Puerto Rico summit could mark step toward better economic cooperation
The seven leaders of major industrial democracies meet in Puerto Rico to push policies for growth and trade, aiming to restrain inflation and unemployment while reducing trade barriers. They face pressure from voters at home and from Third World grievances, but seek interdependence-based cooperation as a practical path.
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Puerto Rico
Rambouillet
France
Ford
James Callaghan
Valery Giscard D’estaing
Helmut Schmidt
Takeo Miki
Aldo Moro
Pierre Trudeau
Britain
Italy
U.S
United States
Illinois
Illinois pushes consolidation to cut school districts and regional offices
Illinois advances toward economies of scale through consolidation. Since 1973 counties under 16 000 merged into educational service regions reducing 102 districts to 78 with further rounds planned. Mergers in Logan and Champaign counties create larger districts, while many southern counties eye amalgamation spurred by state grants.
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Illinois
Logan County
Mt. Pulaski
Champaign County
Prairieview
Massac County
Gallatin County
Hardin County
Feuding Sours Baseball Fun Says Garagiola View
A Garagiola book quote frames baseball as a race to first base and a clash of creed and color. Green money fuels disputes as players win free agency, owners haggle over salaries, and Commissioner Kuhn weighs moves to preserve competitive balance amid rising revenues.
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Joe Garagiola
Bowie Kuhn
U.S. Senators
Oakland A
Charlie Finley
Mr. Kuhn
Finley
Baseball Com
Baseball
Public questions value of education funding in Illinois
An Associated Press Task Force survey across more than 50 districts finds taxpayers doubting if public money improves education. Parents demand clearer proof, while officials cite aid programs and unchanged voter resistance to tax referenda as factors shaping perceived progress or lack thereof.
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Associated Press Task Force
Chicago
Decatur
Illinois Office of Education
Robert Oakes
Illinois
Arthur Bruning
Joliet
Edmund Parpert
Parpert
Bruning
Leroy J. Ducksworth
East St. Louis
Dick Parrott
Rockford
Parrott
Illinois students underperform in major tests amid shifting factors
Illinois schools face a decline in ACT and SAT scores over five years, with educators citing social and economic variables. The Chicago Board of Education will test survival skills this fall and the IOE will pilot a new understanding a newspaper article test to gauge practical literacy.
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Springfield
Illinois
College Entrance Examination Board
Chicago Board of Education
Ilinois Office of Education
IOE
Senate
Congress
Inflation Hits Illinois Public School Costs Across Decade
An AP investigation shows inflation largely absorbed the extra state funds for public schools from 1973 to 1976. Examples include Aurora private supply price jumps, Macomb utility hikes, Springfield toilet paper and electric rate spikes, Dixon fuel oil rise, Chicago fuel and trash liner costs, New Lenox fuel and heating oil, and Peoria glass and bread for lunches.
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Aurora
Macomb
Springfield
Dixon
Chicago
New Lenox
Peoria
Spirit of 76 meeting praised by reader in Carbondale
A letter from a Southern Illinoisan reader commends coverage of the Spirit of 76 meeting held June 10 at the Ramada Inn Carbondale. The letter notes press trouble that night and lauds the June 13 Sunday edition headline and 19 lines on page 4 as a sign the paper cares about local people and beliefs.
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Southern Illinoisan
Ramada Inn
Carbondale
Telinossan
Editor condemns speculative editorial on Betty Ford
The Southern Illinoisan editor notes the June 15 piece suggesting Betty Ford could back another candidate was unfounded and gossipy. The writer questions whether the editorial aimed at humor or simply spread conjecture.
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Southern Illinoisan
Betty Ford
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Bourbonnais Dist
Goodall
Mike Vascellaro
Joseph Cronin
Arthur Johnson
Donald Beggs
Southern Illinois University
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