House rejects metric system conversion bill in 240 154 vote
The U S House defeated a plan to set up a 25 member Metric Conversion Board to draft a national plan converting weights and measures to the metric system. Supporters argued inevitability. opponents warned of costs and federal subsidies.
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U.S. urged to ignore shale oil for now says Colorado professor
Colorado State University geographer Glen D. Weaver testifies to the House energy subcommittee urging the United States to ignore shale oil for the time being. He questions the perceived need for shale oil and cautions against being mesmerized by the shale bonanza.
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Glen D. Weaver
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Legislators discuss disputed site for Phoenix prison
The Joint Legislative Budget Committee meets at 2 p.m. to review a proposed medium security prison site near 27th Avenue and Durango in southwest Phoenix amid local opposition. Debate over locating the facility near a metropolitan area for services continues as officials weigh alternatives and costs.
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UPI
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Why 1951 earnings matter for Social Security retirement
Retirement benefits are based on average earnings from 1951 onward, not earlier years. This is because 1951 increased creditable wages. pre-1951 earnings were capped and would yield lower taxes and benefits, so early years are generally disregarded in calculating benefits.
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Frank Corrick
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Aces Triumph in Mid-Atlantic Regional Pairs
In Atlanta during the Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament Jim Felts of Nashville and Leonard Spelman of Huntsville won the Men's Pairs Championship. A test hand debated whether trump play should outrank a side suit as the opening lead of diamonds produced a declarer win with the king after West led a solid sequence.
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Atlanta
Jim Felts
Nashville
Leonard Spelman
Huntsville
Ala
West
Trump suit priority in bridge hand analysis
The article examines a bridge hand where West wins an ace and shifts to spades. Declarer should play dummy's last diamond to guard against bad trump division and avoid extra losers. It notes trump priority only when there are no better alternatives and questions consistency of priority.
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Declarer
Gulf of Alaska to open for oil leasing in 1975
Interior Department official Jared G. Carter said the Gulf of Alaska would be opened to large scale oil leasing in 1975, part of 10 million acres on the outer continental shelf. He noted potential environmental safeguards and new bidding methods to invite smaller companies.
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Mideast
Carter
Gulf of Alaska
Oil spill cleanup devices from Japan and U S disclosed at OTC
At the Offshore Technology Conference several engineers heard two cleanup methods. Yokohama researchers Tezuka and Aramaki described a catamaran belt system that collects oil and uses a pump to separate it from water. An American firm proposed a floating platform creating a vortex to concentrate oil for pumping at up to 120 gallons per minute.
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Houston
UPI
Tezuka
Party night for Sandra ends with Nazi armband clash
Sandra Silva, a 20 year old San Francisco police department file clerk and American Nazi Party member, wears a Nazi armband at party events while denying work ties. Civil libertarians fear conflict of interest as Jewish and Black groups urge firing Nazis from the police force.
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UPI
Sandra Silva
Germany
Miss Silva
Tf Brown Berets
Henry Williams
Conlan to Address Paradise GOP Club Friday
Congressman John Conlan R Dist 4 will speak to the Paradise Republican Women Friday at 10 a.m. in the Community Room of the First Federal Savings and Loan at Los Arcos Mall. He is finishing his first term and has served as state senator for the Scottsdale Paradise Valley area. He was named to the Committee on Committees and to the U S Mexico Inter Parliamentry Group. Coffee and refreshments will be served at 9 30 a.m.
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John Rhodes
Committee On Committees
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