Reunion Deepens Bonds as Mrs. Carter Visits Vikhroli
Lillian Carter returns to Vikhroli India where she once volunteered with the Peace Corps. Thousands cheer as she recalls love for the town and meets former patients. She heads home after attending President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed's funeral and meeting Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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Leame
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Madrid
New Delhi
Controversy Over Biblically Aligned Biology Textbook
A ninth grade biology book in West Clark Indiana faces a lawsuit alleging it promotes Biblical creation over evolution. The Indiana Civil Liberties Union represents patrons E Thomas Marsh and Robert Hendren, claiming religious overtones and community group pressure influenced selection. The suit seeks an injunction to bar classroom use. court set for February 23.
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West Clark Community School Board
Clark
Herman Miller
Scopes
John Scopes
Tennessee
Indiana Civil Liberties Union
E. Thomas Marsh
Robert D. Hendren
Order Ince
Indiana Textbook Commission
Marsh, Hendred
Miller
State Commission
Indiana
ICSU
West Clark
Vance Begins Six Nation Tour for Middle East Peace
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance starts a six nation mission to the Middle East to test Palestinian readiness for Israel’s existence and to push arms reductions and a resumption of the Geneva peace conference. He will visit Israel Egypt Lebanon Saudi Arabia and Syria while urging a just lasting settlement and voicing US objections to Gulf of Suez oil exploration.
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Cyrus R. Vance
Middle East
Israel
Vance
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Carter
Gulf of Suez
State Department
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Arson Suspected in Four Charleston Hotel Fires
Fire investigators link four downtown Charleston blazes to possible arson. Heart O Town Inn suffered severe damage with guests briefly trapped on upper floors. three other hotels, including Holiday Inn properties, escaped major damage. Several dozen treated for smoke inhalation. four hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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Heart O'Town Motor Inn
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Charleston Area Medical Center
Charleston House Holiday Inn
Sherator Motor Inn
Elk River Holiday Inn
Charleston House
Faulty bridge guardrails blamed in Iowa school bus tragedy
NTSB report links a defective guardrail on a Neola Iowa bridge to a fatal school bus crash that killed three children last August. The board criticizes the Iowa Department of Transportation for using a weaker replacement rail and cites broader unsafe bridges statewide and nationwide.
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Washington
Iowa
National Transportation Safety Board
Neola
Iowaepartment of Transportation
Department of Transportation
Half of workers idled by crisis back on job
Government statistics show more than half of workers put out of work by natural gas shortages have returned to work amid milder weather. Unemployment totals remained high though, with 586,500 still out as of last week while demand for petroleum products hit records in January, much of it from imports.
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Commerce Department
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Northern Plains
Mid-Continent
Gulf Coast
Alabama
New Jersey
Weekend Weather Outlook With Mixed Skies
Partly cloudy tonight with a low around 5 to 10. Wednesday brings mostly sunny skies and a high in the mid to upper 20s. Snow chance 20 percent tonight and near zero Wednesday. Previous day reached 34 with a 14 degree low. Rainfall measured 0.8 inches. Extended outlook shows rain or snow Thursday and rain Friday and Saturday with highs in the 30s to 40s and lows in the low teens to 20s.
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