Bailar defends independent post office after surplus news
Postmaster General Benjamin Bailar announced a surprising fifteen million dollar quarterly Postal Service surplus for the quarter ending September 30. He said the surplus supports Congress backing for a politically independent mail service and hopes to avoid a postal rate increase in 1977.
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Washington
UPI
Benjamin F. Bailar
Postal Service
Congress
Bailar
Jimmy Carter
Bailor
Miss India Withdraws From Miss World Contest
The Indian government ordered Miss India Naina Balsaver to withdraw from Miss World in protest of South Africa's racial policies. The decision, announced by an Indian High Commission spokesman, cites disassociation from a pageant that sanctions racial separation. Three other nations also pulled out their contestants.
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London
UPI
Miss India Today
South Africa
Miss India
Naina Balsaver
India
Indian High Commission
BG Trustees OK $9 Surcharge for Winter and Spring
Bowling Green University trustees approve a $9 surcharge on undergraduate and graduate bills for winter and spring quarters to help close a $409,000 deficit. President Hollis Moore says the temporary measure will raise $250,000, matching a state budget cut ordered by Gov Rhodes.
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Bowling Green, Ohio
UPI
Bowling Green University
Hollis Moore
James A. Rhodes
55 Mph Proves A Burden
Los Angeles Police Chief Ed Davis said the 55 mile per hour speed limit burdens police by diverting resources from core duties. The International Association of Chiefs of Police commissioned a study to assess how enforcement affects law enforcement efficiency.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Los Angeles
Ed Davis
The
International Association of Chief of Police
Davis
Weather notes and local life events brief
Weather clear and cool with tonight and Wednesday near zero precipitation. Winds southwest today at 10 mph tonight light or variable. Monday temperatures 41 to 21. Marriage license applications list Gregory A. Gayheart and Cindy J. Allen plus Timothy F. Slocum and Robin E. Leber. Gregory Sands and Marilyn J. Pees. Birth report: Wakeman couple Bobby and wife welcome a girl. Deaths: John P. Woodyard Jr. and Robert J. Owens.
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Gregory A. Gayheart
Shelby
Festival Homes
Cindy J. Allen
Willard
Timothy F. Slocum
Norwalk
Robin E. Leber
Berlin Heights
Gregory Sands
Marilyn J. Pees
Bobby Hunter
Wakeman
Opinion Line readers vote on state senate candidates
Monday's question asks who would be better state senator between Douglas Colvin and Maurice Smith. It suggests character versus looks, asking voters to choose between these traits and vote yes by calling 668-8544 before midnight.
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Douglas Colvin
Maurice Smith
Gilmore’s Girlfriend Agrees to Marry Condemned Killer
Gary Gilmore lay unconscious in his Utah State Prison cell after an apparent suicide attempt. Nicole Barrett, 20, said she would marry him an hour after he expressed a wish to die, though officials doubt the plan will affect his fate. Governor Rampton had granted a last stay pending a pardons board hearing.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Utah State Prison
Point OF the Mountain
Utah
Nicole Barrett
Sam Smith
Gilmore
Miss Barrett
State Board of Pardons
Smith
Provo
Calvin Rampton
Norwalk Revenue Sharing Tied to Local Tax Effort
Norwalk faces smaller quarterly federal revenue sharing next year unless local taxes rise. Finance Director Colvin predicts receipts will drop from 61,194 in 1975 to 49,729 in October 1977, noting factors include local tax effort and poverty levels. Colvin cites sewer bond approval and past use of funds for capital projects as boosting eligibility.
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Norwalk
Douglas Colvin
Colvin
Vernis George
Columbus
Colvin Colvin
Blue Ribbon
Carter foresees 5–7 percent unemployment for three years
President elect Jimmy Carter told the public unemployment may stay at 5 to 7 percent for at least three years. He stressed inflation concerns and that reducing joblessness will not be immediate. He noted aims to cut unemployment to 4.5 percent over four years and balance the budget, with possible inflation trade offs.
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Carter
County Seeks Federal Funds For Fairgrounds
Huron County Commissioners seek 346 482 in federal money to install sewer lines at the Huron County Fairgrounds. If approved, construction would start in 1977 within 90 days of grant award. The Local Public Works application was filed in Chicago by CB Roscoe executive director. Competition is heavy with about 100 Ohio projects expected to be approved and priority given to environmental improvement and unemployment relief.
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Huron County Commissioners
Huron County Fairgrounds
Chicago
CB. Roscoe
Huron County Plannin Commission
Roscoe
Ohio
Who Nose Study Shows Kids Learn To Dislike Large Noses
Oklahoma State University researchers led by Dr. John McCullers studied how facial features influence perceptions of attractiveness across ethnic groups. Preschoolers prefer larger features, but by ages four or five learn that large noses and mouths are undesirable, a bias linked to Western civilization and cultural models.
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Stillwater, Okla
UPI
Oklahoma State
John McCullers
MecCullers
McCullers
United States
India
Culler
Parti Quebecois topples Liberals in Quebec election landslide
In Montreal Rene Levesque's PQ won 70 of 110 seats shocking the Liberal government led by Premier Robert Bourassa. Trudeau acknowledged a mandate for a Quebec government but rejected secession, noting constitutional hurdles and federalist unity.
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Rene Levesque
Parti Quebecois
Liberal
Whic
Quebec
Resque
Canada
Liberals
Pqs
Robert Bourassa
Mercier
Union National
Rodrigue Biron
Parti Nationale Populaire
Ralliement Creditiste
National Assembly Levesque
Pierre Trudeau
Trudeau
Leve
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Shady Lane
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