Chafee Learns Navy Size and Costs Behind The Scenes
Providence Rhode Island Secretary of the Navy John H Chafee notes the Navy is a large complex operation employing more civilians than most companies except General Motors He highlights the vast footprint with 320 installations nearly 900 ships 8600 aircraft and 1 million uniformed personnel He cites rising costs for ships like the Nimitz carrier and destroyers while stressing the challenge of attracting and retaining skilled personnel.
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Mothers Write Book Proving Learning Games Can Be Fun
Framingham educators and mothers Joan Millman and Polly Behrmann publish Excel: Experience for Children in Learning. The 51 page paperbound guide offers simple educational games to boost vocabulary, object differentiation, and coordination without turning learning into drills. The authors emphasize fun, practical games usable anywhere and offer a three Rs framework—Repetition Review Reinforcement—to support school success.
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Tiger in the Truck: Tiger Roams Front Seat with Llamas
Royal France zoo keeper Jean Marcade 43 placed a tiger in his truck with two llamas near Paris. One llama was killed, the tiger escaped the cage, and, after a nap at a restaurant, the driver sped at up to 95 miles per hour with the tiger beside him, its breath felt on his face.
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Five Day Forecast For Boston Area
The five day outlook from the UPI and U.S. Weather Bureau shows temperatures near or slightly above seasonal norms from Saturday to Wednesday. Daytime highs will mostly reach mid to upper 50s, 45 to 50 in Maine, with lows in the 30s and little day to day change. Precipitation is expected to less than a quarter inch in light showers around Monday and Wednesday.
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