Ed Math Hurdle Grows Higher For Sophomores statewide
Kansas Minimum Competency Test results show two of three sophomores lacking minimal math competence. Area scores ranged from 50 percent at Waverly to 73 percent at Baldwin, with Ottawa dropping from 76.2 percent in 1986 to 65.9 percent this year. Officials seek causes and curriculum adjustments.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Kansas
Waverly
Baldwin
Ottawa
David McDonald
KMCT
State Board of Education
Nancy Hale
Ottawa Board of Education
Jim Ivey
Marais Des Cygnes Valley
Warren Watson
Central Heights High School
Watson
Jim Cain
West Franklin
Allies Establish AIDS Position
Venice AP reports Allied leaders at the 13th economic summit branded AIDS a worldwide menace while urging governments to fight the disease in line with human rights. They backed education campaigns with WHO, called for international cooperation, and declined to take a direct stance on AIDS testing amid ongoing privacy and discrimination concerns.
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Venice
Italy
Persian Gulf
U.S
Corazon Aquino
South Africa
Amintore Fanfani
Francois Mitterrand
French
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Canada
Japan
World Health Organization
FSA Abandons Kmart Branches
Franklin Savings Association will close its Kmart branches on July 10 after failing to attract deposits. Franklin, which announced a February 1986 move into Kmart, will exit the First Nationwide Network that provided consumer finance in the stores. First Nationwide seeks another S and L to replace Franklin in Wichita. spokesman Stephen L. Johnson confirms negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Kmart
First Nationwide Network
Kmart Corp
First Nationwide
Savings and Loan
Wichita
Stephen L. Johnson
Waste concerns rise at Kansas collider meetings
About 200 residents attended the third public session on Kansas plans to bring the Superconducting Super Collider to Osage County. Officials stressed low level waste will be shipped to dumps in South Carolina, Washington, or Nevada, with groundwater and environment largely protected. The project will generate 30,000 cubic yards of solid waste annually and create 4,500 jobs during six years of construction.
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Melissa Bauman
Lyndon
Kansas
Osage County
Ottawa Middle School
Terry Smith
Lyndon High School
Smith
South Carolina
Washington
Nevada
Topeka
Collider
Ethiopian Jews Find Welcome in Israel Absorption Center
In an Jerusalem absorption center Ethiopian Jewish children join white classmates in prayer flags as Israel welcomes 15 000 to 20 000 Ethiopian Jews who retain a long faith history after escaping Marxist Ethiopia. The two main groups Ashkenazim and Sephardim shape a diverse immigrant society.
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John
Israel
Europe
America
North Africa
Middle East
Mort Zolinsky
Department of Emigration
U. S
Zelinsky
Ethiopia
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FSA
Jerry Mayne
the Savings Association
Abraham
Brighton
Jerusalem
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