Middletown Adopts Project HELPS Computer Aid for Teachers
The Middletown school district joins a federal program to provide a computer terminal aiding lesson planning for students with learning problems. Workshops in January and February will train teachers and specialists to coordinate resources and craft detailed, parent friendly plans.
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Middletown
Rossella Harper
James Mark
Charles Edwards
Bob Kruger
Monroe Elementary
Scarlet Oaks
Peace parley erupts in name calling at Angola summit
The Addis Ababa peace parley for Angola opened with sharp exchanges and factional splits. Holden Roberto of the FNLA led the pro Soviet group while neutral delegates urged restraint amid the heated sessions.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Angola
Holden Roberto
The
National Front
FNLA
Weather warm spell ends as snow turns to rain and cold lingers
The forecast calls for snow changing to rain today with highs in the upper 30s and tonight’s low around 20. Monday’s highs expect the low 30s with 80 percent precipitation today and 20 percent tonight.
Pentagon report finds few deserters cite Vietnam as cause
A Pentagon analysis of Ford era clemency shows only 14 percent of Army deserters in the program blamed Vietnam for leaving. Personal, family, and financial problems drove about half, with many also leaving due to difficulty adjusting to Army life. Overall, 5,555 deserters returned. 21,723 applied for clemency.
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Washington
Pentagon
Ford
Vietnam
Labor strife idles 75 000 in Spain
Spain faced its worst labor unrest in years as about 75,000 workers stayed idle and five major Madrid area plants shut down. Police cleared demonstrators in Madrid while 13 rightists were arrested in Barcelona over clashes with Basque supporters after a police raid amid the postwar crackdown.
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Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
Boys Town considers admitting girls to regular program
The Boys Town campus in Omaha may become Boys and Girls Town as Rev. Robert Hupp says it aligns with Father Flanagan’s mission to aid needy kids. Girls could join in classrooms as early as next fall as day students in a new tuition-free outside student program.
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Omaha, Neb
Robert Hupp
Boys Town
Father Flanagan
Hupp
Edward J. Flanagan
Lebanon clashes kill nearly a hundred amid hotel district fighting
Be ir ut remains the scene as 98 people die and 117 are wounded in Beirut and surrounding towns from mortar rocket and machine gun fire. Police say roughly half the dead are militiamen from Muslim and Christian private armies, with civilians also among the casualties. Fighting spreads to Zahle Aley and nearby villages as embattled embassies come under fire.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Zahle
Aley
U.S
Futuristic wristwatch TVs eyed from liquid crystal tech
Dayton AP reports Air Force research lead John Mysing says liquid crystal based displays could yield mass produced wristwatch televisions and cockpit readouts. Each pixel is a tiny liquid crystal display controlled by solid state electronics, using little power with bright legibility in sunlight. Hughes Aircraft backs production with two inch square units.
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Dayton, Ohio
Air Force
John Mysing
Mysing
U.S. Air Force Avionics Laboratory
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Hughes Aircraft Co
California
Hughes
Ford weighs CIA reform options after White House meeting
President Ford and Vice President Rockefeller chaired discussions with Kissinger Rumsfeld Levi and Colby in the White House on Saturday about options to reform the intelligence community. The group considered clearer guidelines and a possible unified intelligence structure with strong oversight, while rejecting two proposals to create a separate covert ops agency and move the CIA director into the White House.
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Washington
Ford
Rockefeller
Administration
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
Secretary of
Henry A. Kissinger
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Atty
Edward Levi
CIA
William E. Colby
Philip Buchen
Buchen
Director of
Central Intelligence
Buden
Ron Nessen
Congress
Senate Intelligence Committee
Mutual trust goal of new Middletown police chief
Middletown welcomes its new police chief Dwyer as he outlines efforts to build mutual trust with the community to curb crime. Staffer Tom Muchmore reports on the chief’s goals in an interview, with details on turn to page 27.
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Middletown
Tom Muchmore
Dwyer
Bob Wendt
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