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...Tuileries Palace. (That was before everybody started leaving Paris in August.) In August 1907 the first motorized taxicab made its appearance on the streets of New York; more violence still. The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed on Aug. 27, 1928, without which there would be no world peace. Tony Bennett was born on Aug. 13, 1926, without which there would be no Tony Bennett...
What can the Federal Government do in economically deprived school districts for youngsters who have learning problems? It now devotes $3.2 billion to programs serving 4.8 million low-achieving public school pupils. Secretary of Education William Bennett believes that some of the money should be spent on federal vouchers that would enable students to apply for transfer to alternative, and presumably better, schools. Last week Bennett submitted to Congress a bill that would provide students with such vouchers, worth an average of $600, which could be applied toward remedial instruction or tuition at another school--public, private or parochial. Said...
...voucher idea is nothing if not controversial. Miriam Rosenberg, government-relations specialist for the National Parent Teacher Association, called Bennett's proposal an "inappropriate and possibly unconstitutional transfer of public tax dollars to private and especially private religious schools." Others argued that $600 would not go far toward private day-school tuition or even the pupil cost in an upscale suburban school (typically...
...House killed in committee a voucher bill similar to Bennett's. California Democrat Augustus Hawkins, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, vows the same fate for the new measure, which he brands "a cruel hoax on the nation's very poorest families...
...desperate attempt" to save the case. But Justice lawyers say that far from staging a retreat, they are betting on the "virtual certainty" that the tobacco industry won't change its ways in one year and thus will be liable for steep penalties for years to come. --By Brian Bennett...