Editorial on racial equality in engineering education gains
The piece surveys progress since the 1970s Supreme Court ruling ending segregated schooling. It notes minority engineering freshmen rose from 2,200 in 1972 to 7,600 in 1977, about 8.5 percent, driven by coalitions of schools, organizations, and firms. It highlights remedial programs, funding over $11 million, and a 1982 goal of 18 percent minority representation.
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Supreme Court
North
Conference Board
Economic Research Organization
Mauritania military junta names acting premier after fatal crash
Mauritania's development minister Col Ahmed Salem Ould Sidi was named acting premier to replace Ahmed Ould Bouceif, who died in a plane crash near Dakar. Bouceif, the air force commander and ambassador designate to France, perished when their plane crashed as a dust storm prevented landing.
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Nouakchott
Mauritania
Ahmed Salem Ould Sidi
Ahmed Ould Bouceif
Bouceif
France
Dakar
Mortgage rates climb as prices surge in housing market
AP reports mortgage rates rising beyond 9 percent, with California lenders at 11.5 percent and forecasts suggesting near 11 percent nationwide by fall. Housing prices for new homes average 71,700 dollars in April, up 10,100 in a year. used homes around 67,000, with a median sales price near 54,000. Factors include real estate as investment, tax advantages, long mortgage terms, and a 25 to 34 age cohort driving demand.
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John Cunniff
New York
California
U.S. League of Savings Associations
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Texas
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
National Association of Realtors
Uncle Sam
Today in History May 30 1979 Highlights
On May 30 historical events include Joan of Arc’s 1431 burning in Rouen and Columbus’s third voyage starting in 1498. Other notes cover de Soto’s Florida landing in 1539, Brooklyn Bridge panic in 1883, Trujillo’s 1961 assassination, East Pakistan floods in 1963, and diplomacy shifts in 1973. Birthdays feature Benny Goodman and Mel Blanc. Thought for today cites John Lubbock.
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Associated Press
Joan of Ark
Rouen
France
Christopher Columbus
Spain
New World
Hernando de Soto
Florida
Brooklyn
New York
Domican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
East Pakistan
West Germany
Czechoslovakia
Argentina
Britain
Northern Ireland
Cuba
United Nations
U.S
Zaire
Benny Goodman
Mel Blanc
Pribilof seal hunt draws critique from Congress and enviro groups
Washington reports that US and international critics condemn the annual Pribilof Islands seal slaughter in Alaska. The operation costs taxpayers millions, with 25,000 young seals killed yearly for pelts, while some argue the program is uneconomical and harmful to conservation efforts. Greenpeace plans a June expedition to film and possibly intervene non violently.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Newfoundland
Congress
United States
Pribilof
Alaska
St. Paul
St. George
Bering Sea
Aleutian
Internal Commerce Department
Pribilof Island
U. S
Russia
Canada
Japan
Uncle Sam
U.S
Walter Kirkness
Keith Sinzinger
Milton M. Kaufman
Monitor International
Fort Meade
Army
Department of Energy
DOE
Jimmy Carter
Joshua Nkomo
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
Nkomo
Carter
Uncommon Visions exhibit at Memorial Art Gallery
In Rochester NY the Memorial Art Gallery presents Uncommon Visions a contemporary art show through June 24 featuring paintings and sculptures by thirty artists. The exhibit highlights direct communication with viewers and includes themes tears laughter sex violence mystery memory irony and cultural literacy as core parts of the aesthetic experience.
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Rochester
N.Y
Memorial Art Gallery
Abused hospitality lawmakers push to curb immigrant welfare abuse
Congress introduces bills in both chambers to close loopholes allowing newly arrived legal immigrants to qualify for SSI within 30 days of entry. GAO's five-state estimate shows SSI abuse exceeding 72 million dollars annually in California, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois, with many recipients within five years of arrival and most starting benefits within three years.
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Washington
NEA
Congress
Senate
House
United States
General Accounting Office
California
Florida
New York
New Jersey
Illinois
GAO
Reform needed to curb immigrant welfare abuse in Washington
Washington lawmakers seek to make affidavits of support legally binding and require a three year residency before SSI eligibility. The plan targets sponsors who abandon commitments enabling aliens to draw welfare, with exceptions for refugees and post entry disability cases. Supporters label current practices a serious misuse of tax money and hospitality.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
United States
Illinois
Rochester
N.Y
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Alan Cranston
Donald J. Pease
Ohio
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