Braille chords near completion for popular guitar music
CHAMPAIGN Illinois UPI reports the national Braille music committee finished three days of work at the University of Illinois on a complex new system of Braille chord symbols for popular and folk guitar. The group will seek Braille Authority of North America review. chairman John di Francesco notes progress while noting ongoing evolution of Braille notation to accommodate modern music. Margorie Hooper of Florida State University explains how blind musicians learn pieces, often memorizing before playing and occasionally reading with one hand while playing with the other.
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Calif
California State School For the Blind
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Louis Braille
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Margorie Hooper
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida State University
Soviets Order Written Reply From Reporters
Two American correspondents Craig Whitney of the New York Times and Harold Piper of the Baltimore Sun were ordered to reply in writing to charges of slandering the state chaired by the Radio and Television Committee of the USSR. The case, tied to reporting on Zviad Gamsakhourdia, prompted U.S. officials to express concern as the July 5 trial date was set.
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Baltimore Sun
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Washington
Zviad Gamsakhourdia
Georgia
Tass
Gamsakhourdia
State Television and Radio Committee
U.S.S.R
Communist Party
Pravda
Izvestia
Metzger Hired as Channahon Junior High Principal
Dale E. Metzger, former Plainfield superintendent, is named junior high principal for Channahon on a 10 month contract. Supt Norval Galloway cited Metzger’s long career in education and administration including roles at Grant Park Bourbonnais Plainfield and U S Army CI Corps service.
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Plainfield
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William
Consumer prices rise in Chicago area May report
Consumer prices in the Chicago area increased by nearly one percentage point in May. Compared with May 1977, prices were up 8.4 percent, the largest gain since April 1975. A typical year’s goods now cost 108.40 versus 100. Housing and transportation each formed about a third of the rise with housing up 0.8 percent and transportation up 1.4 percent.
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New York City to receive federal loan guarantees
Congress guarantees of up to 15 years totaling 1.5 billion in the Senate and 2 billion in the House aim to avert bankruptcy and back a four year 4.5 billion plan. President Carter calls it a historic step toward economic recovery while a conference committee must reconcile differences before final passage.
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House-Senate
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Edward Koch
House of Congress
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