Senate panel backs bilingual funding flexibility
The Labor and Human Resources Committee voted 15 to 1 in favor of using 25 percent of bilingual education funds for programs not teaching in students native language. Education Secretary Benet urged no restrictions and current funding favors native-language alternatives at 4 percent.
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Labor
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Subscriptions and contact details for Aiken Standard
Aiken Standard lists phone numbers for subscriptions and classified ads and provides office hours and mailing address. It notes customer service hours and locations at 124 Rutland Drive with open hours on weekdays and Sundays.
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Emergency numbers from Aiken Standard
A list of emergency contacts includes Abused Persons Coalition 649-0480 Aiken Fire 649-2511 Aiken Police 649-4121 EMS 648-6811 and regional services for North Augusta New Ellenton Salley Wagener and related agencies plus grief and support groups for widowed persons.
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Landslide Toll Rises in Indonesia West Sumatra
The confirmed death toll from a deadly landslide near Padang, Indonesia, rose to 46 with about 50 more believed buried under rock and earth. Rescue workers treat 51 injured in Padang Panjang as rains continue.
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Jets Attack Sidon Camps Killing Civilians in Lebanon
Israeli jets bombed Ein el-Hilweh and Mieh Mieh refugee camps near Sidon, destroying 15 houses and killing 10 civilians with 28 wounded. Four fighter-bombers, backed by six warplanes and two gun boats, conducted three dive bombing sorties beginning 5:45 a.m., as PLO and Islamic radicals and others monitored the strike. Ambulances rushed victims to Sidon hospitals and Red Crescent clinics amid ongoing regional escalation.
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Mieh Mieh
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Soviet Union conducts seventh underground atomic explosion
Moscow reports its seventh underground nuclear test since February ending a 19 month moratorium. The Semipalatinsk blast in Kazakhstan yielded under 20 kilotons and was said to check research into nuclear physics. It remained unclear whether the test served military or economic aims.
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Soviet Union
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Semipalatinsk
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