U.S. Moves Toward Metric Road Signs by 1979
The FHWA proposes a hard conversion timetable to switch all road signs and pavement markings to metric units by July 1 1978 with full completion by December 30 1979. Speed limits would be rounded to the nearest tenth of a kilometer hour and dual unit signs would fade out.
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America
Federal Highway Administration
FHWA
Ohio
Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco and Firearms
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Ford
U.S. Metric Board
Carter to publish book while in office
President Carter announces A Government as Good as Its People to be published by Simon & Schuster on June 13. The volume collects essays and interviews with excerpts from Ford Carter debates, with Carter aiming to remind voters of his commitments and accountability standards.
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Carter
Simon & Schuster
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
John Quincy Adams
Herbert Hoover
Ruth Carter Stapleton
Redneck
Billy Carter
U.S
Miss Bryant
Miami
Thought For Today on Free Schools and Separation
A quotation urging support for free nonsectarian public schooling and opposing state or national funding for sectarian institutions. It argues religion should be kept from public education and emphasizes keeping church and state separate. Attributed to President Ulysses S. Grant.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Carter uses family in diplomatic road show
President Carter puts his family on a world outreach mission with Rosalynn Carter promoting human rights and foreign policy themes in Latin America while Chip and Caron join visits in London for Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee. The First Lady plays an unofficial diplomatic role, aiming to present U.S. care and commitment without formal negotiations.
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Carter
Rosalynn
Latin America
Chip
Caron
London
Queen Elizabeth
Jimmy
United States
Oval Office
Mrs. Carter
China’s Cultural Renaissance Opens Arts After Purge
China loosens past bans as editors and officials hail a cultural revival. The New China News Agency reports revived operas ballads and Western masterworks while authorities accuse the Gang of Four of stifling culture. Performances spread from villages to army barracks and new translations of classics appear.
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China
Mao Tsetung
s =o
Lea Ching
Inge Seoeb
New China News Agency
Communist Party
Peking People’s Daily
Gang of Four
Chiang Ching
Gang
People's Daily
Mao Tse - Tung
Chou En - Lai
Shop Party
Hua Kuo
Peking
Ue Est
Taching
NCNA
Gorky
Ontee Vex Eel
Joyal
George
Shakespeare
Cervantes
Heinrich Heine
Kiangsu
Henan Opera
Ease Up Now Anita Bryant Opinion Piece
Safire argues Miami vote against gay rights and in favor of Anita Bryant ended hopes for a national gay rights surge. He frames the result as rejection of civil rights framing and warns against a broader moral crusade harming civil liberties.
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Miami
Dade County
Florida
Anita Bryant
Redneck
Miss Bryant
Poem Collection by Harold Shaffer Hits Virginia Stores
Ex newsboy releases The Twelfth Hour and Other Poems by Harold Shaffer of Herndon Virginia. The 32 poem collection centers on coal mining life with pieces like The Company Store and Sick Stocking Row. Available at Virgil’s Newsstand Main Street and other Virginia West Virginia outlets.
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Harold Shaffer
Herndon
Inirginia
West Nia
Virgil
Main Street
Shaffer
Red-Dog Road
Charlie Ward
Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Inflation hits food and home heating as prices rise
The Tulsa Daily World notes wholesale prices up 1.1 percent in April, 13.1 percent yearly, harming the poor most in cost of living. San Mateo Times questions farmer incomes and federal relief while discussing inflation policy and potential measures.
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Tulsa Daily World
Sylvia Porter
San Mateo
Calif
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Carter Administration
Treasury
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