Yale Transitional Year Program expands access for minority students
Jonathan Fanton of Yale explains the Transitional Year Program helps underprepared high school graduates gain college readiness. In three years TYP placed 95 percent into top colleges including Yale and Harvard. 50 students yearly receive a 2900 dollar scholarship toward a 3400 dollar cost. Fanton warns against mass expansion, advocating replication at many colleges rather than a few oversized programs.
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Frederick H. Treesh
United Press International
Jonathan Fanton
Yale University
Fanton
Yale
TYP
New Haven
Conn
Almanac for Friday June 27 1969 United Press
The entry notes the date June 27 1969 as day 178 of the year with 187 to follow. It lists celestial bodies Mercury Venus Saturn morning and Mars Jupiter evening. Notable events include Edward Gibbon finishing The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in 1787 and Truman aiding Korea in 1950. A typhoon killed hundreds in the Philippines in 1960.
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United Press International
Edward Gibbon
New York Stock Exchange
Truman
U.S
South Korea
Luzon
Philippines
Mutual funds turn to exclusive clubs as sales close
A growing number of high performance no load funds are converting to closed door investors clubs. The Neuwirth Fund has limited new share sales to existing investors as it nears 100 million dollars in size. Ivy Fund in Boston follows suit cutting off outside sales while Fletcher and Rowe Price funds also limit public offerings.
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Neuwirth Fund
Neuwirth
Arthur Lipper Corp
Ivy Fund
Boston
Rowe Price New Horizons
Fletcher Fund
Fletcher Capital
Putnam
Rhodesia’s New Constitution Sparks White-Rights Tension
In Salisbury and across the Zambezi, white Rhodesians defend a racist constitution amid growing black nationalist training in Zambia. The plan deepens white versus black divides, raises fears of intensified sanctions, and threatens Rhodesia’s economy as a republic referendum looms.
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Run Newsom
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Zambezi River
Zambia
South Africa
Smith
Britain
Quiz items and trivia from early 20th century Q and A
A selection of brief questions and answers covers illiteracy rates in the U S relative to the past, the Arctic region name origin from arktos meaning bear, and Election Day set as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in 1845. It notes the Koran as the sacred writings of Islam.
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Arctic
Arktos
Congress
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Roosevelt Grier joins Daniel Boone cast and more TV plans
Former Rams lineman Roosevelt Grier, known as Rosey, will be a regular in the Daniel Boone show while continuing The Roosevelt Grief Show on KABC-TV. He also starred with Ricardo Montalban in a TV movie about Joaquin Murrieta and aims to syndicate his current program nationwide to advocate community involvement.
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Daniel Boone
Los Angeles
Kabc-Tv
Roosevelt Grief
Rosey
Ricardo Montalban
Joaquin Marietta
Grier
Los Angeles Rams
Wall Street Charter Sees Possible Rally But Not Immediate Recovery
Wall Street analysts from Wright Advisory Reports Janeway Service and E F Hutton & Co weigh in on market timing. They say a rally may develop within a week but avoid predicting a sustained rebound until fall. Credit controls could decouple bond and stock trends, potentially driving bonds up while stocks fall.
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New York
UPI
Wright
Janeway Service
E.F. Hutton & Co
Truman 50th Golden Wedding Celebrated Quietly at Home
Harry S Truman and wife Bess Truman mark their Golden Wedding anniversary with quiet family observance in Independence Missouri. The former president, 85, will avoid crowds. community tributes include gifts of roses and carnations.
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Margaret Richards
Independence
UPI
Harry S Truman
Bess Truman
Delaware Street
Margaret
Clifton Daniel
New York
Trumans
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Truman
White House
Bridge Club
Bess Wallace Truman
Bess
Bess Wallace
Presbyterian Church
Harry
Byrd says many budget items are untouchable
Washington notes that Senate Appropriations faces limits as unpredictable items such as Vietnam War costs fixed debts and open ended public aid grants total over 100 billion of a 192.9 billion proposed budget. Byrd argues these items are exempt from cuts, making broad reductions unlikely despite calls for restraint.
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Roy McGhee
Washington
UPI
Congress
Treasury
Robert C. Byrd
Dw.va
John J. Williams
R-Del
Byrd
Williams
Appropriations Committee
Southeast Asia
Baseball innovations of the 1860s sparked by steals and bunting
The World Almanac notes 1865 marked Eddie Cuthbert of the Philadelphia Keystones stealing a base and 1866 Dickey Pearce of the Brooklyn Atlantics first deliberately bunting. It also mentions the 1868 Cincinnati Red Stockings introducing knickerbocker pants.
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World Almanac
Eddie Cuthbert
Philadelphia Keystones
Dickey Pearce
Brooklyn Atlantics
Cincinnati Red Stockings
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