California study urges de-emphasizing high school grades in admissions
A report to California's Coordinating Council for Higher Education recommends de-emphasizing high school grades for public college admissions and boosting junior college enrollments. It calls for coordinated admission policies, increased state aid to two-year colleges, and a statewide admissions system prioritizing local students with true hardship, while stressing rigorous selection for capable applicants.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
State Coordinating Council For Higher Education
Experimental New University of California
Representa
Leland W. Myers
Council
Casablanca Crash Kills 61 as Altimeter Fault Feared
Royal Air Maroc twin jet Cara velle crashed 1.5 miles from Casablanca runway killing 61 with 21 survivors. Pilot Capt. Roger Emond 50 appeared unaware of danger. fault suspected in altimeter or ground fog. Black box sent to Paris. most victims were European tourists bound for Paris.
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Casablanca
Morocco
UPI
Royal Air Maroc
Roger Emond
Emond
Paris
Madeleine Moussou
Agadir
Orly
Witnesses recount change in Gloria Sykes after cable car crash
A San Francisco civil case centers on Gloria Sykes 29 seeking damages for alleged post accident psychic and sexual changes. Witnesses describe her as upright before 1964 cable car crash then claiming increased sexual appetite and multiple affairs. The trial before Judge Francis McCarty aims to last four weeks with psychiatric testimony.
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San Francisco
UPI
Gloria Sykes
Lawrence Leonard
Leslie Armbrust
Miss Sykes
Leonard
Armbrust
Lewis
Francis McCarty
Grap growers sign breakthrough labor contract with UFWOC
Two California table grape growers David Freedman Co and Wonder Palms Ranch signed a three year pact with United Farm Workers Organiz ing Committee, granting 6 percent wage raises and 25 cents per box picked. The agreement covers about 700 workers at peak harvest with health welfare and economic funds funded by the growers. A third ranch Travertine Ranch had agreed but not yet signed. Separately in Italy an artificial banana ripening machine exploded in La Spezia, destroying $16 000 of fruit with no injuries.
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Los Angeles
UPI
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
California
Cesar Chavez
UFWOC
Coachella Valley
Chavez
di Giorgio Corp
Delano
Calif
David Freedman Co
Thermal
Indio
Wonder Palms
Freedman
Lionel Steinberg
Steinberg
Travertine Ranch
Oasis
Charles Freedman
LA Spezia
Italy
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