Editorials Nagging question on a balanced budget amend ment
The piece argues the balanced budget amendment is the wrong fix yet popular with Americans. It notes economists doubt the deficit as the core issue, critiques politicians for using the amendment as a tool, and questions whether Republicans will pursue real spending cuts or revive the amendment next fall. It cites Dole, Reagan, and public ardor for a balanced budget.
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Senate
Congress
America
Bob Dole
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Teachers weigh in on district building needs and computers
Cheryl Leitnaker, fifth grade teacher at Eugene Field Elementary, argues against ageing facilities underfunded for modern tech. She cites cramped classrooms, lacking space for cooperative learning, and the impracticalities of updating outdated 1980s infrastructure. She favors new buildings designed for computers to unlock real learning potential.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Sam
Eugene Field
Cheryl Leitnaker
Eugene Field Elementary
Ottawa board debate bonds on school needs and costs
Bud Gollier argues the Ottawa Board of Education should favor a new middle school over renovation, citing lower energy costs and more space, while warning renovation could top 10 million and push bond totals near 15 million. He criticizes the alternative elementary plan as inefficient and costly.
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Ottawa
Sam Sheldon
Ward Science Hall
Ottawa Herald
Board of Education
Bud Gollier
Ottawa Board of Education
Progressive team teaching debate reshapes Ottawa school plan
Sam Sheldon outlines concerns about district push for a new middle school to expand team teaching and an interdisciplinary curriculum. He cites studies linking large class sizes with behavioral issues and questions the need for 100 to 125 student classrooms, arguing smaller groups can achieve cooperation and integration without new bricks.
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Ottawa
Dale Fox
Lee & Smith
Sociology of Education
Sam Sheldon
German Counterattack Rolls Into Hungary and Poland
German tank units launch a strong counterattack in Hungary north of Lake Balaton driving back Soviet forces. Soviet troops lose the fortress town of Grudiadz in Poland as Allied forces hold a long Rhine line north of Cologne. Further south the 3rd Army advances toward the Rhine at Koblenz while the U S Army's Sixth Army maintains positions along the Rhine north of Cologne.
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Hungary
Lake Balaton
Red Army
Grudiadz
Poland
U.S
Sth
Rhine
Cologne
3Rd Army
Koblenz
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