Alternative classroom helps Benton High reduce truancy
At Benton High School the alternative classroom program, near the boy's gym and cafeteria, sends students with tardies or truancies there from 8:30 to 3:20 for assigned school work under strict discipline. Principal C R Oyler notes reduced suspensions and broad parental support as the program aims to keep students in school and away from street life.
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Benton High School
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Gas reports in Poland amid martial law turmoil
The Associated Press reports clandestine Solidarity leaflets in Poland claim police gassed striking miners at a southern mine and forced workers to surface on waste heaps at gunpoint. They allege arrests for refusals while government media cite ongoing strikes at Piast and Ziemowit mines and confirm seven deaths in a Wujek clash, with other unconfirmed reports of Gdansk fatalities.
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Walesa
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
Warsaw
Army General Staff
Wieslaw Gornicki
Wojciech Jaruzelski
ARD
Antoni Browarczyk
Four Bodies Recovered After Matane Ship Fire
Four bodies have been found after a Christmas Day fire engulfed the heavy crude oil tanker off Matane Quebec. Three crewmen remain missing and feared dead as rescuers resumed searches through snow, wind and ice on the St. Lawrence River.
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Canadian Coast Guard
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Weather forecast excerpt for upcoming days
The National Weather Service calls for sun and cold today with highs in the mid to upper 30s. Tonight remains fair and cold as temperatures dip to the low to mid 20s. Monday stays sunny with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. Tuesday turns colder with lows in the 20s and highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Wednesday will be fair and much warmer with lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s and highs in the 50s.
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