West Virginia Schools Rank 47th in Expenditure Per Student
The NEA reports West Virginia spent about 194 million dollars on public k-12 for 1967-68, about 500 dollars per pupil, ranking 47th nationally. For 1968-69 expenditures rise to about 200 million and 521 dollars per pupil, with national averages climbing from 634 to about 680.
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Washington
West Virginia
National Education Association
New York
Mississippi
NEA
Association
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
California
South
Southeast
Argentina Offers Reward For Lost Orince2 Capsule
The Argentine air force offers about 29 dollars for information leading to the recovery of its Orince2 space capsule launched last Sunday on a weather mission. The capsule vanished after a successful blastoff.
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LA Rioja
Argentina
Air Force
Earth
Johnson Plans Push to Change Law in Capital
Johnson outlines a bid to alter a statute as lawmakers prepare debate in the capital. Officials from the administration cited potential impacts on policy and funding.
Johnsons Attend Church and Pledge to Be New Men in 1969
President and Mrs. Johnson attended services at Trinity Lutheran Church in Stonewall Texas where the pastor urged one New Year resolution: to be a new man who learns from mistakes. Johnson promised to try to live up to the sermon despite cold weather and a brisk 60 degree day. Mrs. Johnson declined to reveal her resolutions. An auto theft rate note from 1957 appears as part of the clipping.
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Stonewall
Tex
Johnson
Norman C. Truesdell
Trinity Lutheran Church
Truesdell
Clues Sought In Brink's Robbery In Boston
Boston detectives pursue leads after a Brink's money express truck is robbed of 500000 in cash. Two masked men with a submachine gun flee from the scene near Union Oyster House as guards are in a cafe. The incident marks the 13th such cash robbery in the greater Boston area since 1950.
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Boston
Brink’s Money Express
FBI
Felix A. Savage Jr
Brink’s
Brink's
North End
Richard E. Haines
Tewksbury
John Gillespie
Joseph Kelly
Union Oyster House
Market
Haines
Maiden voyage of QE2 delayed by engine and interior work
Britain's Cunard announces the QE2 maiden voyage to New York on Jan 17 is canceled due to engine failures and unfinished interiors. Repairs may take at least three weeks, with potential revenue losses up to 1.2 million as crews fit wiring and complete cabins and public rooms before sailing.
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Britain
New York
Cunard Company
Canary Islands
Basil Smallpeice
Cunard
Southampton
Smallpeice
Anthony Hopper
Upper Clyde
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DEPT
Cox’s
Icerem
America
Bluefield, W. VA
Oes
U. S
Kansas City
Memphis
Hallmark Cards
Richard Saliiari
Ron Renee
Tennessee City
Brink
Warlick
Gene
Raleigh St
Bluefield
W. Va
Princeton
Janus
Ashland Oil & Refining Company
the Industrial Resources Company
Ashland
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