Upsetting academic applecarts by two economists
Anita Summers and Barbara Wolfe of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia studied about 1900 Philadelphia Public Schools students to see which resources improve learning. They found that experienced teachers and advanced degrees do not always guarantee higher student achievement and examined school climate disruptive incidents dropouts and achievement distribution over two to three year spans.
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Patricis McCormack
UPI
Anita A. Summers
Barbara L. Wolfe
Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia
Council On Basic Education
Ford to close 17 U S plants for two weeks in July
Ford Motor Co will shutter all 17 U S assembly plants for two weeks beginning the week of July 14 due to weak sales and high inventories. Vacation schedules start the week of June 30 at the Canton forge plant as the company shifts to prime time vacations to fit production plans.
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Detroit
VPI
Ford Motor Co
Ford
U.S
Canton
Ohio
Murder Stirs Kenya As Kariuki Slaying Roils Nation
A torture murder of Mwangi Kariuki shocks Kenya and tests President Jomo Kenyatta. Kariuki, a outspoken critic and potential rival, was killed last March 2 with his body found near Nairobi. A parliamentary probe probes the crime amid a background of past political killings.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta
Iica
Mwangi ‘Karuki
Servet
Nairobi
Kariuki
Kenyatta
Black Africa
A People
Barth
Disabled dancer turned to silicone in wasting funds
Madison Wis UPI reports state Sen Thomas Petri says a state agency labeled a small breasted woman as disabled to help her gain work as a go go dancer. He cites lack of controls and indictments against four agency staff over handling of state funds.
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Madison
Wis
UPI
Thomas Petri
Petri
Senate Audit Committee
Dancer
James Ernst Named Teenager of the Month by Columbus Siks Lodge
James Ernst son of Mr and Mrs Jim Ernst was chosen Teenager of the Month by Columbus Siks Lodge 19 at Columbus High. A track letterman and DECA leader he serves on C Club Trinity Luther League treasurer and is a student pilot. He plans to study business at Platte College and was named for character leadership service citizenship and scholastic achievement. The Ernst family will attend a Sunday buffet at the Rilks Club.
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James Ernst
Jim Ernst
Columbus Siks Lodge 19
Columbus High
Ernst
C Club
DECA
Trinity Luther League
Ktlx-Fm
Jamies
Elks
Rilks Club
Groundwater Control Bill Advances in Nebraska Legislature
A groundwater regulation bill seeks local control with state oversight. The measure, advanced in the unicameral on Wednesday, would let Natural Resources Districts halt new well drilling in water short areas and set rules for well killing, old well filling, and replacement. The director of Water Resources would designate control areas, with hearings possible by NAD or department director. Sen. Ralph Kelly opposed the hearing authority.
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Lincoln
Nebo Upd
Maurice Kremer
Aurora
Public Works Committee
State Department of Water Resources
Natural Resources Districts
NRD
Department of Water Resources
Water Resources Department
Ralph Kelly
Grand Island
Tie vote on increasing state income tax in Nebraska
Long debate over LB5td ends with 25 to 19 approval of a plan to raise the state income tax from 10 to 13 percent retroactive to January 1. Amendments exclude corporate tax figures, aiming to balance revenue with sales taxes. lawmakers discuss cash flow needs and a projected $374 million funding gap for budget measures.
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Lincoen
Nein Lpl
Legislative Board
Bellevue Sen
Lewis
Gerald Koch
Ralston
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Warner
Richard Marvel
Hastings
Appropriations Committee
Marvel
Cal Carsten
Avoca
Funng
Carstens Ad Marvel
State Board of Equalization
Orval Keyes
Springfield
Board of Equalization
General Fund
Equalization Board
J. James Exon
Nebraska
U S Rounds Up Planes Repatriation Before Saigon Surrender
UPI reports the United States retrieved about 250 aircraft given to the South Vietnamese Air Force in the days before Saigon fell. The total includes 322 planes flown to Thailand with South Vietnamese officers. Navy vessels carrying refugees were arranged to depart beyond Communist reach. Nessen, briefing on Schlesinger, did not specify plane types and suggested civilian pilots may have flown some out.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Saigon
Nessen
Former Mayor Doorley to donate papers to Providence College
Former Providence mayor Joseph A. Doorley Jr. plans to donate many of his papers to the Providence College archives, adding significant local government history to the college collection.
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Joseph A. Doorley Jr
Providence, R. L
Providence College Archives
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