Welfare reform bill dead for this session in Washington
Congressional leaders announce President Carter's welfare overhaul is shelved for the year due to time constraints and a heavy legislative calendar. Supporters plan to revive the $20 billion proposal next year as House Speaker O'Neill and Senate Majority Leader Byrd cite backlog and election-year limits.
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Washington
Carter
James C. Corman
D-Calif
House
Senate
Corman
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Robert C. Byrd
O’neill
White House
Congress
Special House
Ways and Means Committee
Proposition 13 and summer turmoil roils Los Angeles schools
Nearly 600,000 students finish the school year amid clashes over Proposition 13 budget cuts and a proposed busing program. Summer school is canceled and thousands protested at a Board of Education meeting over potential teacher layoffs and program eliminations.
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Los Angeles
Board of Education
Animal Byrd-You've heard of him! Animal Byrd-You've heard of him!
At a Sylvania Ohio public library a boy asked for a book on Animal Bird the man who went to the North Pole. The librarian misinterpreted until the child clarified that he meant Admiral Byrd and was shown a biography of him.
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Sylvania, Ohio
Jim Marshall
North Pole
Marshal
Admiral Byrd
Nazis call off Skokie parade
Nazi leader Frank Collin canceled the Skokie rally and said he would return to Chicago parks to exercise free speech. Mayor Smith hailed the decision as a triumph for mankind while police removed Rabbi Meir Kahane from the scene.
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Chicago
Frank Collin
Skokie
Albert J. Smith
Collin
Marquette Park
Meir Kahane
Militant
Jewish Defense League
Ave
Arnie Matanky
State governor aide admits abuse of state flight privileges
State officials say Mike Dunn resigned last June from a $30,000 job as patronage chief after admitting he asked a state pilot to falsify records of a flight made for political purposes. Dunn, 25, used state planes for personal and political trips and sought falsified records to hide a Springfield to Monmouth trip for a political event.
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Mike Dunn
Dunn
David Gilbert
Thompson
Springfield
Monmouth
Child Labor Laws Amended For Harvest Work
The Labor Department issued new regulations allowing children aged 10 and 11 to hand harvest crops after previously prohibiting under 12 farm labor. The rules take effect immediately, cap work at five hours daily and 30 hours weekly, and require employers to prove no other labor is available and meet additional conditions. The note also mentions consumer prices rising by about one half to one percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Child Abuse Cases Rise Shocking Illinois Report
State officials report nearly 9,000 children abused in 1977, a 30 percent rise from 1976, with 53 child deaths. Abuses surged 90 percent in Lake McHenry and Peoria counties, and mothers head the abusers at 4,223. University researchers note many cases go unreported amid broader concerns. Gov Thompson weighs rehiring a former aide.
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Chicago
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Lake
McHenry
Peoria
Janice Hartman
University of Illinois School of Social Work
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