Japan criticizes U S workers over work ethic and drive
Tokyo reports Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa telling Parliament Americans lack a work ethic and the drive to live by the sweat of their brow. He cited a shift to a money market system, junk bonds, and fewer engineers making products, prompting U S protests.
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Bush to unveil plan for health insurance
President Bush proposes tax credits and deductions to help about 90 million Americans buy health coverage funded mainly by slowing growth of Medicare and Medicaid. The White House aims to curb hospital and physician payments under Medicare and Medicaid to reduce costs, though beneficiaries are said not to be hurt. Democrats oppose the plan, but Bush hopes to address health care before the election and possibly lower Medicare premiums for seniors.
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Hillcrest Picked as Site for Innovative School Plan
Hillcrest School chosen to become a children's academy blending classical liberal education with computer technology. A $202,000 federal grant supports a two year program run by Educational Systems, KU based researchers. Hillcrest size was a factor over Grant School, cited as closer to district average. Hillcrest has about 340 students with two classrooms per grade. Grant has about 66 students in grades 1-6.
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Gene Ramp
Educational Systems
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Officials aim to keep gangs out in a Georgia conference
Douglas County District Judge Jean Shepherd notes juvenile offenders dress hints at gang involvement and urges strong intervention to prevent escalation. She joins 10 local officials at a Jekyll Island conference on Safe Policy Gangs Drugs and Managing Juvenile Operations run by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the National Center for State and Local Law Enforcement Training.
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Douglas County
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Los Angeles
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National Center For State
Imelda Marcos claims Japanese gold formed Marcos fortune
Imelda Marcos asserts that Ferdinand Marcos hid a vast wealth beginning after World War II, sourced in part from Yamashita gold, with some proceeds allegedly sold in the United States in 1945. She explains the fortune was kept secret due to its enormous size as she runs for president.
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Corazon Aquino
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Aquino
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Southeast Asia
Mrs. Marcos
United States
Inside Today Weather Affects Plans
A brief forecast notes a 30 percent rain chance tonight with a low of 37, followed by a Tuesday of partly cloudy skies and windy conditions with a high near 48. Page 1B.
Bush appeals to governors to back budget blueprint
Index President Bush urged governors to pressure Congress to pass his budget and economic recovery plan, saying it lays out a blueprint for growth.
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Congress
Veteran scorers sort out KU games
After nearly 30 years on the sideline Doug Beene oversees a dozen volunteers tallying points and fouls at Kansas basketball games. He jokes that even when wrong he is right and carries an eraser on his pencil as he wears a referee's shirt at courtside guiding the scoring team.
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Kansas University
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Doug Beene
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Bob Lockwood
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