SRU professor to visit Kuwait as Fulbright scholar
Dr. Paul Shaker associate dean at Slippery Rock University will travel to Kuwait this summer as a Fulbright research scholar. He will consult Arab Gulf schools on English curriculum and cultural content from kindergarten through 12th grade. Shaker aims to select English reading lists and bring ideas back to the United States while noting Kuwaiti emphasis on rote learning and cultural context.
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Paul Shaker
College of Education and
Slipery Rock University
Arab Gulf Nations
Kuwait
Shaker
SRU
Gulf Arab States
Niles McKinley High School
Niles
Ohio
Torate
Ohio State University
OSU
University of Chicago
University of Akron
Mount Union College
Alliance
Arab Gulf States
United States
Middle East
U.S
U.S. Information Agency
America
Prison Escape Revealed Through Smuggled Keys And Plan
A report details a March 11 inmate escape at a jail where five prisoners fled via a locked exercise yard door using smuggled keys. Investigators believe keys were crafted from lock numbers with outside help, delivered to inmates about a month earlier as guards distracted by a staged fight. May 4 discovery showed hacksaw blades and wire cutters hidden by a work release inmate, with footwear gaps and unchecked catwalk dust indicating long-standing security laxity in the overcrowded female wing.
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Capes
Panella
State Department of Corrections
Abraham
Jail Guard Reform Foresees Tighter Checks and Rewards
The board urged one police agency to investigate jail incidents and to file charges. An inmate and guard incentive program was proposed to curb contraband and assist escapes. Visitors and work release inmates would face stricter security and item checks. The jail chief would notify NCIC during any escape, per policy approval. New Castle News reports from Lawrence County line.
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Panella
Louis Piscitelli
New Castle
National Crime Information Center
Rick Elia
Shenango School Board OKs 1989 90 Budget Boost 8 Percent
The Shenango Area School Board adopted a 1989 90 budget of 6 078 149 dollars with no tax increase by a 6 0 vote. The plan is an 8 percent rise from 1988 89 and keeps real estate tax at 74.5 mills. Several personnel actions and contracts were approved including window coverings and athletic insurance.
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Shenango Area School Board
Jack Stewart
Deborah Houk
Paul Booher
Foster
Ruth Bosley
William Westlake
Goodwin and Gruber Agency Inc
Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Co
Jessie Jean Clymonds
eHired
Roberta Filer
Sarah Aiken
Shenango
Cross Creek
Titusville
Glenn Sullinger
Laurel 1989-90 budget boosts salaries and benefits
The Laurel School District approved a 1989-90 budget with a 9.4 percent increase driven by rising salaries and fringe benefits. The plan adds $198,000 in salaries and $505,447 in benefits, raising anticipated total receipts to $5,578,901 and ending balance to $463,287.
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Laurel
Andrew Bulazo
Bulazo
Transan
Butler judge rules Pennsylvania strike ban unconstitutional
In Butler County, Judge John Brydon ruled Pennsylvania Act 195 unconstitutional, barring teacher strikes locally unless appealed. The decision may delay effect in other counties pending appellate action and could be stayed by the teachers union.
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Butler
UPI
Butler County
Woman Hurt In One Vehicle Crash On Marr Road
A city woman, Bonnie J. Miller, 28, is in guarded condition at St. Francis Hospital after a single vehicle crash on Marr Road in Pulaski Township at about 2:20 a.m. Police say Miller’s westbound station wagon left the road, struck a cement culvert, and caused injuries.
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Marr Road
Pulaski Township
Bonnie J. Miller
Cascade St
St. Francis Hospi
Used textbooks available free from Laurel School District
Free textbooks are being given away by the Laurel School District. Interested parties should contact the superintendent's office to obtain available elementary texts.
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Laurel
Correction clarifies surgeon residency in wedding notice
The wedding notice corrects Dr Jens F Jorgenson as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in private practice, not a residency applicant at Ohio Valley Medical Center Wheel ing West Virginia. For corrections contact Bob Vosburg managing editor at 654-6651 between 8 30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
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Jens F. Jorgenson
Ohio Valley Medical Center
Wheeling
W.va
Jorges
Bob Vosburg
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