State Ed Chief Pushes Higher Standards For Tests
Barbara Nielsen, South Carolina state Superintendent of Education, argues the Basic Skills test is too easy and should be replaced by a higher standards assessment. She says schools can drift toward minimum skills if tests only measure basics while urging attention to students unable to reach even low standards in the Basic Skills Assessment Program.
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Indian Mascots Spark Criticism From Tim Giago
Tim Giago denounces team owners including Ted Turner for using Native American mascots. He says such displays misrepresent Indigenous cultures and asserts fans hope for a Braves Indians World Series to spotlight Native peoples amid historic clashes with U S forces.
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Perot forecasts Reform Party meltdown amid two party calm
In a CNN Larry King Live interview Perot said his Reform Party could trigger a meltdown of one of the two major parties next year. He stressed he has no current plan to seek the nomination, but did not rule out a 1996 independent bid as he did in 1992. San Diego Union-Tribune
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Fish and Wildlife Service
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Aiken Standard Contact and Subscription Details
Location 124 Rutland Drive and P O Box 456 Aiken 29802 provide office hours 820 am to 530 pm Monday through Friday. Subscription line 649 5315 with delivery by 7 pm weekdays and 7 am weekends. Circulation customer service hours 530 pm to 700 pm weekdays and 700 am to 1030 am Saturdays and 800 am to 1100 am Sundays. Switchboard 648 2311 fax 648 6052 story ideas contacts and publisher phone 648 2311 for Scott B Hunter.
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Death of Dr F Mason Johnson recalls Aiken drug store legacy
The Sept. 23 death of Dr F Mason Johnson at 86 ends a family era in Aiken's business life. From 1904 to 1984 Dr C C Johnsons Drug Store served as a landmark, run by seven Johnson siblings and five generations of pharmacists and professionals.
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Aiken
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Howard University
Washington
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Charles S. Johnson Jr
Endangered Species Act reform eyed by Shadegg backers
The House debates curbing the Endangered Species Act with a voluntary conservation plan. Rep. John Shadegg proposes dismantling current safeguards and replacing them with incentives, arguing the act penalizes landowners and stalls development. Proponents tout tax incentives and precise listings to balance property rights with wildlife.
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Quiet Theology Amid Life's Chaos and a Tornado Tale
A reader recalls a bizarre Missouri Interstate 8 miss and uses it to explore stress, faith, and trust. Max Lucado and Mother Teresa quotes illuminate calm in turmoil, with a Texas tornado tale of a boy seeking safety beside his father. Dr Andrea is pastor of First Baptist Church in Aiken.
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