Tuition costs spike at private colleges nationwide
A College Board survey shows tuition above 4000 dollars at many leading private schools next year, with room and board pushing total costs up 5 to 12 percent. Yale and MIT top list around 4100 4400, while public colleges average 3279. Switzerland acts against swine flu while Cambodia's Prince Sihanouk resigns forever as head of state. Gail Magruder recounts dodging divorce during Watergate amid her husband Jeb Magruder's prison term.
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Yale
Princeton
Stanford
Brown
Cornell
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Columbia
White House
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Gail Magruder
Magruder
Young Life
Colorado
Hughes Dies At 70 Aboard Plane From Acapulco
Billionaire Howard Hughes died of a stroke aboard a private Lear jet en route to Houston. His empire spanned hotels, casinos, airlines, studios, spacecraft, and electronics, run by Summa Corp. The mystery figure had retreated from public life since 1947, with a complex legal and business legacy.
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Hughes
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Methodist Hospital
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Arelo Sederberg
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Summa
Sederberg
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Chester Davis
Hollywood
Hoyston Intercontinental Airport
Acapulco
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Roger Sutton
Jeff Abrams
Florida
Abrams
U.S
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Jean Peters
Miss Peters
Ella Rice
Bel Air
Ritz-Carlton
Boston
Desert Inn
Las Vegas
Bahamas
Nicaragua
London
Hughes Tool Co
Primary states shape race with New York and Wisconsin polls
Wisconsin and New York held pivotal presidential primaries with large delegate implications. Democratic and Republican totals were at stake in both states as Carter Udall and Jackson campaigned, while Reagan reoriented toward Texas and North Carolina. New York moved to list candidate names on ballots, complicating delegate wins and raising costs for contenders.
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Wisconsin
New York
Jimmy Carter
Morris Udall
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Carter
Georgia
Udall
Arizona
Jackson
Alabama
George Wallace
George McGovern
Montgomery
Wallace
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
North Carolina
Texas
John F. Kennedy
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Delaware and New Castle County Weather Summary
Partly cloudy tonight with a low 35 to 49. Wednesday partly sunny with a high around 60. Fair Thursday with a chance of rain Friday and highs in the 50s. New Castle County cooler with mostly sunny Wednesday and highs in the low 60s. Inland precipitation 0 inches in the past 24 hours at the International Airport. Tides at Chester show highs around 4:44 a.m. and 5:37 p.m. with lows near 11:36 p.m. and 12:24 p.m. Temperature comparisons include 58 high in 24 hours and 37 low this morning, with normal values around 49.
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Delaware County
Coiundry
New Castle County
Chester Tidewater
Peking's Day of Violence Signals Underlying Power
In Peking a mass rally of about 100000 in Tiananmen Square pressed to honor Chou En-lai after his death and oppose Teng Hsiao-ping. The demonstration, unorganized with no weapons, signals broad support for Chou's stabilizing policies and fear of radical Cultural Revolution excesses, foreshadowing possible concessions from Mao's leadership.
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Tokyo
Peking
Chou En-lai
Teng Hsiao-Ping
Chou
Teng
Mao Tse Tung
Tien An Men Square
Mao
Poverty Level Rent Up As Threshold For Poor Rises
Washington AP reports the federal poverty line for a nonfarm family of four rises by about 500 to 5500 this year. The change affects eligibility for job training programs starting April 1. Census figures show 24.3 million people below poverty last year, about 12 percent of the population, with a 5.6 percent rise from the prior year.
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Labor Department
Census Bureau
Anne Winard
Bureau
Winard
Densuy Bureau
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Mao Tsetung
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