Mississippi Faces Enduring Illiteracy Crisis
Mississippi contends with a sizable illiterate adult population, including Robert Lee Lewis and Mary Summerall, as officials note 45 percent lack high school diplomas. Experts cite funding gaps, identification challenges, and low motivation as barriers to education programs despite 14,000 adults enrolled statewide.
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Mary Summerall
Meridian
Lewis
Mississippi
Robert Ellis
Oxford
Mississippi Literacy Association
Bill Box
State Department of Education
Bill Allain
Gene Vinson
Jackson Municipal Separate School
Box
Parchman
Raiford Crews
Mississippi Employment Security Commission
Vinson
Americans want reform despite doubt on fairness
A Harris poll of 1,248 adults shows 77 percent favor a tax reform bill like the one before Congress, while 51 percent feel it will be fair to them. The public views tax reform as aiding the rich and big business, with mixed sentiment on middle-income fairness. Knight Ridder Service.
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Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Dan Rostenkowski
Riot After Beach Arrest Upsets Labor Day Weekend
A riot erupted near Huntington Beach after six topless women were arrested as crowds gathered for holiday events across the East and West coasts. Police reported at least 100 teens swarmed five police vehicles and a lifeguard Jeep. two officers were injured.
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Albany
N.Y
Roland Bennett
California
Highway Patrol
Maryland
Garrett County
James Simms
Huntingdon Beach
Calif
Huntington Beach Pier
Los Angeles
Carol Kaiahua
Message Renewed Threat From Islamic Jihad Held Americans
A Paris based letter claimed by Islamic Jihad threatened the lives of two Americans held in Lebanon and claimed the group dropped the note in the AP mailbox. The authenticity could not be verified and the State Department declined comment. The note said it would free David Jacobsen and Terry Anderson in exchange for food aid to southern Lebanon and warned of execution if demands are not met.
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Islamic Jihad
Lebanon
U.S. State Department
Pete Martinez
Washington, D.C
Reagan Administration
Associated Press
Beirut
Allah
Iran
Kuwait
U.S
CIA
Reagan
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Connecticut
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