Public schools need help before colleges
In a Wisconsin editorial the piece argues against a state wide system of county colleges, saying public schools lack funds and quality, noting low tax support and reliance on attendance figures. It cites Arkansas Publisher reporting poor English scores among University of Wisconsin Madison pre journalism applicants, with over one third failing the English Usage Test this fall.
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DAA
United States
Wisconsin
All America
Arkansas
The
Arkansas Press Association
University of Wisconsin- Madison
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Harold L. Nelson
Miss your paper city subscribers alert
City subscribers are urged to call 777-3431 between 6 and 6 30 p m on Saturday or by 5 p m to arrange delivery of the Star if the paper is not received.
Paris police hunt two terrorists after Orly rocket attack
Paris police comb the city for two men who fired Soviet bazooka rockets at Orly airport injuring three and barely missing an El Al Boeing 707 bound for New York with 148 aboard. A white car linked to the attackers was found abandoned near a cemetery two miles from Orly. A blue car and a Soviet bazooka were also reported. The PLO denied involvement.
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Paris
Orly
New York
Pierre Ottavioli
Ottavioli
Palestine Liberation Organization
Beirut
Yugoslavia
el al
Zagreb
Congress Forms New Democratic Majority Faces Economic Crisis
Washington AP reports the 94th Congress convenes with a strong Democratic tilt and noontime ceremonies. It tackles high unemployment at 7.1 percent, inflation, and push for tax relief while party leaders are named and freshman legislators sworn in.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Carl Albert
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Gold price slips in London and Zurich markets
In London the price opens at 178 per ounce, sinks to 176.50 after five major dealers fix the morning quote, a 3 dollar drop from Monday. Zurich opens at 179, falls from 180.75 to 178 later in the morning as gold weakens.
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London
Zurich
Phone Co plans new Hope work center building
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company will build a $141,000 work center and storage facility in Hope at Generator Street and Avenue A. The 25 by 100 foot concrete block building will include offices and work areas with a 20-vehicle carport, expected completion in April 1975. Contractors are J L Lavendar Construction Company of Hope.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Hope
Telephone Company
S. Main
Wice
Bill O’neal
Snowstorm saves three motorists from near death
Brookings South Dakota reported three motorists faced fatal cold in a fierce snowstorm. Richard Bielski, trapped 40 hours in a car, survived by frost scraped from the windshield and a few candies as doctors feared saving his legs. Two other survivors, David Archer and Julie Williams, huddled in a sleeping bag with minimal food until a highway crew freed them after subzero temperatures.
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Brookings
S.D
Richard Bielski
Minnehaha County
Bielski
Sioux Falls
Maureen Archer
Miss Williams
Mrs. Archer
Early enactment of tax cut proposal appears certain
President Ford and the Democratic 94th Congress push for an anti recession tax cut. A nationwide speech outlined up to 1000 dollars in tax rebates for 1974, plus 12 billion in immediate relief and 30 billion from oil tax increases. Critics warn the plan may not ease burdens or curb foreign fuel dependence.
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Ford
House
Congress
Senate
Louis C. Wyman
John A. Durkin
New Hampshire
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
New Hampshire Senate
Rules Committee
Washington
94Th Congress
White House
Treasury
Repm al Ullman
D-Ore
Ways and Means
Ullman
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
House Banking Committee
Bill Brock
Rtenn
Hugh Scott
Gas ripoff chase ends with four arrests near Hope
Texas DPS and Texarkana officers pursued a yellow Plymouth Roadrunner after it left Hope Ark with stolen gas. The chase reached about 115 mph into Texas, leading to a wreck and four suspects arrested on grand theft charges. One juvenile was turned over to authorities. the vehicle was stolen from Burnsville North Carolina.
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Texarkana
Arkansas
Mike Hall
Hope
Ark
Hall
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Dps
Rodney Dupree
Dupree
Mattie Thompson
Odgen
Halli
DPS
National Criminal Investigation Center
Burnsville
North Carolina
Bowie County
Justice of the
Kenneth Burkhalter
Larry Gregory
Gause
Tex
Samual Hardman
Austin
Joseph Riddle
N.C
Arkansas Highway 29
Khmer Rouge Fire On Refugee Convoy Near Neak Luong
Khmer Rouge gunners shelled a Mekong River convoy carrying more than 250 refugees from Neak Luong siege. 26 killed and 42 wounded as shells hit one boat in a 15 mile corridor of fire. Cambodian navy reports claim government forces struck 100 insurgents elsewhere.
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Phnom Penh
Camodia
Khmer Rouge
Mekong
Neak Luong
West Bank
Neak
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