Minorities urged to study more math in high school
A College Board report urges algebra and geometry for all students, especially low income black and Hispanic youths. The study of 16,000 youths shows the college attendance gap nearly disappears for those who completed geometry in high school. Pelavin Associates found 58 percent of white students and 47 percent of black students and 45 percent of Hispanic students attend college within four years of high school.
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Washington
College Board
New York
Pelavin Associates
New Jersey Tax Hike Triggers Protests And Symbols
Thousands of protesters in Trenton demanded repeal of a record 2.8 billion tax package passed by the Legislature to close a budget gap. Gov Jim Florio faced effigy hange and Hitler depictions as the income tax rose for high earners and sales tax increased to seven percent. The plan also boosted aid to schools and aimed to ease property taxes.
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N.J
Trenton
Jim Florio
Adolf Hitler
New Jersey
Floria
Boy beaten to death near Camden trailer home
A 12 year old boy was found nude and beaten to death near the trailer he lived in at JSL Mobile Park off Route 120 Camden County New Jersey autopsy showed repeated blows to the head as the cause investigators said the attack likely occurred outside the residence while the interior showed no sign of a struggle. The report also notes Canadian crash victims autopsies ongoing for four killed in a Piper Comanche crash near Berlin Vermont with identities being withheld pending confirmation by authorities and Civil Air Patrol officials.
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Philadelphia
Camden
N.J
Camden County Medical Examiner’s
Paul Fitzmaurice Jr
JSL
Route 120
Knight-Ridder
Berlin
Bruce McClure
Middlesex State Police
Stan Warshaw
Civil Air Patrol
Rutland
Capitol Hill
Mandela
Winnie Mandela
Connecon
Stompie Seipei
U.S
de Klerk
White House
Police prepare for art obscenity trial in Cincinnati
Police are assigned to the courthouse to handle a gay rights demonstration at the opening of the obscenity trial of the Contemporary Arts Center and its director Dennis Barne for showing Robert Mapplethorpe photographs. Jury selection was to begin this morning.
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Cincinnati
Robert Mapplethorpe
Contemporary Arts Center
Dennis Barne
English leaders chart new course for flood plain resettlement
Community development specialist cn and English town council member Tom Vaught unveiled a demographic map guiding a flood response plan. With constant flooding, officials plan to relocate about 650 residents to higher ground, affecting 70 homes, the library, the bank, the newspaper and some 30 other businesses.
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Tom Vaught
Ind
Anti communist columnist and wife slain in Virginia drive
Fairfax County police said they had no suspects in the deaths of Thet Le, 61, and his wife Tuyet Thi Dangtran, killed by multiple gunshots in their car in the driveway of their home in Hailey's Cross Roads, Virginia. Le, editor of Tien Phong, was known for controversial pieces critical of communists. he was the second staffer killed from the Arlington based magazine in a year.
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Hailey
Crossroads
Washington, D.c-Area
Fairfax County
Thet le
Tuyet Thi Dangtran
Tuiet le
Tien Phong
Arlington, Va
Mormon president Ezra Taft Benson in critical condition
Ezra Taft Benson, 91, former agriculture secretary under Eisenhower, underwent a second brain surgery in four days and was reported in critical condition at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. He assumed LDS Church presidency in 1985, leading The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Salt Lake City
Ezra Taft Benson
LDS Hospital
Benson
Eisenhower
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Associated Press
Soviet Vote Embraces Free Market Rescue Plan
The Supreme Soviet approved a 323 to 11 vote endorsing a blueprint to shift the Soviet Union toward a free market within 500 days. The plan, seen as a major departure from Bolshevik and Stalinist economics, aims to create private businesses, private farms, and stock markets, with final details due by October 15 and amendments to follow.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Mikhailo Gorbachev
Stalin
De Klerk Eyes White House Visit To Shape US Ties
White House talks with F W de Klerk aim to build personal rapport and signal a restrained stance on lifting sanctions. TransAfrica protests planned as Mandela case looms. De Klerk seeks legitimacy and broader international backing, with Arlington wreath, briefings with Bush aides, and IMF World Bank credits on the agenda.
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Griffin
TransAfrica
White House
de Klerk
Bush
Nelson Mandela
African National Congress
Mandela
United States
National Party
ANC
South Africa
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Mikhail Gorbachev
U.S
Christie
Europe
Washington
Dan Quayle
Arlington National Cemetery
Treasury
Nicholas Brady
Brady
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
Community of Nations
De Klerk’s dramatic first year reshapes South Africa politics
The Christian Science Monitor outlines Frederic de Klerk’s rise from legislator to president in 1989 1990 highlighting key milestones. From ousting Botha to lifting the ANC ban and meeting Mandela the year marks a transition toward reform amid mounting violence and international diplomacy.
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Christian Science Monitor
Washington
Frederic de Klerk
de Klerk
Bush
Vereeniging
South Africa
National Party
Transvaal
Pieter Botha
Botha
United Cabinet
African National Congress
Nelson Mandela
ANC
Mandela
Eduard Shevardnadze
U.S
United States
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Anne Griffin
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