Louisville desegregation protests clash with tear gas and fires
About 500 anti busing demonstrators crowded Jeffersontown Kentucky as police used tear gas to disperse a disorderly crowd after rocks and bottles were hurled. A fire damaged a school bus at Jeffersontown High School while pro desegregation supporters planned peaceful activities with Pete Seeger’s group aiding the cause.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Jefferson County
Jeffersontown
Herbert S. Meyer
Meyer
Pete Seeger
Jackie Garrett
Blue Ball Earns Bicentennial Community Designation
Sunny ceremonies mark Blue Ball as an American Bicentennial Community. Mrs. Bess Diver accepted the Bicentennial flag at her Dixie Highway home as plans for incorporation as a village were discussed. American Legion Post 218 raised the flag while Lemon Monroe High School Brass Choir played. Bonnie Murray sang patriotics and the crowd heard the Lord’s Prayer. A short parade led by local rescue squads, clowns and balloons followed, with a reception at the Blue Ball United Presbyterian Church.
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Blue Ball
Bess Diver
Dixie Highway
America
Blue catfish reintroduced into Alum Creek and Buckeye lakes
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources released over 71,000 blue catfish fingerlings into Alum Creek Lake in Delaware County and Buckeye Lake in Licking and Fairfield counties. Each fish measures about two inches and is expected to reach substantial size within two years, boosting fishing prospects for anglers.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Department of Natural Resources
Alum Creek
Delaware County
Buckeye
Licking
Fairfield
Ohio mental health facilities renamed
The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation renamed three operated facilities to mental health and mental retardation centers. Athens Mental Health Center Tiffin State Hospital and Cambridge State Hospital now carry the new designation reflecting broader services for the mentally ill and mentally retarded per director Dr. Timothy B. Moritz.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Department of Mental Health and
Athens Mental Health Center
Tiffin State Hospital
Cambridge State Hospital
Timothy B. Moritz
Tax bill failure predicted in Congress
President Ford’s plan to link a 28 billion dollar tax cut with matching spending cuts faces opposition from Democratic leaders. Senators Proxmire and Rep. Mahon predict Congress will reject the proposal as politically motivated and unrealistic. They argue the tax cut would accelerate before the 1976 election without preventing long term spending, and say the plan will not pass.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
William Proxmire
Senate Banking Committee
George H. Mahon
House Appropriations Committee
Proxmire
D-Wis
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Sterasteemer
Sennet
Wiley Technical and Business Books
Sunset St
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Lynbrook Model
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