Consultants urge area-wide desegregation plan for Chicago schools
Illinois Board of Education consultants urge state law to require suburban districts with space to accept minority Chicago students and mandate Chicago to accept suburban transfers to boost desegregation. The report led by Gary Orfield argues citywide reassignments and cross-district integration are needed as Chicago’s white enrollment declines and minority share rises.
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Gary Orfield
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Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon to divorce
Buckingham Palace announced that Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon will end their marriage after two years of separation. The couple, both in London, have two children and Margaret faces public scrutiny over associations while she recovers from gastroenteritis in hospital.
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Buckingham Palace
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Earl of Snowdon
Queen Elizabeth II
David Viscount Linley
Sarah Armstrong-Jones
Roddy Llewellyn
King Edward VII Hospital
NASA plans four Venus missions in 1969
NASA announced four Venus probes by the United States and the Soviet Union this year. Pioneer Venus 1 will launch May 20 from Cape Canaveral to orbit Venus in December for eight months of weather, gravity, and topography study. Pioneer Venus 2, with five probes, launches August 7 and reaches Venus in December. Soviet Venus missions are planned for August and December, with data exchanges expected at a June Austrian meeting.
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New York Times
New York
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United States
Soviet Union
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Canaveral
Earth
NASA
Austria
Wife of Soviet UN diplomat dies by suicide in Moscow
The wife of Arkady Shevchenko, the Soviet UN diplomat who refused to return home, has died by suicide in Moscow. Authorities say she overdosed on sleeping pills and was found in a closet at the family apartment with their 16 year old daughter present after a rebound from New York.
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Moscow
Leongina Shevchenko
U.N
United States
Gennady Shevchenko
Shevchenko
New York
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Illinois Governor vetoes new disaster aid request
Springfield AP Governor James R Thompson blasts President Carter after a second plea for federal disaster aid for Illinois counties struck by an Easter ice storm. William H Wilcox says the storm lacks sufficient severity for a major declaration. A White House spokesman said Carter concurred with the recommendation.
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James R. Thompson
Carter
Thompson
Illinois
Tueday
William H. Wilcox
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
White House
Rehabilitation funds vote boosts Illinois program plan
The House Education and Labor Committee authorized a $10 million five year increase in vocational rehabilitation funds for Illinois. The money is expected to support a new program establishing five independent living centers for disabled people to learn to live more normal lives despite handicaps.
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Washington
Illinois
House Education and Labor Committee
Gulf Oil Sues Westinghouse Over Uranium Monopoly Claim
The AP reports Gulf Oil Corp accuses Westinghouse Electric Corp of false claims to boost uranium sales and monopolize the nuclear power industry. Gulf filed a federal countersuit in Chicago to a Westinghouse suit, while DOJ charges Gulf with anti trust violations as part of an international cartel from 1971 to 1974. Gulf admitted involvement in the Uranium Marketing Research Organization but denies wrongdoing.
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Gulf Oil Corp
Energy Company
Gulf’s
Chicago
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Justice Department
Gulf
International Uranium Producers’ Cartel
Grand jury probes Ford bribery scheme in Indonesia contract
A federal grand jury investigates whether Ford Motor Co bribed Indonesian officials to win a 30 million satellite communications contract in 1975. Sources say Ford admitted the bribe was contemplated but claims no payment was made. the plan was dropped after top Ford leaders learned of it. Sidney Kelley, Ford secretary, told the Times no improper payment was made by Ford, Philco, or any subsidiary.
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Sidney Kelley
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