Treasureland Head Start classroom opens in Middletown
A First United Methodist Church room on Broad Street hosts 13 three to five year olds from West Middletown and central and south Middletown in a Head Start program. Sandra Childs and Veronica Meyer lead with aides. volunteers and local cooks support daily meals and transportation. Funds from the federal Health, Education and Welfare program cover about 80 percent of costs, with local community support and a social worker linking families to services. Children receive medical checkups and free meals, building attention spans and prep for first grade.
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Johnny
First United Methodist Church
Broad Street
Second Avenue
Sandra Childs
Veronica Meyer
West Middletown
Middletown
United Missionary Baptist Church
18Th Avenue
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Butler County Community Action Commission
Miss Childs
Peasttown School
Gladys Perkins
Mid
Dletown
Scrooges Strike Booze Cost Five Hundred Bucks
Missouri liquor is cheaper than Kansas but ABC agents patrol Christmas season to stop crossing the state line. Ernest Murphy says Johnson County drivers are the main violators. Two man teams shadow Missouri stores, tail Kansas tagged cars, and seize liquor when crossing into Kansas. An offender said he bought liquor for an office party but planned to return to Missouri.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
ABC Boys
Kansas Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Ernest V. D. Mur
ABC Ous
Murphy
Johnson County
Bill Strucker
ABC
Pell Seeks National Health Plan Requiring Employer Action
Senator Claiborne Pell proposes a nationwide health insurance bill obliging employers to provide a minimum level of medical care, with regional public corporations hiring providers and administering Medicare and Medicaid. The plan would require employer paid non hospital care first two days, then twelve days, plus some long term hospital coverage, and offer tax breaks to doctors and bureaucratic control to the new corporations.
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Washington
Sen
Claiborne Pell
Kaiser
Pell
Secretary of Welfare
Federal Panels Costly Useless Report Criticizes Advisory Committees
A House Government Operations Committee estimated the federal government spends about 75 million dollars yearly supporting 3200 advisory panels, many deemed meaningless or duplicative. It condemned inactive or duplicative panels and noted presidents temporary commissions sometimes linger with unclear existence and staff, wasting manpower and funds. The 18 month review marked the first comprehensive look at the sprawling array of federal panels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Government Operations Committee
George Washington
Detergent additive linked to birth defects in rats
Federal officials plan sanctions on an increasingly used detergent additive NTA nitrilotriacetic acid due to new Public Health Service studies linking it to birth defects in rats. Agencies will limit use gradually with no recalls while industry had invested heavily in NTA as a phosphate substitute.
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Rats
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Environmental Protection Agency
Weekend Weather Outlook With Cooler Temps Ahead
Clouds and cooler conditions finish the weekend. Lows near 38 tonight, a high around 50 tomorrow afternoon, then a return to chilly weather. Yesterday reached 38 with a 35 dawn low.
Gilligan Names Hovey Finance Head
Harold A. Hovey of Columbus was named Director of Finance for Gov elect Gilligan. The 32 year old associate professor at Ohio State University also serves on the Ohio Constitutional Revision Commission. He will replace outgoing finance director Howard L. Collier who resigns January 11 to take a vice presidency at the Ohio Medical College in Toledo.
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Congress
House
Columbus, Ohio
Harold A. Hovey
Columbus
John J. Gilligan
Hovey
Gilligan
Ohio State University
Howard L. Collier
James A. Rhodes
Collier
The
Ohio Medical College
Toledo
Coupons No Good For Life Saving Devices
General Mills will stop redeeming Betty Crocker coupons for life saving devices amid accusations the firm profited from misfortune. Approved nonprofit groups had exchanged the coupons for cash to donate kidney dialysis machines iron lungs heart pacers and heart monitors to hospitals and clinics. The company cited misunderstandings and said the program ends December 1 with no coupons redeemable after May 31.
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Eral Mills
Betty Crocker
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Journal
Treasureland
Record Player
Merriman
Lynncher
Scrooges Strike
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Ann Landers
Hovey Finance
Golden
Colo
Pseudemys Scipia
Minneapolis
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