Third graders Pima pupils score below state reading average
Third grade students in Pima County districts posted reading test scores slightly under the state average in January. The State Board of Education debated releasing school by school figures, aiming to use feedback to improve future Arizona testing. Flowing Wells Amphitheater Tucson and Sandraide districts listed with scores near the state mean.
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David R. Summerlin
Phoenix
Pima County
State Board of Education
Weldon P. Shefstall
Tucson
Flowing Wells
Amphitheater
Sandyside
Arizona
C. B. Joy
Bisbee
Dwight G. Judson
Sunnyside
Agent killed in air crash identified in Casa Grande
George L. White, 30, a U S Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs agent based in Tucson, was killed when his twin engine Cessna 310 struck a utility pole while taking off from Casa Grande Municipal Airport. Initial identification had come from the Pinal County sheriff. The crash occurred about 4 30 p m Sunday about a quarter mile east of the airport. A NTSB investigation and bureau inquiry were begun. White served in the Air Force and flew over 300 combat missions in Vietnam.
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U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
George L. White
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Casa Grande Municipal
Pinal County
Jolur
Zinter
Bureau
Truman Lovells
Sheriffs Office
Lovells
National Transportation Safety Board
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Washington
White
Air Force
Vietnam
New restaurant opens August at Tangue Verde site
The Pawnbroker a new restaurant with colonial wood brick motif will open on August 1 at 6600 E Tangue Verde Road. Manager Michael Ernst former Cork N Cleaver VP notes bare rafter ceilings stained glass windows and fireplaces. The lounge will offer regular entertainment.
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Tangue Verde Road
Michael Ernst
Cork 'N Cleaver Restaurants
Ernst
Language seminar to be held by Tucson Chamber
The Tucson Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a two night seminar on the effective use of language June 13 and 14 at the Community Center. Frank Patterson of Motivational Concepts Inc will conduct the six hour program from 7 to 10 p.m. both days in the Little Theatre. Chamber president William T. Page says the event benefits the whole community and professionals. Information available at 420 W Congress St.
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Tucson Chamber of ‘Commerce
Frank Patterson
Motivational Concepts Inc
Little Theatre
William T. Page
Chamber
Congress St
Unwed Father Wins Custody Of 1 Year-Old Son
Los Angeles a judge grants custody to Michael B Neal 27 a musician who sued to gain custody of his son given up for adoption. Judge Jack T Tyburn says Neal is a fit and proper person to raise the child despite the boy living with an adopting couple.
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Los Angeles
Michael B.“Neal
Superior Court
Jack T. Tyburn
Neal
University of Arizona beer protest draws small crowd
About 200 students gathered on the UA Mall for a midday protest over yesterday’s keg seizure. Juniors Michael D. Jones and Kathy A. Mayer, running for two vice presidential posts, distributed roughly 150 glasses of beer before campus police shut the event. Authorities planned administrative charges against the two for the Old Main incident.
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Michael D. Jones
Kathy A. Mayer
Arizona
Board of Regents
Jones
Miss Mayer
Ers
Oly
Old Main
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