LUSD officials dispute test study conclusions
Lompoc Unified School District officials challenge a national study linking score declines to lax standards. Superintendent Clarence Bloom and others dispute the findings and question how such standards are defined and enforced while noting they have not read the full study.
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Sue Edelman
Clarence Bloom
Lompoc
Irwin Wapner
Donald Adams
College Entrance Examination Board
Educational Testing Service
Bloom
Wapner
New National Report
U S Prisoners Transferred Ahead of Exchange Plan
American prisoners in Mexico are being moved to central facilities as a prisoner exchange treaty awaits U S Congress action. Fourteen prisoners were moved to Santa Marta in Mexico City, with officials signaling readiness for removal. The Senate approved the treaty. machinery bill sits with the judiciary committee and could pass before October recess. A foreign relations panel predicts roughly 200 of about 600 prisoners could return home early next year.
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Mexico City
UPI
U. S
Mike Zimmerman
Santa Marta
U. S. Senate
Mexico
Judiciary Committee
Patrick J. Lucas
Congress
Harrises win right to choose own lawyers in Hearst case
California Supreme Court ruled Bill and Emily Harris may select their own defense attorneys in the Patricia Hearst kidnapping case. The court found Alameda County Superior Court abused discretion by denying their requested lawyers Susan Jordan for Emily and Leonard Weinglass for Bill. The Harrises were charged with kidnapping and multiple robberies tied to the Feb 4 1974 Hearst kidnapping.
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San Francisco
UPI
California Supreme Court
Bill
Emily Harris
Patricia Hearst
High Court
Alameda County Superior Court
Harrises
Miss Hearst
Berkeley
Susan Jordan
Emily
Leonard Weinglass
Los Angeles
Superior Court
Michael Ballachey
Lincoln Mintz
Alameda County
Ag secretary urges 25 percent wheat acreage cut for 1978
Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland told reporters after a White House meeting that President Carter may approve a 25 percent wheat acreage reduction for 1978 to curb a surplus. He said final word from Carter was not given and weather fears influenced opinions on production controls.
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Washington
UPI
Bob Bergland
Carter
Bergland
White House
Congress
Hoax bomb used in Santa Maria bank robbery
A man in his 50s used a hoax device to rob Bank of America in Santa Maria draining about $1000. A Vandenberg Air Force Base bomb squad detonated the bag in the bank lot. The device contained no explosives. FBI and police调查 continue. a suspect is at large.
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Vaughn Proctor
Bank of America
Santa Maria
Vandenberg Air Force Base
FBI
Senators press halt on neutron bomb plans
Five senators and 26 House members urged President Carter to stop production and deployment of the neutron bomb. They warned it could trigger a nuclear arms race and blur lines of a nuclear war. Signers included Sen. Mark Hatfield and Sens. James Abourezk Dale Bumpers Floyd Haskell and Patrick Leahy.
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UPI
House
Carter
Mark Hatfield
Rove
Senate
Defense
Harold Brown
White House
NATO
Hatfield
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Dale Bumpers
Dark
Floyd Haskell
D-Colo
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Park denies plotting by Korean heads in UPI report
Korean businessman Tongsun Park breaks nearly 10 months of silence to deny a Korean government plot to influence U S military and economic policy with gifts. He claims all actions in the United States were personal and not tied to any government. Prosecutors questioned him in Seoul amid a probe into possible foreign exchange law violations.
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Seoul
South Korea
UPI
Tongsun Park
U.S
United States
Washington
Park
Justice Department
Congressional Committee
States
London
Ahn Kyungsang
Parkin
U S and China move toward normal ties after candid talks
U S officials report progress toward normalizing relations with China after two hours of talks in Peking between Secretary of State Vance and Vice Premier Teng Hsiao ping and a planned meeting with Hua Kuo feng. Discussions focused on Taiwan, with officials saying the talks were candid and useful.
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UPI
Vance
Teng Hsiao-ping
U.S
Teng
Communist Party
China
Hua Kuo-feng
Carter
Congress
Washington
Taiwan
Governor Brown approves Serrano plan with reduced fifth year
Sacramento Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr and lawmakers reached a $3.9 billion five year school finance plan to comply with the Serrano decision. Assemblyman Leroy Greene said Brown accepted cutting the fifth year from 1.36 billion to 1.25 billion.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Supreme Court
Leroy Greene
Dsacramento
Brown
Enterprise and carrier to be remarried at Edwards today
NASA officials plan rematch of space shuttle Enterprise with its 747 carrier at Edwards Air Force Base amid runway concerns after Hurricane Doreen's rainfall. The second free flight, originally set for Aug. 30, is likely moved to early September with further flights delayed beyond Sept 16 and Oct 13. Commander Joe Engle and co pilot Dick Truly will pilot the next test should conditions allow.
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James Sweeney
Edwards Air Force Base
Doreen
Edwards
High Desert
Rogers Lake
Enterprise
NASA
Joe H. Engle
Dick Truly
Carter Holds Strategy Meeting on Canal Treaty
President Carter met with senior aides to map timing and location for signing the Panama Canal treaty. The pact still faces Senate approval and opposition from some lawmakers wary of ceding control to Panama.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
United States
Panama
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