carter and Van Den Berg acknowledged receipt and urged quick, decisive steps to secure the students’ safe return. The four captives, tied to a ransom and weapons demand, include two Stanford students and a Dutch researcher. One former captive, Barbara Smuts, was released two weeks earlier. the kidnappers claim ties to the Popular Revolutionary party in eastern Zaire. The situation remains delicate with no immediate public costs anticipated.
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Stanford
Calif
U.S
Tanzania
Stanford University
W. Beverley Carter
United States
Jan C. van den Berg
Netherlands
Dar Es Salaam
Bob Beyers
Stanford University Newsvice
Beyers
David Hamburg
Peter Steiner
University of Nairobi
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherton
Kenneth Stephen Smith
Garden Grove
Emilie Bergmann
Holland
Gombi Research Center
Barbara Smuts
Avon Arbor
Michwaa
Music survey highlights 1970s classics across nations
A nationwide reader poll features popular songs from the 1970s including John Denver Thank God I'm a Country Boy and Linda Ronstadt Sister Golden Hair. Also listed are America When Will I Be Loved and Joe Simon Get Down Get Down, with various artists such as Jessi Colter and Fredd noted in the week’s chart overview.
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John Denver
Golden Hair
America
Linda Ronstadt
Fredd
Joe Simon
Lisa
Jessi Colter
Woman Wins 1.8 Million In Damages In Auto Crash
A North Carolina woman, Susan Morrow, 23, of Durham, was awarded 1.8 million dollars by a U.S. District Court in St Louis after an auto crash on I-70 left her paralyzed for life. The verdict named Greyhound Bus Co., Johnson Truck Lines, Douglas Huber, and John Webb as liable. The jury deliberated two hours before finding the defendants at fault for speeding in bad weather.
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St, Louis
North Carolina
U.S
Susan Morrow
Durham
N.C
St. Louis
Miss Morrow
Greyhound Bus Co
Johnson Truck Lines
Fulton
Douglas Huber
Chesterfield
John Webb
Denver
Webb
Huber
Witness Clarifies Springfield Accident Details At Air Park Motel
The Ledger report on the Wednesday crash near Air Park Motel states at 3 07 p m that Mary Moore was listed as a passenger but was not injured. She is described as a witness to the accident, not a passenger.
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Springfield, I
Air Park
Mary Moore
Midwest Gets Warning On Winter Fuels
Kansas City AP report cites Hazel Rollins of the Federal Energy Administration warning the Midwest will face a hard next winter due to a heating fuel shortage. She announced an energy crisis workshop for consumers and producers on June 23-24 and pressed for sacrifices from farmers, the aged, and the poor while criticizing Congress for not embracing tax or price measures to curb consumption.
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Kansas City
Federal Energy Administration
Midwest
Hazel Rollins
FEA
Rollins
Rhubarb Pie Recipe Scam Leads to Lawsuit
Erie PAMrs Jack Zellers rhubarb supreme pie was accepted for a recipe book then she learned she was bilked by Golden Recipes of La Jolla California. The Pennsylvania Consumer Protection Agency filed suit in Erie County Common Pleas Court charging false advertising and demanding penalties.
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Erie
Jack
Bureau
Erie County Common Pleas Court
Inventories Unloaded At Record Rate
Washington reports a record 1.9 billion drop in April inventories, a second straight monthly decline. Manufacturing led with 1.2 billion of reductions, retail down 270 million, wholesale down 497 million, while auto inventories rose 96 million at retail. Overall, the April fall surpassed March's 1.87 billion record amid broad declines across sectors.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Racial Discrimination Suit Wins $1 Million
A federal judge ordered American Cast Iron Pipe Co. to pay $916,700 in back pay to 850 black employees after a decade of litigation. Judge Seybourn Lynne ruled the firm barred blacks from higher paying jobs, with individual payments from $1,200 to $4,000.
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Birmingham
Ala
American Cast Iron Pipe Co
U.S. District Court
Seybourn Lynne
Columbia Drug Center: Grand Jury Report on Heroin Trade
The grand jury in Columbia Boone County declares the area a major mid Missouri drug distribution center with heroin traffic rising alarmingly over two years. It cites heroin prices at 440 dollars per gram and 11 thousand per ounce, notes high purity up to 28 percent, and calls for IRS action on dealers. It warns only harsh punishment will deter sellers and stresses law enforcement.
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Columbia
Boone County
mid-Missouri
Internal Revenue Service
Burglar, 5, Leaves Trail
Spokane county deputy tracks a child thief who took about $60 and items from a house by following a trail of toys and candy wrappers to relatives of a 5 year old boy. The boy crawled through a window after leaning his tricycle against the house and helped himself to milk cereal cookies and lemonade before the loot. He was turned over to his parents for punishment.
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Spokane, Wash
Spokane
David Wiyrick
Wiyrick
Ford's Rating Rises In Poll
NEW YORK Kissinger's overall job rating falls while President Ford's rises in a Harris survey of 1,428 adults taken about three weeks ago. Kissinger posted 56 37 percent positive. Ford at 50 last week, up 13 points. Public criticizes Kissinger on Communist agreement enforcement 65 to 29 percent. Courthouse Open Bowling Green Pike County offices to open Saturdays 9 to 12 under new policy, reversing Saturday closure.
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New York
Henry Kissinger
Ford
Harris
Kissinger
Pike County
Law Aimed At Terrorists Murder Plots
The Ford administration reviews a draft law making it a crime for a U S citizen to assassinate a foreign leader anywhere, with life imprisonment for killing a foreign chief of state or other protected officials. Officials say past CIA plots could not be prosecuted under this bill, which targets future acts and could apply to CIA or other agency employees.
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Washington
Ford Administration
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Justice Department
State Department
Atty
Kevin T. Maroney
CIA
Department
Maroney
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