Study Finds Rising Costs Outpace Enrollment Decline in Onondaga Schools
Onondaga County and much of the nation see enrollment fall while education costs rise. The Onondaga Citizens League report traces postwar suburban district creation, aging population, and higher expenses from energy, transport, and salaries. It urges district cooperation, shared services, and revised funding to curb tax hikes and keep programs. The piece notes few reforms have been enacted and calls for a county wide plan to protect students and taxpayers.
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Onondaga County
Onondaga Citizens League
OCL
State Education Department
The
Tax Foundation Inc
Washington
Board of Regents
Namibia moves toward independence in UN supervised vote
Namibia, known as South-West Africa, readies for constitutional elections supervised by the United Nations to decide power between SWAPO and the DTA. SWAPO seeks end to white South African rule while the DTA, seen as puppet to Pretoria, governs a 1.2 million population with 100,000 whites. The Ovambo and Herero tribes shape the political landscape as diamond wealth and mineral resources, including gem diamonds, underpin the economy.
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Namibia
Desert
South-West Africa
United Nations
South-West African Peoples Republic Organization
SWAPO
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
DTA
South Africa
Germany
California
Consolidated Diamond Mines
In Your Opinion on House Bill for FTC Provisional Jurisdiction
The sponsor and 206 House members back a temporary moratorium on FTC action involving licensed professionals to let Congress define federal policy. The bill preserves the attorney general’s power to enforce Sherman and Clayton actions and aims to clarify FTC interaction across regulators. The speaker also questions tax treatment of interest and inflation-related losses.
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House of Representatives
Congress
House
U.S. Attorney General
Buster
Unidentified men threaten residents in Syracuse neighborhood
In a quiet block of Whittier Avenue two young men emerged from a house scaring a family with a crying child. The writer warns urban outsiders in Syracuse to beware of dangerous individuals, condemning rental practices and calling for vigilance.
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Whittier Avenue
Animal World
Syracuse
Reagan tax plan faces resistance over bank account levy
The speaker opposes new taxes under President Reagan and argues against a proposed 10 percent levy on bank account interest, insisting that personal savings come from hard work and should not be taxed first. He fears further government intrusion into private finances.
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Reagan
Cazenovia may go coed a history of the college
Alice Nellis Butler reflects on Cazenovia College's coeducation history noting earlier coeducational phases at Cazenovia Seminary in the 1830s and a heritage dating back to 1824 while clarifying distinctions with the modern college.
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Women’s College
Alice Nellis Butler
Bridgeport
Dionne Warwick Performs at Syracuse Civic Center Show
A Cultural Resources Council event at the Syracuse Civic Center featured Dionne Warwick. The star delivered a sparkling performance singing goldie oldies and selections from her Barry Manilow produced album, drawing loud standing ovations.
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Cultural Resources Council
Dionne Warwick
Syracuse Civic Center
Dionne
Birth of a Compassionate Leader Foretold
A birth today foretells a gentle selfless figure who will steer humanity toward unselfish acts and beauty amid a world fixated on morbid news. The envisioned man will ease the suffering of millions through dedication and compassion, erasing pain and bringing a glow of glory to those in need.
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Jesus Christ
Albert Schweitzer
Winston Churchill
PAC role alarms Proxmire PAC role alarms Proxmire
Senator John Melcher plans to spend about 800000 dollars this year for reelection, while Senator William Proxmire aims for pocket money and opposes PAC influence. The piece discusses how PACs, including Build-PAC and oil interests, shape campaigns, with notes on California’s high spending and NCPAC’s activity. Proxmire, who does not accept PAC money, may reconsider that stance if outside groups invest in Wisconsin.
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David Nyhan
Boston Globe
John Melcher
D-Mont
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Melcher
Washington
California
Pete Wilson
Jerry Brown
Senate
Sen
A.I. Hayakawa
Chamber of Commerce
Brown
Wilson
National Conservative Political Action Committee
NCPAC
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Republican Party
Council For A Livable World
Millicent Fenwick
R-N.j
Toby Moffett
D-Conn
GOP
Wisconsin
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Arthur Jenkins
Herald
Herald Company
Clinton Square
N.Y
Stephen Rogers
William D. Cotter
Philip A. Hofmann
Stephen A. Rogers
Robert T. Hennessey
R. Gary Kruger
Africa
Build-Pac
U.S. House
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
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