Patchwork of School Financing Schemes Offers Few Answers and Much Conflict
Date: 08 April 1998
By TAMAR LEWIN
Tamar LEWIN
School financing remains one of knottiest problems of education, not just in poor states like New Mexico but throughout nation; most states have faced lawsuits over financial equity; two decades of state supreme court rulings--18 of them striking down school-financing systems as unconstitutional--have produced conflicting standards for determining fairness of financing schemes; school-financing battles are still raging in many states; it is issue that will not go away, in part because education represents largest single component of most state budgets; map; photo (M)
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KLM Orders Four Boeing 737-800 Aircraft
Date: 08 April 1998
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV orders four Boeing 737-800's, which would increase its 737-800 fleet to eight in year 2000 as part of airline's strategy to expand its European network (S)
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CITIZENS FINANCIAL IS ACQUIRING WOBURN NATIONAL
Date: 08 April 1998
Citizens Financial Group acquires Woburn National Corp for $45 million; Royal Bank of Scotland PLC has 76.5 percent stake in Citizens (S)
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Brown Cleared in a Sexual Harassment Suit
Date: 08 April 1998
Federal jury clears Brown University of wrongdoing in sexual harassment case involving student, Marketa Wills, and visiting professsor from Nigeria, Kayode Adesogan (S)
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Metro Business; Mercedes Rethinks Move to New York
Date: 08 April 1998
By NICK RAVO
Nick RAVO
Mercedes-Benz of North America says plan to move its headquarters from Montvale, NJ, to Pearl River, NY, has been put off because project appears likely to exceed its $50 million budget (S)
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The Pop Life; Celine Dion Says No on All Points
Date: 08 April 1998
By Neil Strauss
Neil Strauss
Lawyer for Celine Dion use threat of lawsuit to persuade National Examiner not to publish excerpt from unauthorized paperback biography by Iain Halperin, Celine Dion: Behind the Fairy Tale; says book falsely portrays Dion as obsessed with Michael Jackson; Halperin says he has also been hassled about his latest book, Who Killed Kurt Cobain, which alleges that Cobain was victim of a professional killer hired by his wife, Courtney Love (M)
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Smithsonian Shuts Down Book and Record Units
Date: 08 April 1998
By PETER APPLEBOME
Peter APPLEBOME
Smithsonian Institution in Washington shuts down three divisions producing books, records and videos, most notably Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, which has issued widely praised albums of jazz and popular music; hopes to continue offering some of recordings, but announcement of cutbacks, particularly of recordings, is met with widespread alarm and disappointment by scholars and collectors (M)
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City Council Panel Seeks to Suspend Parking Rules for Yet Another Holiday
Date: 08 April 1998
By MIKE ALLEN
Mike ALLEN
City Council transportation committee seeks to make Chinese New Year 31st holiday on which alternate-side parking rules are suspended, but Giuliani administration says proposal would mean dirtier streets (M)
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