Year-round schools touted as beneficial for pupils and budgets
A Cambridge firm led the first major study on year-round schools finding them a promising innovation. The analysis of 24 programs shows potential for economic and space savings, educational gains, and possible influence on policy. California leads with 38 programs. two million students are enrolled nationwide.
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Cambridge
Mass
ABT Associates Inc
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Alvirne High School
Hudson
N.H
Cranston, R.I
Franston
Morris A. Shepard
America
California
Puerto Rico’s future debated as commonwealth marks 25th year
Puerto Rico enters its 25th year as a commonwealth amid renewed debate over its status. The island, now the Caribbean’s richest, faces a dual front of questions at the UN and in November elections where four parties compete in a toss-up gubernatorial race between incumbent Rafael Hernandez Colon and San Juan mayor Carlos Romero Barcelo. Other candidates tout independence or elsewhere, while Cuba presses for UN action to declare Puerto Rico a U.S. colony, drawing U.S. concerns about interference and relations. Puerto Ricans remain U.S. citizens but lack federal voting rights and federal taxes, with conscription once in effect before the all‑volunteer army.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States
Caribbean
United Nations
New York
Rafael Hernandez Colon
Cuba
Adopt a horse program aids starving mustangs in west
Grand Junction Colorado AP reports that the 1971 Wild Horse and Burro Act spurred an Adopt-a-Horse program to curb mustang overpopulation. Officials warn many horses are extremely wild and dangerous, with 80 to 90 percent of mustangs deemed untamable.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Department of the Interior
Milton Frei
Federal Bureau of Land Management
Denver
American West
Frei
Women cadets at West Point begin fourth week of basic training
The first women cadets at the U S Military Academy endured dawn to dusk workouts with dust and packs as 119 entered and 107 remain while 1 290 of 1 366 men stay. Cadets cheer fans and push through relay races, obstacle courses and rifle practice under Col Arvid West Jr noting strong determination despite blisters heat and tough routines.
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West Point
N.Y
U.S. Military Academy
Arvid E. West Jr
Beast Barracks
West
Army
Katharine Goodland
Ames
Iowa
Joy Trent
Flagstaff
Aziz
Army’s Academy
Hollywood plans movies on Uganda airport raid
Israel plans five films about Operation Uganda the Entebbe raid that freed 102 hostages from pro Palestinian hijackers at Entebbe Airport near Kampala on July 3 4. Key commanders Yonatan Netanyahu died on the tarmac while Brig Gen Don Shomron led the operation. Donations to the Israel Defense Volunteer Fund rise toward 4 million with funds earmarked for weapons development. Israel remains cautious about public response and secrecy around unit identities.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Uganda
Hollywood
Entebbe
Kampala
Coin Corporation
Don Shomron
Shomron
Israeli Defense Voluntary Fund
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Carlos Romero Barcelo
New Progressive Party
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U.S
Hen Aae
Angola
Burlington
Orth
Kathy McCarthy
Andover
Alfred Rushat
Opis Education Training
Steven Sosland
Longview, Tex
UPI
Matt
Amherst
Nichols & Co
Main Street
Biddeford
BankAmericaid
Martin
Home Equipment Center, Inc
Elm Street
Maine
L. Davis Garage
Pool Road
Masonic Temple
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