Hearing on busing issues continues in Minnesota
January 13 hearing by the State Board of Education will revisit desegregation rules amid debate on expert testimony and the role of home environment. Harvard figures Christine Jencks and colleagues back limits on minority and low income enrollment, while St Paul and Duluth officials urge broader views and innovation like St Paul’s center-school model to improve access and quality.
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ST. Paul, Minn
State Board of Education
Christopher Jencks
Harvard University
Thomas Pettigrew
Robert Crain
Johns Hopkins University Social Relations Department
Harold Flannery
Center For Law and Education
Harvard
St. Paul
Duluth
George Young
Minneapolis
Young
State receives 1.6 million in federal crime grants
Governor Wendell Anderson announces 1.6 million in federal crime control funds to 42 Minnesota government units and private agencies. Major grant 474,620 supports Kelly radio communications project to improve statewide police radio systems. Other awards cover corrections 481,500 courts 263,955 police 624,769 prevention 287,977.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Kelly Radio Communications Project
Governor’s Commission On Crime Prevention and Control
State Planning Agency
City of
Four drownings as Minnesota lake ice gives way
Four people drowned on Minnesota lakes over the weekend as ice broke beneath snowmobiles and anglers. Victims include two men in Lake Fanny near Cambridge and a man on Lake Marion, with divers recovering bodies and authorities citing thin ice and accidental immersion. A Stillwater Prison inmate, David W. Norris, escaped from a minimum security area Saturday night and is being sought.
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Associated Press
Minnesota Lakes
Cedar Lake
Aitkin
Aitkin County
Sheriff's Office
Minneapolis
Lake Fanny
Cambridge
Isanti County
Kent A. Ludgate
Michael R. Jurchison
Lakeville
Lake Marion
Dakota County
Raymond Dircks
Gary
Stillwater, Minn
Stillwater
David W. Norris
Norris
Mercury the Smallest Planet in Our Solar System
Mercury is identified as the smallest planet in the solar system, distinguishing it by its compact size and status among eight planets. It holds a unique position due to its proximity to the Sun and its rocky composition.
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Mercury
Duluth School Board Divided Over State Plan
Mrs. Charlotte Mitau chairs St. Paul board calling for maximum flexibility for a new approach. Duluth School Board opposes proposed regulations but three members submit a minority report favoring the state plan. Chairman M. George Downs says Duluth seeks to solve segregation with larger consolidated schools.
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Charlotte Mitau
St. Paul
Duluth
M. George Downs
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