School board workshop at Sul Ross hosts student rights guide
The Texas Association of School Boards and local districts sponsor 21 regional workshops this spring to brief new trustees on duties and responsibilities. Sul Ross University will host the session at 1 p.m. April 27, coordinator Charles L. Lamb. Attendees receive the new handbook free, with extra copies $3 from TASB Publications Office.
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Texas Association of School Boards
Texas
Sul Ross University
Charles L. Lamb
TASB
Homeowners urged to file yearly tax exemption by April 30
The city tax department reminds owners aged 65 on Jan 1 and eligible for homestead exemptions to file annually by April 30. New applicants should bring birthdate proof. prior recipients must reap ply for 1977. Disabled veterans and surviving spouses with VA notice must also file by April 30.
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Veterans Administration
Glaucoma Screening Drive Gains National Support
Fourteen national organizations unite to screen Americans over 35 for glaucoma. The NSPB estimates two million suffer the painless disease, which causes one in seven blindness cases. NSPB offers free public films and brochures. contact 79 Madison Ave New York NY 10016.
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Society For the Prevention of
Lions International
American Association of Retired Persons
NSPB
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Madison Ave
New York
N.Y
Carter defers breeder reactor program and shifts nuclear policy
President Carter announced deferral of the United States breeder reactor project and indefinite postponement of commercial plutonium reprocessing. He would study alternative designs, end the Clinch River reactor plan, and shift funding to nonproliferation and conventional uranium enrichment. Carter proposed fuel supply contracts for allies and international efforts for nonproliferation.
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Carter
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Barnwell
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Wholesale prices rise for second month in March
The government reported a 1.1 percent March increase in wholesale prices, the second consecutive monthly rise and the largest since October 1975. Farm products led gains with 2.5 percent, while industrial commodities rose eight tenths, signaling underlying inflationary pressure. Metals textiles transportation equipment lumber rubber and plastics all posted higher prices.
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Carter
Labor Department
Rosa Carrasco Likely to Be Free After Grand Jury Review
Rosa Gomez Carrasco, widow of a jailed drug kingpin, faces no indictment for providing escape instruments. District Attorney Jerry Sandel will present insufficient evidence to the Walker County grand jury after a four hour interview in Huntsville. She says she fled to Mexico before her husband’s death and later turned herself in at San Antonio.
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Rosa Gomez Carrasco
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Jerry Sandel
Carrasco
Rosa Carrasco
Sandel
San Antonio
Mexico
Unwed father wins permanent custody in New Orleans
Harry T. Begg III, 28, gained permanent custody of his baby after a year of legal battles. Roxanne Duffy, 19, had the child with Begg named as father while at a Fort Worth unwed mothers home. A blood test confirmed paternity and Judge S Sanford Levy ruled the custody permanent.
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Harry T. Begg III
Beggs
Roxanne Duffy
Begg
Fort Worth
Tex
Warm Easter forecast boosts Texas as frosts fade
Temperatures rise across Texas under sunny skies with winds 5 to 15 mph. Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy conditions through the weekend. Frost alerts linger in parts of the East while much of the nation remains under high pressure and mild to warm temperatures.
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Mansfield named Japan ambassador
President Carter nominated former Sen. Mike Mansfield to be the U S ambassador to Japan. The White House announced 10 ambassador selections including Yale president Kingman Brewster to Great Britain and Robert F. Goheen to India. Mansfield, 74, retired after leading the Senate and had served as Asia expert.
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India
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Belgium
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Principal shot dead at Whitharral High School
Malcolm Omar Tripp, 31, principal of Whitharral High School in West Texas, was shot in front of the school by a 17-year-old freshman. The student surrendered the gun at a local grocery after the shooting and was taken into custody as investigators work to determine motive. Tripp died at Levelland hospital shortly after.
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Whitharral High
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Malcolm Omar Tripp
Levelland
Tripp
Louis McCormack
Whitharral
Richmond Springs
Levelland Hospital
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