Frederick County School Per Pupil Expenditure Increases
The board heard that per pupil spending rose by 60 dollars to 556 dollars in 1970-71, driven largely by opening the D. J. Howard Vocational School. Expenditure rose from 496 dollars in 1969-70 as districts nationwide increased spending. The meeting also approved five new teachers for 1971-72 and a drug abuse education booklet, with lunch program funding moving toward final approval.
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Star
Frederick County
Melton Wright
Wright
D. J. Howard Vocational School
Winchester- Frederick County
Citizens Drug Committee
State Dept. of Education
Apollo 15 prepares for moon orbit exit and satellite release
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden near six days of lunar exploration and plan to eject a small satellite to study more moon secrets. They will then fire Endeavour to depart lunar orbit and return to Earth over three days.
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Space Center
Houston
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Endeavour
Earth
Scott
Misson Control Center
Irwin
Hadley Base
Boot Hill
Worden
Moon
Bob Parker
Peking Blasts U S Double Dealing Over China at UN
United Nations scene as Peking accuses the United States of double dealing over China. Beijing attacks Secretary Rogers and rejects the two Chinas policy while Washington moves to push two UN resolutions regarding seating Red China and the Nationalist government in Formosa.
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United Nations
N.Y
Peking
U.S
China
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Red China
United States
George Bush
U.N
General Assembly
Formosa
Albania
Friends of Peking
Ky Seeks Place On Ballot In Vietnamese Election Fight
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky filed petitions with the Supreme Court seeking a spot on the Oct. 3 presidential ballot but lacked 38 of the 100 certified endorsements. Ky vowed to continue the fight amid reports he faced potential disqualification and a two man race between Nguyen Van Thieu and Duong Van Minh.
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Minh
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Duong van
Supreme Court
Air Force
National Assembly
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Nguyen Cao Ky
Vietnamese Supreme Court
Saigon
Water Levels Reach Dangerous Level at Rocky Gorge Dam
Police warned of a dangerous level at the Rocky Gorge Dam near Laurel Maryland after heavy rains. Flood gates at Brighton Dam opened early today and more openings expected to flood several major highways including U S 1 and I 95 as flash flood warnings remained in effect for parts of Maryland and Virginia.
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Laurel
Rocky Gorge
Brighton
U.S. 1
Maryland
Virginia
Rain Sweeps Winchester for Fourth Straight Day
Thunderstorms drenched Winchester for a fourth consecutive day pushing August rainfall to 1.49 inches. Yesterday’s downpour measured 0.36 inches, compared with the 58 year August average of 3.77 inches.
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Winchester
Nixon Opposes Extensive School Busing
President Nixon disavows the HEW plan for cross town busing in Austin Texas and vows to limit desegregation busing to the minimum required by law. He directs agencies to back districts and seeks to block use of federal funds for broad busing while appealing Judge Roberts ruling. Senator Tower criticizes the move as inappropriate and unnecessary.
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Washington
Austin
Tex
Nixon
Supreme Court
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
HEW
Elliot L. Richardson
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
U.S. Dist
Jack B. Roberts
Roberts
Attorney General
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Mitchell
District Court
John Tower
R-Tex
Tower
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
House Ready To Pay for Draft Action
The House appears set to approve an antiwar amendment as the price for extending the draft two more years. Antiwar senators say they can block Senate action on the draft bill until after a recess, potentially delaying any final vote beyond September.
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Washington
House
House Armed Services
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Senate
Nixon
Hanoi
U.S
Indochina
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Congress
Cranston
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Rules Committee
Frontal system brings clouds and showers to Virginia
Richmond AP reports a frontal system ahead of a low pressure area brings cloudy skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms across Virginia.
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Richmond
Virginia
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