Free Two Year Colleges Transform California Higher Ed
California junior colleges rise in enrollment and prestige as tuition free access expands. The College of San Mateo illustrates growth from a 1922 start to a $15 million campus, 5 441 day students, 10 000 evening students, and plans for two more branches and a $12.8 million bond. Local control funds expansion, with many students transferring to four year colleges and industries gaining trained workers.
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California
College of
San Mateo
San Francisco Bay
San Mateo Junior
San Francisco
Jeannette Ruffin
Ruffin
Emil O. Toews
State Bureau of Education
State University
Jcs
New York
Florida
Texas
College of San Mateo
Calif
X-15 Enters New Research Era With Milestone Flight
Edwards Air Base Calif UPI reports the X-15 has completed 100 missions marking a shift to advanced research. Bob Rushworth flew 3682 mph to 107000 feet testing a new speed brake system and a Ram jet engine for future supersonic airliners.
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Douglas Diltz _ EDWARDS AIR BASE
Calif
UPI
Bob Rushworth
Air Force
Space Agency
Rushworth
Monoklisia Greece Observes Ladies Day Role Reversal
In Monoklisia Greece the village shuns men for 24 hours each January. Women run households, host dances, and enforce a strict dress and behavior code while men are confined to chores and public humiliation for rule breakers. A local professor links the ritual to ancient fertility rites and matriarchal legends.
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Monoklisia
Greece
George Megas
Athens University
Nino LO Bello
Christos Lentas
More Taxes Due To Computers!
The IRS reports its automatic data processing system has collected 8.5 million dollars in taxes that might never have been. Since 1962 the system uncovered arithmetic errors totaling 4.6 million dollars in seven southern states. News of the coming computer checks led taxpayers elsewhere to send in 3.9 million dollars in past-due taxes.
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Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Reno brick contractor wins potato chip spinach loaf contest
Jim Daley of Reno a brick contractor won a men s cooking contest with a recipe for potato chip spinach loaf sponsored by the Potato Chip Institute.
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Reno
Jim Daley
The
Potato Chip Institute
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