Tracy Glubka celebrates 16th birthday after crash
Tracy Glubka, a Jefferson High School sophomore, was struck while walking to school on March 15. She survived serious injuries, was discharged March 24, and expressed optimism despite a spinal fracture, bruised lung, and a broken shoulder while awaiting recovery at home with her family.
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Study calls for a Basic School model in elementary education
The Carnegie Foundation releases a three year study urging basic reforms in U.S. elementary schools. It finds many schools waste class time isolate communities and fail to teach language skills or civic virtues. Ernest Boyer says the plan promotes a focused agenda and reduces reform flux.
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Carnegie study outlines Basic School model for reforms
A Carnegie Foundation report urges elementary schools to have no more than 500 students with about 20 students per class, stronger ties to parents and community leaders, and greater teacher responsibility. It emphasizes reading and language across all classes, civic virtues, interdisciplinary links, Spanish instruction, and one computer per five students with classroom TV and videotape players.
Reinvented Social Security would alter payment plan
White House officials plan a revamped Social Security and Disability process under the reinventing government initiative. The plan includes closing five regional offices, saving about 800 million over five years, and shifting retirees to four payment dates with direct deposit and possible debit card access for benefits.
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Nerve gas pills tied to gulf war illnesses study says
Duke University Medical Center researchers tested nerve gas pills insect repellents and insecticides used by troops in the Persian Gulf War and found nervous system damage in lab animals The lead scientist Mohamed Abou-Donia cautioned no undisputed link has been proven yet to the roughly 37000 veterans reported ill by Gulf War Syndrome.
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Local veteran links illness to gulf chemicals and pesticides
Jim Boniface of Iowa claims his viral encephalitis and paralysis after Gulf War service may stem from insecticides and anti nerve gas pills. His wife cites solid data supporting a plausible gulf exposure scenario amid Pentagon findings that no single cause explains Gulf War Syndrome and 84 percent of 2,074 cases show diagnosable health problems.
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Defining the nurse's role in health care
A 40 member team at the University of Iowa College of Nursing seeks to define the daily duties of the nations 2.2 million registered nurses. Details on page 10. Also reports bombers struck Gaza Strip killing six Israelis and wounding 45. Back Page features story and photos. The Los Angeles Times notes Commerce Secretary Ron Browns tax breaks from investing in an apartment complex that defaulted on a 6 million loan and was deemed partly unfit for human habitation. Details on page 3A.
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Kernels blank Bees in Midwest League home opener
Deshawn Warren limited Burlington to two hits over 7 innings and Cedar Rapids Kernels defeated the Bees 3-0 in the Midwest League home opener. Details on page 10.
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Plan to expose workers to radiation revealed in 1949 document
A declassified 1949 Oak Ridge memo shows researchers proposed using Tennessee uranium plant workers to study long term radiation effects on humans. The plan prioritized learning health impacts over worker protection as Cold War science sought data amid limited knowledge of radiation exposure. Findings will be discussed by the President's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments.
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