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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 22, 1992                   TAG: 9201220013
SECTION: NATL/INTL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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FOR THE RECORD

Clarification

In a story in Tuesday's paper, Del. Tom Jackson, D-Hillsville, was quoted as revealing several statistics about Carroll County high school dropout and graduation rates in a speech to the House of Delegates. Actually, Jackson's speech said that the figures were an average of eight Southwest Virginia counties, including Carroll; Jackson says the figures for Carroll County itself are significantly higher than the average for the eight counties. Also, Jackson's speech noted that the figures he was quoting were obtained from the 1980 Census and were for adults over 25. Current dropout and graduation rates for teen-agers are generally much better.

Also, the same story was unclear in explaining a proposal to raise the state sales tax. Del. Ford Quillen said he would submit a bill to increase the tax by one-half cent, to 5 cents on the dollar, to raise more money for education.

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