Mormon Leaders Deny Orchestrating IWY Meetings Across States
Church officials admit Mormon women attended International Women's Year conferences in 10 states and DC to vote on family issues but deny directing the meetings. Don LeFevre says LDS encouraged participation to air views and influence proposals, while critics say delegates followed church dictates. Utah reports show large turnout voting against abortion and the ERA.
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District of Columbia
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon
Don LeFevre
Mormon Women's Auxiliary
The
Relief Society
Utah
Alabama
Florida
Hawaii
Indiana
Kansas
Mississippi
Montana
New York
Washington
LeFevre
IWU
Houston
Opium Poppies Unearthed In Tecumseh Garden
Mrs Ouida Parsons of Tecumseh Oklahoma tended a flower garden for four decades. Authorities found the plants she grew were opium poppies and the field was destroyed.
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Ouida Parsons
Tecumseh
Okla
Ex Antioch College chancellor dies in Ohio
Francis X. Shea aged 51 former chancellor of Antioch College Yellow Springs campus died last Saturday of an apparent heart attack. Shea became chancellor in July 1974 after leaving the Jesuit Order to marry. He was later fired by president James P. Dixon for financial mishandling before being reinstated by the college trustees while Dixon was dismissed.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Francis X. Shea
Antioch College
Shea
Antioch
Animals at Middletown Library Story Time Audience
Two skunks and three raccoons will be in the audience during this week’s Middletown Public Library story time on Wednesday at 10 30 a m. Phyllis Bartley notes the animals are part of the program and Karen Fisher will host a segment on caring for orphaned wild animals. Filmstrips cover Animals in the Forest Wild Animals and stories Be Polite to Skunks Who Said Meow with activities including going on a lion hunt.
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Middletown Public Library
Phyllis Bartley
Children’s
Karen Fisher
Hueston Woods State Park
CB Club Meeting Set for Sunday Morning
A CB club forms with a meeting this Sunday at 9:30 for Channel 33 enthusiasts. Herman Andrews reports breakfast at Frisch's Restaurant on Germantown Road.
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CB Club
Channel 33
Herman Andrews
Frisch's
Germantown Road
Alternatives Inc Awarded State Grant for Juvenile Program
Alternatives Inc a local home for unruly pre delinquent girls in Middletown and Butler County will receive a 21111 grant from the State of Ohio Department of Economic and Community Development. The grant will be supplemented locally with 1111. The grant was awarded under Ohio's 1977 Comprehensive Criminal Justice Plan.
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Alternatives Inc
Middletown
Butler County
State of Ohio
Department of Economic and Community Development
Ohio
Hankins Road Bridge to Reopen After Seven Years
The Hankins Road bridge between Lemon and Liberty townships will reopen at 10 a.m. Friday. Butler County Engineer William Foster announced the bridge, now two lanes instead of one, underwent construction since last fall.
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Hankins Road
Hamilton
Lemon
Liberty Townships
Butler County
William Foster
Foster
Empress of Iran advocates women’s fulfillment through service
Farah Pahlavi, wife of Iran’s Shah, spoke in Washington on social work and equal rights for women. She described personal fulfillment through helping others and running initiatives like a girls’ university and rural learning centers. She praised US hospitality despite critics labeling her a fascist queen and noted her husband’s supportive role in expanding women’s opportunities.
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Washington
Iran
Farah Pahlavi
Shahbanou
United States
Warren Burger
Cyrus R. Vance
Shah
Man Guilty of Intoxication in Middletown Court
Bruce Sampson, 21, of 5911 West Alexandria Road, found guilty by a Middletown Municipal Court jury of intoxication tied to an April 26 arrest behind Smitty's Flying Inn on Germantown Road. He received a $10 fine plus court costs totaling $158. The two hour trial concluded at noon yesterday.
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Middletown
Bruce Sampson
West
Alexandria Road
Smitty
Flying Inn
Germantown Road
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