Trends in College Grades and Freshman Testing Decline
A San Francisco State College official reports college grade averages rose from 2.40 in 1960 to 2.56 in 1969 while high school seniors' aptitude scores fell. The rise is linked to teaching methods and course choices with debates on whether smarter students or lenient grading drive the change. Meanwhile reports describe undersea tires forming a new reef attracting young fish, and a Georgia Soviet enterprise showing entrepreneurial spirit despite the system.
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San Francisco State College
University of Wisconsin
Atlantic
Florida Keys
Nixon proposes national busing limits with 2.5 billion funding
President Nixon unveils a comprehensive plan to curb court ordered busing while boosting education nationwide. He seeks 2.5 billion dollars next year to raise inner city schools to suburban levels and suspend further busing orders pending other remedies to ensure equal opportunity.
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Washington
Nixon
America
Florida
Congress
Red Star Over Italy Affects U S Navy Navy reshuffles base
Henry J. Taylor argues NATO and the U S Sixth Fleet face turmoil as Greece becomes the sole safe base in the eastern Mediterranean. He warns of Italian political violence, Communist influence, and Soviet expansion pressuring the region. The piece links Greek NATO ties to U S strategy and domestic debates on busing.
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U.S. Navy
6Th Fleet
Greece
Italy
Office of Naval Intelligence
Naples
Giulio Andreotti
RED Star
U.S.S.R
Public Security Police
Carabinieri
Mariano Rumor
NATO
Gaeta
Mediterranean
Turkey
Cyprus
Makarios
United Nations
Alexandria
Egypt
Libya
Wheelus
Tripoli
U.S
Africa
Muammar el- Qaddafi
Malta
Dom Mintoff
M. Smirnovsky
Algeria
Zumwalt
Houari Boumedienne
Mers-el- Kerib
Algiers
Gibraltar
Gibraltar Strait
Israel
Tunisia
Morocco
United States
Red
Hanoi
Britain willing to cut enforcement for nuclear ban deal
Britain says it will reduce enforcement machinery to a minimum to secure agreement on a nuclear test ban. Acheson backs Western intervention in Greece and Turkey to stop Communism spread. Earl Lee Cather named Frederick County game warden, taking office April 1. Virginia Tech alumni plan Winchester chapter in April.
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Britain
Russia
Dulles
Washington
Shenandoah
Lester A. Elliott, Jr
Acheson
Greece
Turkey
Earl Lee Cather
Frederick County
Lee Whitacre
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Alumni Association
Winchester
Costly path of life and the worth of choices
A teenage listener recalls a sermon built on two questions How much does it cost and Is it worth it The piece argues that evil living is unwise costing more than it gives and urges choosing right over wrong aligning life with spiritual aims through Jesus Christ.
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God
Jesus Christ
Agnew Looks to History for Guidance and 76 Bicentennial
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew discusses rereading American history and Madison notes while praising Washington Jefferson and Franklin. He reflects on press clashes with the Convention and the nation’s progress toward the 1976 bicentennial, and notes his shift to studying older histories amid current events.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Our Republic
Philadelphia
Madison
James Wilson
Rufus King
Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Adams
Jefferson
France
Agnew
Vietnam
White House
Nixon
National Association for Retarded Children Membership Drive
A letter from Roger L. Miller invites Winchester and Frederick County residents to join the local Association for Retarded Children. Dues are 4 dollars for individuals and 6 dollars for families, with checks payable to Winchester-Frederick County Association for Retarded Children and mailed to Box 925, Winchester VA. The group cites past activities and urges broader community support to reach 100 paid members, meeting the first Thursday each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Baptist Youth Center on Washington Street.
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National
Association For Retarded Children
Winchester- Frederick
Northwestern Workshop
YARC
Winchester-Frederick County Association
Baptist Youth Center
Washington Street
Winchester-Frederick
Winchester
The
Winchester-Frederick County
Lane Bryant to carry hot pants up to size 52 in 1971
Historians will recall 1971 as the year Lane Bryant announced stores would carry hot pants up to size 52. The assessment of this move as a plus or minus awaits historians.
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Charleston
S.C
News and Courier
Lane Bryant
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Winchester Evening Star
Jack F. Davis
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Douglas B. O’connell
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al Smith
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