Counties Complaining On Overcrowded Jails
Kansas City AP report on jail crowding notes cities and states retreating from jail duties, shifting burden to counties as federal court cases push for humane conditions. It cites Dr. Francis P. McQuade and Morris Lasker, with attendees at a national conference and related commentary on diverting offenders and improving facilities. The piece also mentions a Missouri University graduation feature and a student, John Michael Stuart, preparing to join General Foods Corp. in June.
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Kansas City
Francis P. McQuade
National Association of County Civil Attorneys
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Federal Reserve District
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Wyoming
C. Edward Harshbarger
Kansas City Bank
Harshbarger
Bly
Tie
Morris I. Lasker
U.S. District Court
Southern District of
New York
Lasker
McQuade
John Michael Stuart
Clyde Berry
Mexico
University of Missouri
Columbia
Berry
UMC College of Engineering
Jesse Hall
Memorial Student Union
College of Engineering
Institute awards Lowell 10000 literature prize
The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters named Robert Lowell the era's most brilliant poet, praising his evolving style. He has won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award among others. Sa ul Bellow and Isamu Noguchi received top honors in fiction and sculpture respectively.
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New York
Robert Lowell
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
Lowell
Brandeis University
Saul Bellow
Isamu No
Record Class In High School Record Class In High School
Missouri expects about 65,500 students to graduate from high schools this spring, a new record. The class size should peak next year before gradually declining, with Missouri graduates part of the nation’s 1977 class of over 3 million students.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Women officers debate sea duty for Navy in 1970s era
In Washington a retired Navy captain argues that sea duty would deter most American women from service. She notes the unglamorous, demanding life at sea contrasts with contemporary expectations, while calling for equal treatment laws that would let women be assigned to ships beyond hospital ships. Defense officials indicate possible changes to broaden women’s roles. In New York, Joan Crawford’s will leaves 77,500 to two adopted daughters and 70,000 to seven others, with eight charities receiving the remainder.
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Washington
Navy
Robin L. Quigley
Quigley
Naval
Navy League
Seapower
Defense
Harold Brown
Pentagon
Brown
New York
Joan Crawford
Manhattan
Christopher Crawford
Christina Crawford
Cathy LaLonde
Cynthia Crawford Jordan
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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Alpha Electronics Lab
Deen
General Foods Corp
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Ill
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Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia
Renoir
Christie‘s
New York City
Institute Lands
Guchi
Atlanta
Palm Beach
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
New Haven
Conn
Seattle
James Laughlin
New Directions Publishing
Henry N. Cobb
Im.pei & Partners
Arnold W. Brunner
Los Angeles
Robert de Niro
United States
Canada
Universal Pictures
Bialiners
Bruce Dern
Walter Hill
20Th Century- Fox
Henry Wilcoxon
Cecil B. DeMille
Sylvester Stallone
Rod Steiger
Melinda Mullen
Norman Jewison
James Franciscus
CIA
Chuck Norris
Winston
Kinefi
TIMEX
Orr
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