Decline in SAT scores blamed on national traumas and TV
A panel led by Willard Wirtz blamed a two year drop in College Board SAT scores on national traumas such as the Vietnam War and Watergate, declining educational standards, more low income and lower grade students, and the influence of television. The panel urged attention to educational opportunity and noted shifts in test taker demographics and course requirements as factors.
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New York
Willard Wirtz
Hation
College Balance Examination Board
Une
Ube
Saad
Aden
Aloo
CREB
Educational Testing Service
Bus hijacking ends in Mexico killing ten
Officials report a bus hijacking on a central Mexico highway left ten dead after a grenade explosion and sustained gunfire during police assault. Hijackers armed with a pistol and two grenades triggered the violence, with four police or bystanders also killed.
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Redemeanor
Setania
Peleon
Bis
Mexico
Pat
Pacific
Teen admits killing dad and babysitter in Romulus bedroom
A 15 year old boy, unnamed, confessed to shooting Daniel Hoy Uld 41 and Deborah Ane Walters 19 in their Romulus home. Authorities say the motive involved alleged family abuse and the youth plans to be tried as an adult. Police say the killings occurred after he found them together in bed and he then alerted his mother in Dearborn.
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Detroit
Daniel Hoy Uld
Deborah Ane Walters
Romulus
Carol c
Dearborn
Adolphus Allen
Wayne County Sheriff's Department
Juvenite Court
Allen
Miss Walters
Peanut Woman Wins Judge Blessing Over Peanut Sale
Jacksonville AP report shows Billy Jean Clark known as The Peanut Woman was dismissed of public property peanut selling charge after Judge Morton Kesler praised her effort. The case cited a rarely used ordinance banning street distractions and blockades. Clark, 37, supports her seven children and seven grandchildren to avoid welfare and plans to continue selling peanuts.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Clark
Morton Keslerin
Billy Jean Clark
Xesler
Lottery Roundup From Baltimore and Pennsylvania
AP reports scattered lottery results from Baltimore and Pennsylvania. Maryland’s Numbers Game draw and daily lottery numbers were listed, with miscellaneous figures affecting local bettors.
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Baltinore
Pmsburgh [Ap
Das
Maryland
Pia Daily Lottery
Carter campaign flights on plane leased by Lance bank
AP reporting spokesman Judy Powell said Carter and the campaign owe 1793.70 for flights in 1975 on a National Bank of Georgia plane once run by Bert Lance. The amount may be reimbursed from Kentover funds or paid by Carter if deemed campaign expenses, with a final decision likely years away.
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Carter
Bert Lance’s Bank
Washington
Judy Powell
Jimmy Carter
Bert Lance
Powell
National Bank of Georgia
White House
Lance
Leadstand
Americus
Robert Lipshulz
Federal Election Commission
Sea Island
Towell
Campauge Committee
Ring
Ameticus
Calhoun
Copperhill
Tent
Ellijay
Atlanta
Dalton
Atllanta
Carter backing ERA boosted by White House outreach
President Carter reaffirms support for the Equal Rights Amendment by meeting with leaders of more than 78 groups planning to march for ERA. He will designate Friday as Womens Equality Day, while differing White House accounts trigger questions over proclamation timing and messaging.
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Washington
Carlos
White House
Margaret Costanza
Munday
White Horse
Carter
Congress
Orion
Margaret Hockter
Elizabeth Soulrman
Dwy
Willa Nichols
Nichols
Stomach cancer deaths decline puzzles experts
A long awaited drop in stomach cancer deaths in the United States has puzzled scientists. Experts say the decline began in the 1980s and may relate to refrigeration and changing diets, but no single cause is proven. Researchers note multiple nutrition and environmental theories while the Cancer Society funds ongoing studies.
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Eskow
Wirisay
New York
America
Larry Gartinkis
American Cancer Society
David Levin
National Cancer Institute
Biomncry
Bethesda
The
Cancer Society
Japem
Maryin Puffard
University of Michigan College of Medicine
Ireland
Japan
Garfinkle
Wildcat coal strikers ordered back to mines
Local leaders of the United Mine Workers Union called wildcat strikers back to the mines in West Virginia amid predictions of a renewed nationwide coal strike if their grievances remain unresolved. The UMW International Executive Board ordered a six day return to work as negotiations with operators continue and a potential contract termination looms before the December expiry.
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Martha Brison Perel
Charleston
W.va
United Mine Workers Union
Kahawan County
United Mine Workers International Extentive Board
UMW
Rnd Milter
Jack Perry
Mike Adkine
Rank
District 17
Rapaliion Am
Kentucky
Robert Carter Sai
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