Teens Favor College Despite Costs and Doubts
Gallup and Census data show 75 percent of teens intend to attend college with higher rates among white collar families and western regions. Younger teens are more optimistic than older ones, and income, race, and school performance influence plans. Most favor state colleges. private schools attract some, with regional differences noted.
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U.S. Bureau of the Census
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Midwest
South
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Associated Press
Aiken Counties Declared Disaster Areas for Emergency Loans
Thirteen South Carolina counties including Aiken Allendale Anderson Calhoun Edgefield Greenville Hampton Jasper Lexington McCormick Oconee Richland and Williamsburg are designated natural disaster areas by the Secretary of Agriculture. Farmers may apply for Home Administration loans covering losses from April 1 to July 31 with up to 250000 at 3 percent and higher losses at 5 percent. Existing loans on real estate and chattel may be restructured at 82 percent, with production loans for annual losses also available at 82 percent. The designation was announced by Senator Strom Thurmond and Senator Ernest Hollings.
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Washington
South Carolina
Secretary of Agriculture
Aiken
Allendale
Anderson
Calhoun
Edgefield
Greenville
Hampton
Jasper
Lexington
McCormick
Oconee
Richland
Williamsburg
Home Administration
Lens Strom Thurmond
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Ernest F. Hollings
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Clover High Turns Grounds Into Living Classrooms
Clover High School uses a 110 acre farm donated by the district for environmental learning. With support from the South Carolina Soil Conservation and Land Resources Department the campus hosts two stocked lakes ground cover terracing and a nature trail. Students and staff grow vegetables fruit and flowers to study agriculture and ecology while maintaining and harvesting crops.
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Clover
Clover High School
Martin Ramsey
South Carolina
Soil Conservation and Land Resources Department
Clover High
Duke Power wins initial backing for McGuire plant license
In Charlotte Duke Power faced licensing hearings for the McGuire nuclear plant. Hugh Wells of the North Carolina Utilities Commission endorsed the project saying staff studies show the first unit will be needed by mid 1980 to meet power demand. The unit is slated for operation in summer 1980 near Lake Norman, about 17 miles north of Charlotte.
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N.C
Duke Power Co
McGuire
Hugh Wells
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Wells
Duke
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