Public schools face budget squeeze from rising costs
Officials grapple with shrinking enrollments and higher expenses across districts. Salaries, fuel, maintenance and insurance drive up costs while revenue growth lags, forcing cuts to staff, security, and programs in cities from St. Louis to Hawaii.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
R.E. Killette
Jefferson County
Ala
Killette
Nation’s Schools & Colleges
Robert Webber
St. Louis
Topeka
Kan
Brother Marches to Save Sister from Leukemia
Six year old Timmy Kelly volunteers to donate bone marrow to his sister Jan Kelly, a 21 year old with acute lymphocytic leukemia. Doctors say a rare transplant at Seattle's Adult Leukemia Center could cure her, requiring Timmy to stay a month while Jan remains six months hospitalized. The family faces mounting medical bills and has launched a fund at Hernando Bank to cover costs.
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Hernando
Miss
Timmy Kelly
Jan
Timmy
Jan Kelly
Jack House
Horn Lake High
Nora Kelly
Washington
Seattle
Palladium Times
Kelly
Linda Honicker
Brother
IRS tax tips on job search expenses and employee records
A federal tax Q and A explains that job search costs directly tied to seeking new employment are deductible under certain rules, including counseling, agency fees, resume preparation, mailing, travel, and lodging. Deductibility depends on relevance to the same occupation and timing, with limitations for career changes and first entrants. For new businesses hiring staff, keep all records relating to salaries and withholdings for federal and state taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Fewer Americans Travel Abroad Amid Recession and Higher Costs
Washington reports a 5.8 percent drop in the number of Americans traveling abroad to 6.4 million from 6.8 million the prior year, while total spending rose to a record 9.2 billion. Western Europe saw declines in visitors and spend, with gains in closer regions like the Caribbean and Central America.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Estern
Europe
U.S
Western
West Indies
Central America
Canada
Mexico
Two Cancer Victims To Attend Apollo-Soyuz Launch
CAREFREE Arizona AP Two teenagers Kevin Steen and Steve Southerland both 15 with cancers in remission will attend the July 15 Apollo-Soyuz launch at Cape Canaveral Their experiences include major cancer battles and family losses Steve lost a brother to leukemia Kevin endured a near terminal diagnosis and mentored by astronaut Donald Slayton linking to former President Nixon arranging his attendance with Apollo 17.
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Carefree
Ariz
Cape Canaveral
U.S
Kevin Steen
Steve Southerland
Kevin
Arizona
Steve
Miami
Fla
Ted Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Ted Jr
Jeffery
Mike
Orion
Donald Slayton
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Pacific
Pago Pago
Jimmy Craig
Rockledge, Fla
Veterans eligibility for GI home loan and pension vs compensation
Widowers of service connected WWII Korean Vietnam era veterans can qualify for a GI home loan. Compensation funds service incurred injuries while pension aids permanently disabled veterans not tied to war service. Both may be paid to survivors, but pension based on need requires income below set limits.
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Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Washington, D.C
Washington
New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs
Oswego
IRS
Giant Nitrate Fire Sparks Agricultural Revolution Legend
Two Chileans flee a desert fire that glows blue around their camp. They test the mysterious material with a priest who identifies it as explosive nitrate. He discards the nitrate in his garden and the plants swell to enormous size, fueling a mythical agricultural revolution using nitrate as fertilizer.
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Hawaii
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Mass
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Martha
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Richard Basehart
Manhattan
Basehart
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New England
Sunoco
W. 3Rd and
Bridge Sts. Oswego
D.B. Merritt
C.L. Sayer
C.L. Sayer Parish Oil Co., Inc
Parish, N.Y
Brunswick Ace
Sale
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