500 Sign Petition Urges Funds For Washington District
About 500 residents in the Washington Elementary School District have signed petitions urging the board to reconsider its rejection of National Defense Education Funds. Coordinator Ruth Matteotti says the drive aims for 3,000 signatures to present at the next meeting in two weeks and notes the funds would boost language math science history and geography teaching. If not accepted by the district the money may go to another school. backers argue federal funds come from taxpayers and benefit 15,000 district children.
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Washington
Board of Education
National Defense Education
Ruth Matteotti
17Th Ave
National Defense
Washington Elementary Board
Matteotti
Costly Berries Hit Wisbech Markets
In Wisbech England the first strawberries of the season fetch 1.26 dollars for a small basket, about 14 cents per berry.
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Wisbech
England
UPI
Fish trip nets long lost wallet in Verona Lake
Jim Degnan reeled in his own wallet from Verona Lake during a fishing trip. The wallet, water damaged but intact, contained several waterlogged dollars and credit cards. He had lost it in the lake less than a year earlier.
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Verona
N.J
Jim Degnan
Verona Lake
Degnan
Leave Resentment Behind and Trust God in Jobs Loss
Billy Graham counsels a laid off long service worker to avoid resentment and place trust in God. He urges evaluating life, thanking God, enjoying family, and seeking a new path with Christ. Acknowledges late-life change as hard but possible and cites Psalm 37:3 about trusting in the Lord and doing good.
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Christ
Fighter Plane Crash Kills 2 at Fort Hood
An F4C Phantom fighter plane crashed during a joint Air Force Army exercise at Fort Hood Texas killing both crew members Capt. William Talbert 27 and Capt. Milton Leppert of Victorville California. The men were temporarily based at Bergstrom Air Force Base near Austin.
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FT. Hood, Tex
William Talbert
Milton Leppert
Victorville
Calif
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Tex
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