Declining test scores cited in Middletown education study
The Community Education Study sponsored by the Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce finds declining ACT scores in Middletown High School and Lemon-Monroe High School, trends seen locally, statewide, and nationally. It calls for curriculum changes including an American history survey, AP programs, and imaginative science offerings to address the drops.
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Broadway Limited Celebrates 75 Years With anniversary ride
Rail buffs mark the Broadway Limited birthday with a NYC to Chicago trip aboard the aging streamliner. The 1902 debut spurred a speed rivalry with the 20th Century Limited, but jet travel and highway speeds overtook rail. Amtrak updates keep the legend running in period style.
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New Broadway Limited
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Chicago Times
Pleasant evening with patchy fog and mild low
Skies tonight stay clear with patchy fog forming as temperatures drop to around 60. Thursday brings partly cloudy hazy conditions with a mid 80s high and slight rain chances. extended outlook shows fair Friday and possible showers Saturday and Sunday with highs in the 80s.
Eastern Airlines Settles Over Nonsmoking Seat Rule
Eastern Airlines will reserve 65 percent of seats for nonsmokers and pay a 10000 fine for denying nonsmoking seating. The CAB rules require no smoking sections on request but not a fixed share. settlement aims to set a precedent and may influence TWA and United complaints.
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Eastern Airlines
Eastern
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Alan Pollock
Action On Smoking and Health
ASH
Aviation Consumer Action Project
ACAP
John Banzhal
New York
Banzhal
KGB expands interview of Times reporter over dissident ties
Los Angeles Times correspondent Robert Toth faces intensified KGB questioning at Lefortovo prison about his contacts with dissident Anatoly Shcharansky and a story on secret Soviet installations. The interview comes as he awaits possible departure from the Soviet Union amid accusations of gathering secret political military information.
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Anatoly Shcharansky
Los Angeles Times
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Shcharansky
Soviet Union
Lefortovo
U.S
Valery G. Petyukhov
Racial Tensions Rise as SA Rail Line Bombing Shocks City
Saboteurs blew up a rail line between Umlazi and Durban before dawn causing long delays for Black workers. Police patrolled Soweto amid the anniversary of racial violence, with the ANC calling a three day strike and authorities reporting arms caches and propaganda in the area.
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Cape Town
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