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...Orange County (Orlando), Fla., 250 teachers have been laid off, and school officials say that as a result, some classes may hold as many as 45 pupils. Many other school systems are eliminating special programs and firing nonteaching employees to save teachers' jobs. Schools in Springfield, Mass., have canceled special math and music classes and crew, but still may have to lay off 57 teachers and supervisors. Springfield Superintendent John Deady notes that although $700,000 was cut from the regular school budget, the schools have had to increase spending on state-required courses for minority and handicapped students...
Senior tri-captain Nancy Sato ably handled the diving events for the squad. Sato captured the New England Intercollegiate Diving Championship at Brown and set a pool and meet record in the process, leading the team to an eighth-place finish behind strong competition from Connecticut College and Springfield...
Radcliffe's young track team finished its first season of competition on a promising note this weekend, placing third behind two powerful squads from Cortland State and Springfield College in a triangular meet at Springfield...
...been an avid professional basketball fan all my life," points out Politician Larry O'Brien, 57, newest commissioner of the National Basketball Association. "It came naturally to me because I was born in Springfield, Mass., home of the invention of basketball." O'Brien, a former Postmaster General and ex-chairman of the Democratic National Committee, flopped as a high school forward, however, and admits that his playing time was limited to the local Y.M.C.A. courts. None of this mattered to N.B.A. team owners, who last week gave him a three-year contract and a more than...
...allowed their cover to be completely blown in an illustrated New York Times article. So far, it has not proved harmful to their tightly knit domesticity. Michael lives with his wife Ann, daughter Veronica Ethel ("Ivy"), 6, and adopted son Gregory Julian. Home is a newly acquired house outside Springfield, Mass. Robert lives with his wife Elli and daughter Jennifer Ethel, 2½, in a six-room apartment near Springfield's business district...