School Chiefs Challenged To Use New Money Well
South Carolina legislative leaders urged school superintendents to implement the 1984 Education Improvement Act effectively. With over 200 million dollars in new funds this year and a potential billion more by 1989, educators are charged to deliver results and involve local governments and communities in the reform. The five day Myrtle Beach convention opened with remarks from Rep. Dennis and Sen. Lewis, stressing shared responsibility and strict accountability for the vast program.
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Dick Riley
South Carolina
Len
Rembert Dennis
D-Berkeley
Lewis
Rand Corporation
Dennis
Senate Finance Committee
British police tie Nigerian government to bungled kidnapping
London reports Scotland Yard believes Nigeria's military government aided the failed kidnapping of fugitive politician Amaro Dikko. Dikko was found drugged in a crate at a London airport last Thursday. Nigeria accuses him of massive corruption. Dikko calls for a holy war to topple the regime.
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Amaro Dikko
Sunday Times of London
Scotland Yard
Dikko
Nigeria
Mondale Quiet On Vice Presidential Choice Ahead of Convention
Mondale stays out of sight a week before the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. The apparent Democratic nominee makes private preparations for July 16 start and weighs running mate options without public discussion.
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Minn
Walter F. Mondale
San Francisco
Mondale
Man Receives Two Heart Transplants In 12 Hours
AUGUSTA AP A 35 year old patient remained in serious but stable condition after two heart transplants in under 12 hours at University Hospital. The first heart lung machine support was discontinued around 7 a.m. Sunday as the second heart was placed and beating within half an hour.
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University Hospital
Norma Patterson
Fred Davis
Rebecca Rogers
Ex Augusta Mayor McIntyre Faces Federal Sentence
Former Augusta Mayor Edward M. McIntyre, 60, awaiting sentencing in the federal courthouse before U.S. District Judge Dudley H. Bowen Jr. He faces up to 60 years in prison and a $30,000 fine after an April 28 conviction on three extortion charges. Also to be sentenced are ex-Councilman Joseph C. Jones and real estate broker Mary Holmes.
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Augusta
Edward M. McIntyre
U.S
Dudley H. Bowen Jr
Joseph C. Jones
Mary Holmes
Ballet great Mikhail Baryshnikov stars in new film project
London AP reports ballet icon Mikhail Baryshnikov and Isabella Rossellini start work this month on a $10 million Columbia Pictures film White Nights. Baryshnikov, artistic director of the American Ballet Theatre, defected to the United States in 1974 and says the project is not a personal reflection. Rossellini plays a Soviet interpreter married to an expatriate American dancer played by Gregory Hines.
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Ingrid Bergman
Isabella Rossellini
Baryshnikov
New York
American Ballet Theater
United States
West
Columbia Pictures
Miss Rosselini
Gregory Hines
Soviet Union
Sean Connery
James Bond
Dick Barbour
Cypress
Newport Beach
Joseph Molina
Fire gutted York Minster wing as lightning blamed
A severe fire gutted a 760 year old wing of York Minster in York England likely started by lightning. The south transept roof collapsed and stained glass survived albeit soot damaged. Firefighters saved the central tower after a three hour effort and officials hoped to reopen by week’s end.
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England
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Europe
Church of England
Charles Brown
Cathedral of St. Peter
Canterbury
British Broadcasting Corp
Rosemary Hartill
Ralph Ford
Yorkshire
Minster
Beirut Airport Reopens as Flights Return to War-Torn City
Protests block airport approaches and major roadways in Beirut as relatives of missing civil war victims march with photos. Militia activity seen as shops close and a general strike expands in west Beirut while the army maintains control. A Middle East Airlines Boeing 707 finally lands at 5:30 a.m.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Greater
Middle East Airlines
Elderly Migration May Signal Shift Back to Cities
A Census Bureau study reports Americans aged 60 and over reversed a 1960s 70s move toward rural areas by 1975 80, restoring the country to cityward patterns. Researchers led by Charles Longino note aging migrants shifted from countryside to cities more, suggesting urban draw may resume.
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Bueau
Charles F. Longino
Center For Social Research In
University of Miami
America
Tryside
Longino
Journal of Gerontology
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