Sparta Sets Downtown Renewal Plan A Model For Small Towns
Sparta moves to revive its downtown with a $350000 to $400000 plan for a backdoor block. WHGK Architects will draft cost figures, Bank and city funding total $20000, with a referendum planned in four to six months to create a special taxing district. Nine storefronts tenants restored, five to seven year timeline.
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Sparta
America
Illinois
Ness
Spa
Whgk Architects of
Belleville
Broadway
Sparta Merchants Association Inc
Merchants’ Corporation
Rabies vaccine limits in rabies control stance
Charles E Koehn of Murphysboro argues rabies vaccination is not foolproof and supports quarantines and enforcement of the state law requiring dogs over four months old to be vaccinated. He notes rabies can spread via contact with saliva and recalls a local quarantine in Murphysboro after a dog case.
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Southern Illinoisan
Irene Gregory
Carterville
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Wolff
Murphysboro
Charles E. Koehn
D.W.M
Jackson County
Crackdown on social research stirs partisan clash
Federal agencies move to scale back basic research in economics sociology psychology and related social sciences under Reagan policy. Critics accuse the administration of targeting liberals and anti intellectuals while defenders say funding shifts favor core sciences. Prominent scholars warn this risks undermining economic productivity national defense and policy evaluation through reduced understanding of organizations workers and social conditions.
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Robert Reinholdt
New York Times
Washington
Sen
Daniel P. Moynihan
D-N.y
Harvard
David Stockman
White House
Department of Health and Human Services
Mental Health Administration
American Psychological Association
Japan
Zvi Griliches
Economics
House Subcommittee
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration
Adamha
National Institute of Mental Health
National Science Foundation
Defense Department
Richard S. Schweiker
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Eloise Clark
NSF
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Reagan
Clarence J. Martin
Association For the Advancement of Psychology
Darwin
Marx
Freud
Moynihan
Denver
Seattle
James S. Coleman
Reading to learn fades in high school study says NAEP
A National Assessment of Educational Progress report shows reading skills rise in early grades but decline at 17. Inferential comprehension drops as books grow complex, with blacks trailing whites by age 17. Explanations include TV, reduced pleasure reading, and curriculum focus on basics.
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Gene I. Macroff
New York Times
National Assessment of Educational Progress
Ernest Hemingway
Saul Beilow
Glasgow
Portrait of Inequality Presents Grim Child Poverty Gap
Roger Witherspoon reports on a Washington based Children’s Defense Fund study contrasting paths of white and black children in America. It cites poverty rates, family structure, unemployment disparities, and the enduring barriers that keep black youth from equal opportunity.
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Roger Witherspoon
Atlanta Constitution
W.ton
Portrait of Inequality and Its Toll on Black Youth
An analysis outlines how unemployment, violence, and limited mobility afflict Black teens and young adults. It cites Bureau of Labor Statistics gaps between whites and Blacks across education levels and discusses economic shifts, automation, and underfunded urban schools as barriers to opportunity. The piece notes Houston and Atlanta as examples of deteriorating futures for missing and slain youths.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Atlanta
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