House members abandon key school funding issue
South Carolina House adjourned early after approving a bond bill while vetoes on 123 items within a $3 billion budget were not overridden. The Aiken County district faces forced ratio reductions without funding, prompting Attorney General Medlock to call the measure unenforceable. The dispute leaves schools with bleak options and critics blame both governor and House for the lapse.
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South Carolina
Aiken County
General Assembly
Travis Medlock
House of Representatives
House
New Tools For Learning Shape The Next Education Era
The piece argues computers will transform education, with children aged four to nine drawn to school via computer assisted learning. It cites Dr. Jerome Wiesner praising computers as a mind expanding tool and notes Carnegie Mellon near creating intelligent tutors for one on one teaching. Teachers may resist but will adapt as goals shift.
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Carnegie
Mellon
Economic sanctions in Congress debate hedge on value
The article surveys U.S. use of economic sanctions from the League of Nations era to the 1980s, noting mixed effectiveness. It cites Nicaragua 1985 and the Soviet pipeline case, stressing global interdependence limits and suggesting sanctions can work in limited small-state cases but often fail to compel broader concessions.
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Washington
South Africa
Congress
U.S
League of Nations
League
United States
Greece
Bulgaria
Italy
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Nicaragua
Heritage Foundation
Bruce Bartlett
Canada
Soviet Union
Poland
Siberia
Europe
Journal of Commerce
Gary Hufbauer
Jeffrey Schott
Hufbauer
Blame Avoided as Charter Flight Tragedy Echoes Past
A column recalls a Korean War era charter flight with a damaged plane and a later Newfoundland crash killing 248 GIs. It criticizes Pentagon charter practices and explains how inspections and accountability fell short, urging tighter oversight and penalties for officials.
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Washington
Newfoundland
General Accounting Office
Pentagon
FAA
Charles Bennett
Florida
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Georges Clemenceau
Jerome Wiesner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wiesner
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
By Stephen F. Stine
Desi Bouterse
Cuba
Moscow
Netherlands
Suriname
Grenada
Bouterse
Congressional Quarterly
By Mike Royko
Texas
Mississippi
Arrow Airlines
Rich Airlines
Bennett
Rich
Arrow
Space Agency
Morton Thiokol
Charter
Chicago
Dan Rostenkowski
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