Literacy Action battles illiteracy with group method in Atlanta
The Atlanta program replaces traditional one on one tutoring with group sessions to boost adult reading skills. Officials say the approach reshapes thinking patterns, yielding 80 percent reading and writing at tenth grade level in under a year. The effort aims to reach 1,000 locals this school year.
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Lynette Hayes
Library of
Congress
Literacy Action
Vern Pulling
America
Ms. Hayes
University of Georgia
James Dinnan
Little Things Aid Recovery Of Artificial Heart Recipient
William Schroeder, a year old in Jasper, Indiana, spent Christmas with family as he nears two months with an artificial heart at Humana Hospital Audubon Louisville. Doctors credit the device for allowing him to celebrate a private Christmas Mass and dinner with about 20 relatives while his wife notes he looks forward to small, upcoming moments.
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Reagan
California
Sheila Tate
Nancy Reagan
Ron
Donna
Reagans
White House
Tate
Richard Davis
Philadelphia
Patricia
Anne
Geoffrey
U.S. Information Agency
Charles Wick
Nancy Reynolds
Michael K. Deaver
Maureen Reagan
Louisville, Ky
William Schroeder
Jasper
Ind
Humana Hospital
Audubon
Larry Hastings
Humana Heart Institute Interna
Schroeder
Navy
Margaret
Voice Of America expands operations to five countries
Voice of America signs agreements to expand or upgrade its network in Sri Lanka, Morocco, Thailand, Costa Rica, and Belize as part of a 1.5 billion modernization approved by Congress. The plan aims to boost transmitters and languages from 42 to 60, with further possible sites under negotiation.
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Voice of America
New York Times
Congress
the Times
U.S. Information Agency
VOA
Sri Lanka
Morocco
Thailand
Costa Rica
Belize
United States
Israel
Soviet Union
Israel Radio
Hungary
Riots erupt at Beirut race track after horse falls
Beir ut AP reports riots at Beirut track as four favored horses fell at the start of a race. Bettors clashed with police, posters were torn, and the third race was canceled. A man with a winning ticket threatened to blow up the track, then a rocket grenade hit the wall, prompting cancelation of the remaining races and closure of the track.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Commodore
Henry Faroun
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