Study Claims Back to Basics Math Fails U.S. Students
New York reports from UPI say the National Assessment of Educational Progress finds math skills declining among 9, 13, and 17 year olds. Decimals fractions and percentages stump students and word problems confound them, with declines stronger in older groups and across five years since 1973.
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Gas ration panel nears compromise
Congressional negotiators moved toward a standby gasoline rationing formula. The House Senate conference panel agreed to allow the president to impose rationing during a 20 percent shortage, with either house able to veto within 15 days. They require new legislation for shortages under 20 percent and left unresolved the issue of prior congressional approval.
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Five Marines Transferred Over Marijuana Suspicions
Five Marine Corps mechanics who service helicopters used by President Carter are being shifted to new duties amid an internal investigation into off duty marijuana use. The move, described as precautionary, involves personnel from Helicopter Squadron 1 at Quantico, with 13 Marines transferred and 300 mechanics processing the 24 presidential aircraft. None of the presidential pilots is implicated.
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UPI
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Quantico
Record bank heist boom hits New York in 1979
New York City set a new annual bank robbery record with six holdups on Wednesday bringing 1979 totals to 642 incidents. The Chemical Bank branch robbery occurred at about 2 40 p m as a man passed a note and fled with cash, while the Barclays Bank incident left a robber wounded and another captured after a $200 000 theft.
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UPI
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Iran moves toward Islamic state with leader’s supreme power
Iran's committee approved the fifth principle granting supreme authority to the future leader. Aya tollah Ruhollah Khomeini has acted as de facto head since the February revolution. The draft constitution abolishes the monarchy and sets up an Islamic state.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Pars
Train Crash in Stalac Kills Over Fifty in Yugoslavia
A freight train ran a stop signal and collided with a crowded passenger express near Stalac, injuring more than 100 and killing more than 50. The Yugoslav news agency reported the toll as of late morning, with officials citing a packed Belgrade to Skopje overnight express as the train type involved.
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Yugoslavia
UPI
Belgrade
Vladimir Jovanovic
Skopje
Muzorewa Likely to End London Visit After Constitution
Bishop Abel Muzorewa said he will probably cut short his London stay once the Zimbabwe Rhodesia peace conference finishes work on a new constitution. Salisbury prime minister indicated he has no interest in extending talks to cease fire or transfer of power as Patriotic Front demands. The conference paused at Muzorewa request to review a draft constitution from the British government.
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UPI
Abel Muzorewa
Zimbabwe Rhodesia
Salisbury
Patriotic Front
Muzorewa
Kennedy weighs running as Carter faces U.S. woes
Sen. Edward Kennedy says reluctance to challenge an incumbent is outweighed by deep U.S. problems. He cites inflation recession energy and the economy as deciding factors and notes his plan to announce by year’s end if he runs. He favors the primary system and cites Democratic pressure to oppose Carter.
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Inherited cancer gene found in Boston family
Scientists led by Dr. Robert Brown at Beth Israel Hospital report discovering a specific inherited defect causing a kidney cancer subtype in a family with unusually high cancer incidence. The defect may be detectable prenatally through amniocentesis, potentially identifying future predisposed members before birth.
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Beth Israel Hospital
New England Journal of Medicine
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Beth Israel
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Alfred Knudson
Fox Chase Cancer Center
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