Hood College Names Doctor Martha Church President
Dr Martha Eleanor Church takes the Hood College presidency today becoming the first woman in the role. She will be invested at convocation August 26 with classes starting August 27. The Pritchards head to Arkansas where Dr Pritchard will assume the presidency of Arkansas State University.
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Army to reassign Dr Sim amid drug misuse inquiry
Dr Van M Sim, head of Edgewood Arsenal medical research programs since 1956, is reassigned as a special adviser as the Army probes reports of drug misuse from nearly 25 years ago. He begins leave and will not return until mid September. inspector general investigates “adverse information” related to his work on LSD testing.
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Prisoner Vanished Eight Months in D.C. Jail
A D.C. Superior Court judge found that a series of administrative errors caused 25-year-old Larry Jones to remain jailed for eight months while awaiting trial for petit larceny. Judge Harold H. Greene dismissed the charge and ordered a full jail probe to prevent repeats.
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Congress faces vetoes as vacation starts on oil and arms
Congress heads into a month long break amid stalled oil price control extensions and a split over resuming U S arms shipments to Turkey. The Senate backed a weapons bill, but House action stalls amid budget concerns and harsh rhetoric from Rep Madden who calls the arms plan an outrageous waste.
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Cyprus
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Soviet grain deal lifts U.S. farm prices in July report
U.S. farm prices rose 3 percent in the month to July 15 led by higher prices for wheat hogs potatoes soybeans upland cotton and milk. Cattle fell. Overall prices were 6 percent higher than a year earlier while farm expenses increased 11 percent. The Soviet purchases totaled 154 million bushels of wheat 177 million of corn and 51 million of barley.
African unity rebuffs Arab militants at OAU summit
The Organization of African Unity approved a resolution pressing Israel, including the possible removal from the United Nations, after a tense closed door debate. Egyptian and Libyan exchanges dominated sessions while Idi Amin questioned expulsion moves. Egypt declined. The summit wrapped its 12th annual meeting amid strains with Arab campaigns and post 1973 rift dynamics.
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Decision on federal funds for Interstate 66 corridor
Transportation Secretary William Coleman to announce whether federal funds will back the 97 mile I-66 link from the Beltway to the Potomac River. The project faces strong local opposition, agency concerns, and potential effects on Washington Metro planning and funding.
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County Officials Cite Crane Bid and Bulldozer Purchase
County engineer Dorsey denies Fout rents a crane to county bidders. Dorsey says Fout pledged no rental to county business figures. The commission accepted the bulldozer purchase as a good buy, noting secondhand equipment can be wise. Dorsey warns cheapest bids are not always best in the long run.
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