Fifth graders blocked from Statue of Liberty penny drive
In Cape May New Jersey fifth graders are barred from collecting pennies to fund Statue of Liberty restoration due to district policy. Teacher Tom Levin says the class of 16 at Cape May City Elementary School pursued the project after President Reagan’s volunteer call. Board members defend prioritizing education while noting possible future fundraising by others.
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Cape May
N.J
Cape May City
Reagan
Tom Levin
Ellis Island
United States
New York Bay
Levin
Collier
Anita DeLatnick
School Board
Perry Collier
Biking dog lives a man's life
Bill the dog travels California and Nevada on weekend rides with Gordon Lamm as a Gold Wing Roadriders Association mascot and official Fresno chapter member. The terrier Airedale mix has a club card, travel jacket, and attended rallies, dances, and barbecues, proving popular with riders.
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Madera
Calif
Bill
California
Nevada
Gordon Lamm
Gold Wing Roadriders Association
Lamm
Fresno
Morro Bay
Samm
Sierra Nevada
Treasures from Shanghai Museum to travel U S exhibit
An exhibition titled Treasures from the Shanghai Museum: 6 000 Years of Chinese Art will open May 4 at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. The 232 objects span prehistoric to modern times and include sculptures paintings ceramics bronzes jades and archaeological materials from the Shanghai museum. After three months in San Francisco the show moves to the Field Museum Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
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San Francisco
Shanghai Museum
Asian Art Museum of
United States
Shanghai
San Francisco Museum
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Museum of Fine Arts
Houston
Texas
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Connecticut lawmaker Audrey Beck dies after personal and fiscal strain
Hartford mourns Audrey Beck a 51 year old Democratic co chair of the legislative Finance Committee who killed herself two days before her planned wedding to Charles McLaughlin. Friends colleagues and family describe a driven reformer haunted by self doubt amid debates on an income tax and a looming budget crisis. Her death closes a life marked by public service and private turmoil including a 1979 divorce and a long battle over taxes in Connecticut.
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Hartford
Conn
Audrey Beck
Connecticut
Charles McLaughlin
Ms. Beck
McLaughlin
Willington
Legislative Finance Committee
House
Irving Stolberg
Stolberg
William O'Neill
O'Neill
Jon Pelto
Michael Helfgott
John Groppo
Audrey
Groppo
Dorothy Goodwin
John DiBiaggio
University of Connecticut
Ronald Beck
Babies Prefer Faces and Patterns Say Scientist
SKILLMAN New Jersey AP Babies show interest in faces and face like patterns and prefer variety over sameness. Dr Doris Welcher of Johnson Johnson Child Development Products Division says newborns focus best at 7 to 12 inches and only by six months can they see like adults. An older baby favors pictures with more complex details.
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Skillman
N.J
Doris Welcher
Johnson & Johnson Child Development Products Division
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Kmart
Miss Simnciai
16Th Ave
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Collins Road N.E
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