Public School Ratings Slip in Gallup Poll
The 1975 Gallup education poll shows 36 percent of Americans rate public schools A or B, with 19 percent giving D or F. Parents with children in public schools praise them, while black and regional groups show lower ratings and concerns focus on discipline, drugs, funding, desegregation, curriculum, and teacher quality.
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Washington
Gallup
Charles F. Kettering Foundation
Phi Delta Kappa Magazine
America
National Center For Education Statistics
North
West
Middle West
South
East
Avtex Sees ITC Ruling on Belgian Rayon Imports
The International Trade Commission confirmed that Belgian rayon fiber imported into the United States injures the domestic rayon industry. Avtex Fibers in Front Royal welcomed the decision, noting Belgium’s fiber was sold at unfairly low prices in the U.S. and could curb future imports.
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Star
Front Royal
International Trade Commission
U.S
Avtex
U.S. Treasury Dept
Belgium
Avtex Fibers, Inc
Favelta
al Ruff
Avtex Fibers
Ruff
Favelta Rayon
ITC
U.S. Customs Service
Austria
France
Italy
Sweden
Finland
Customs Service
John M. Gregg
Winchester Teenager Struck by Car on Millwood Avenue
A Winchester teen riding a bicycle was hit by a car near the Shenandoah College entrance on Millwood Avenue at 8 p.m. He is listed in satisfactory condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The driver was Laura English of Woodbridge. Police investigate the incident.
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Winchester
Millwood Avenue
James Thompson
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Thompson
Winchester Volunteer Rescue
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Laura English
Woodbridge
Final talks sought to avert illegal mail strike
The Postal Service and three unions representing over 500000 workers resume 15 days of bargaining with mediator James J. Healy. A federal court hearing on upgrading a restraining order to an injunction follows as union leaders press ahead with strike threats.
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Washington
Postal Service
James J. Healy
Healy
Harvard
Wayne L. Horvitz
William F. Bolger
American Postal Workers Union
National Association of Letter Carriers
Laborers’ International Union
National Association of Rural Letter Carriers
Berryville man charged with molesting a child
Clarke County police arrested Steven Lee Huff, 22, of Chilly Hollow, on a charge of molesting a four year old girl at a laundromat on Church Street. Huff is jailed on 500 bond and will appear in Clarke County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on September 7.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Steven Lee Huff
Chilly Hollow
Roy Breeden
Huff
Breeden
Church St
Jeff Levi
Jim Coumes
Clarke County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
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Shenandoah College &Conservatory of Music
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