Last of Mississippi monkey law finally removed
Editorial notes Mississippi's legislature completed action on a new state code without the monkey law. The code aligns with the 1970 Mississippi Supreme Court ruling that banning evolution teaching is unconstitutional, ending the last such statute in the nation and marking long overdue good riddance.
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House of Representatives
Tennessee
John T. Scopes
Scopes
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Mississippi House
State Supreme Court
Open FDA policy shifts toward public access to files
The FDA plans a sweeping change toward an open agency by releasing its master list of permissible food contamination and making most files public. It will require industry to justify keeping data confidential while exposing formulas, manufacturing methods, financials, correspondence summaries, and internal manuals.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Sargasso Sea pollution shows plastics and PCBs spread far
Science Today reports researchers from Woods Hole found plastic particles in the western Sargasso Sea exceeding 9 000 per square mile. Brittle pellets, syringe shields, cigar holders and jewelry parts floated in the gyre while plankton grew on their surfaces. The study notes possible PCB contamination and questions the ecological consequences as plastics have only recently entered widespread use.
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Joseph L. Myler
Washington
UPI
Sargasso Sea
North Atlantic
Azores
West Indies
Columbus
New World
Great Ocean
Atlantic
Science Magazine
Edward J. Carpenter
K.L. Smith Jr
Woods Hole Mass
Oceanographic Institution
Bermuda
New York City
Dollars for Scholars Drive Boosts Medina High Scholarships
A Medina High School fundraiser collected 945 dollars from about 150 students door to door on May 5. The effort, along with other contributions, increases the program’s total scholarships to roughly 16,000 dollars since the drive began, aided by Gazette publicity.
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Dollars For Scholars
Medina High School
Gazette
Medina County Gazette Masthead and contact details
Medina County Gazette published daily except Sundays and holidays by Medina County Publications Inc. at 685 West Liberty Street Medina Ohio 44256. Rates shown for mail and single copies. Publisher Arthur D Hudnutt managing editor Mike Dungien and general manager Stuart A Borden listed with contact numbers.
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Medina County Gazette
Medina County Publications Inc
West Liberty Street
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Medina
Arthur D. Hudnutt
Mike Dungien
Stuart A
McGovern Economics Challenged by Washington Opinion
Ralph de Toledano argues McGovern’s policies amount to national socialism with government investment and a 100 percent inheritance tax. He warns middle income Americans would bear the tax burden while the state becomes the main investor, reshaping American society.
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McGovern
Hobart Bowen
The
Washington Post
National Education Plan proposed to ease school costs
Education demands and inflation push up school costs while taxpayers and courts challenge levies. Sam M. Lamberg of NEA urges a National Standard of Education with federal funds covering a third of basic education, revenue equalization, and subsidies for special programs.
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Washington
UPI
Sam M. Lamberg
The
National Education Association
West Lighter Side Debates School Bonds and Tax Strain
Property owners resist bonds as districts with low valuations face higher taxes. Lambert notes states seek plans to ease inequities in education funding. He cites a National Standard proposing a federal one third and state local two thirds revenue split to share costs.
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Lambert
Congress urges garden planting to fight inflation
Congress backed a resolution urging American families to plant vegetables where practicable to curb inflation. Economists say these victory garden ideas may help, while Treasury officials caution the impact will take weeks to show.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
London
Treasury
Nazi Germany
Japan
Library gift list grows as patrons donate popular magazines
Readers list new magazine gifts for the town library including Atlantic Aviation Week Farm Journal Forbes Fortune Trailer Travel The New Yorker Pure Bred Dogs Dog World Yankee McCall's Saturday Review Book World Sports Afield and more with several dates up to 1971. Patrons ask for guidance on omissions and celebrate ongoing support from neighbors.
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Donald Wildler
Dog World
Connie Schelke
Rufus Sherman
Pauline Aylard
McCall
Saturday Review
Book World
Otto Swartz
Thomas Fuller
Soviet Encyclopedia to Be Published by Crowell Collier
Crowell Collier will publish The Good Soviet Encyclopedia in a 30 volume set under a multimillion dollar deal with the Soviet Embassy in Washington. The first English edition arrives in 1974 and the series should be completed by 1979. Set aside 500 to 1000 dollars to order the set. A June offer by Dutton features a doctor's Vietnam experience, 12 20 and 5 A Doctor's Year in Vietnam.
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Dutton
Vietnam
Tompkins Edits Essays of Recollections in June
E Berkeley Tompkins edits a collection of sober recollections in June featuring essays by Ann Matthews.
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E. Berkeley Tompkins
Ann Matthews
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