Scholarship gap widens as US funds limited foreign student aid
The article contrasts Soviet bloc scholarship diplomacy with US programs noting over 100000 foreign students receive full aid in communist countries while the United States sponsors about 10000. It argues expanding USIA scholarship programs, estimated at 14 million dollars, could boost influence in developing nations and shape future leaders.
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United States
Soviet Bloc
Nicaragua
Congress
US Information Agency
Andreas Papandreou
Harvard
Berkeley
U.S
Soviet Union
Reagan
Hospital thanks voters for indigent tax fund support
George Macko administrator of St Marys Regional Health Center Roswell expresses sincere thanks to Chaves County citizens for approving the indigent tax fund, praising the Roswell Daily Record for fair coverage and endorsement while pledging continued quality care for all in need.
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St. Mary's Regional Health Center
Chaves County
Roswell
Roswell Daily Record
George 8
Macko
Today in history: Aug 27 highlights across years
Aug 27 marked Krakatoa’s 1883 eruption with 36000 lives lost in Java and Sumatra. Births include Hegel in 1770 and Lyndon B. Johnson in 1908. Other items note Drake’s 1859 oil well, Kellogg Briand Pact 1928, WWII moves in 1945, Mountbatten’s death in 1979, Selassie’s death, a 198? bomb in Nevada, and Christa McAuliffe named 1986 space shuttle teacher astronaut candidate.
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Krakatoa
Sunda Strait
Java
Sumatra
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Stuttgart
Col
Edwin L. Drake
United States
Titusville
Lyndon B. Johnson
Stonewall
Texas
Paris
Japan
Lord Mountbatten
Irish Republican Army
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Nev
Reagan
Christa McAuliffe
New Hampshire
Officials outline debt burden at New Mexico forum
Morris Eider told attendees at the second annual Legislative Forum in Roswell that interest on the public debt runs at 18 073 a minute and a taxpayer earning 5000 annually bears about 3 dollars annually. He warned debt interest is the second leading expense.
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Chaves
Eddy and
Lea County
Roswell
Morris Eider
Eider
UT ensemble sings Verdi selections at Pearson Auditorium
The Ensemble Opera Singers of the University of Texas at Austin performed selections from Verdi’s La Traviata at Pearson Auditorium. City Building Inspector H C Sorrell reported 235 building permits issued so far in 1960.
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Pearson Auditorium
Ensemble Opera Singers of
The
University of Texas At Austin
H.C. Sorrell
Comparisons prove elusive in New Mexico tax and pay questions
The piece notes a state document claims New Mexico is not high taxed but warns comparisons across states or districts are complex. It cites averaging teacher pay across 88 districts and ranking against 49 states, illustrating the limits of exact cross state conclusions.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
New Mexico Tax Burden Compared With Alaska Living Costs
An analysis questions whether teacher pay reflects living costs in Alaska and New Mexico. It notes severance taxes fall on producers, not individuals, and workers face broad sales taxes. It cites Department of Taxation figures showing the average New Mexico family pays 2.1 percent of income in local taxes, arguing for keeping low taxes.
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Department of Taxation and Revenue
New Mexico
Television fantasy creates unreachable expectations for children
Dr. Heinrich Applebaum concludes TV shows present an unreal world to kids and foster unattainable hopes. The conversation notes a simple example: drivers always find a parking space on the first try, illustrating the gap between TV fiction and real life.
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Heinrich Applebaum
Applebaum
TV shows distort real life says Art Buchwald
Buchwald criticizes TV for false portrayals from parking spots to taxi access and hospital waits. He argues children grow up believing ideal scenes exist, only to face long waits and deposits in real life. See BUCHWALD, Page 14.
Senators push boondoggle over ride on Cape Hatteras jetties
North Carolina Senators Helms and East back legislation to override Interior Department veto of two large jetties at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Critics warn environmental damage and cost over 100 million dollars. White House budget officer questions economic methods and data.
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Washington
Interior Department
Army Corps of Engineers
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
North Carolina
Oregon Inlet
Atlantic Ocean
Interior
Corps of Engineers
Jesse Helms
John East
White House
Donald Goldberg
Corky Johnson
Aoe
National Park Service
Congress
William P. Horn
Fish, Wildlife and Parks
Department
Horn
National Park and National Wildlife
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Small Society
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Fred McCaffrey
Alaska
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Census Bureau
Art Buchwald
Senators
Jack Anderson
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