Oberlin Community Services plans May luncheon
The Oberlin Community Services Council will hold a noon May 9 luncheon at the Community Center with Madeline Wickens discussing hospice care development and services. Reservations by noon May 5 at 774-6579. Luncheon cost is 12.50. A Pan-Afrikanism and Afrikan American Politics Conference continues on Oberlin College campus through May 6 with discussions and workshops. A 7:20 p.m. Saturday concert and dance is scheduled. Details at 775-8591. No Mess a dance by Susan Van Pelt runs Friday to Sunday at 8:30 p.m. at Warner Center. Van Pelt, former Oberlin Dance Company member, is a London-born senior. The Cleveland Orchestra, led by Lorin Maazel, performs Mozart symphonies 31 and 36 and Tchaikovsky Third at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Finney Chapel. tickets are 8 at the Conservatory. Mstislav Rostropovich, with pianist Samuel Sanders, gives a 2:30 p.m. Sunday recital in Finney Chapel. all regular seats sold, bleacher seats 8 at the Conservatory office. Rostropovich is a Russian cellist and pianist, Moscow Conservatory graduate, debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1956.
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Black SAT gaps linked to white majority and schooling
Oberlin education professor Booker Peek argues racial disparities in SAT scores reflect societal acceptance of lower performance. He cites white to black score gaps at 700 versus 250–300 and urges a national program using a 3,500 word list to raise verbal and math readiness from early grades, aiming for broader 700 outcomes.
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Clerks Meat Cutters merger eyed for new union
A merger of the Retail Clerks Union and the Meat Cutters appears probable within two months forming The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 880 Retail Clerks proposes delegates Joseph Madzelonka Woody Heatner Mary Roth Steve Roth Ruth Stebner and alternates Jim Jerele Judith Hubbard LaVerne White Mildred Prezioso Theresa Minniti to attend the June 30 meeting in Washington for structural changes.
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Marine Pvt Christopher D Johnson Completes Training
Marine Pvt. Christopher D. Johnson has completed recruit training at the Maine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. He is the son of Charles Johnson of Oberlin Ohio and enlisted in the Marines in September 1978.
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