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1989 SA By The Associated Press NEW YORK ? Nearly a decade Scholastic Aptitude Test by fen youngsters stalled during the last sc tion's top education official terme heartening." Statistics presented by The Colle day show a widening race and gen 1,088,223 high school students wh 1989: White students in the high sc gained 2 points on their combined and now average 200 points higher math-verbal scores were unchangec year at 737. Bakkers li1 convicted' By The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. ? With testimony in the Jim Bakker trial sounding like a script from Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, witnesses described the PTL founder's lavish homes, a $5,000 Christmas tree and a two-story, air-conditioned tree house. With a wooden pointer, convicted former PTL interior decorator James Taggart used enlarged photographs of the Bakkers' homes Monday as he HpcmlvH th<> Hppnrflhno u/nrlf hp did for the evangelist Taggart's testimony came three days after he was sentenced to 17 years in prison and fined $500,000 on tax evasion convictions. Taggart and his brother, David, were convicted of evading $525,000 in income taxes on money they received from PTL. Prosecutors have indicated they might support a reduction in the Taggarts' sentences in exchange for testimony against Bakker. Taggart, 35, said Bakker ordered him to give his Highland Beach, Fla., condominium "a very glamorous look." PTL bought and renovated the condo in 1982 at a cost of $500,000. Taggart said he sought to give the oceanfront unit the "theatrical presence" Bakker liked ? TO: All Student Organizations RE: Student Organization Fair Registration Deadline!!!! DATE: Friday, September 15, at 5:00 pm Don't forget!! Applications arp available at the Campus Activities Center* iAAA a. -i_ _t r\ i1 urn iyoy diuoeni urganizauon rair win Be Held Wednesday, September 20, Form 10pm to 3pm... Rain Location Is The Russell House Ballroom COME ORGANIZATIONS SHOW YOUR STUFF AT THE FAIR The Heartbeat ofusc q c The 1989 Homecor for the 1989 Homecon Campus Activities. The candidates are welcorr There will be a mar ber 20 at 4:30pm. Int< from 12:30 - 4:30pm. APPLICATIONS Dl ities Center. For moi McBride at 777-5780 tions. lT score Women's c ; of progress on the 875. Male test-t lale and minority than a year earlie :hool year. The na- For all student d the results "dis- for the fourth coi dropped a point ;ge Board on Mon- unchanged at 476 der gap among the The combined 0 took the SAT in since 1985 when Average comp hool class of 1989 the college entr SAT scores to 937, mostly Midwesti than blacks, whose point in 1989, I 1 from the previous exam, assessing ] tural science skill jc*c\ lifp nf i V VU JLLXV V/JL ^ Taggart brc "The Bakkers had a tendency to grow very bored with what they had. It was not unusual to see something completely replaced more than once." James Taggart former interior decorator, PTL plenty of the mirrors and motorized drapes with none of the visible seams he hated. Taggart said he decorated the condo for Christmas 1982 with a tree that cost $5,000 and featured hand-blown glass ornaments. He said he used a special hoist to bring seamless, 25-foot cornices into the condominium. Draperies, bedspreads and headboards were added to a bedroom at a cost of $40,000. The master bedroom draperies could be opened and closed with a switch, he said. Bakker is charged with 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy and faces 120 years and prison and more than $5 million in fines. Prosecutors say he used nearly $4 million in ministry fiitirlo f A finnn/^a o 1 n n i n K iunuj l \j liiiauv/^/ a laviau lifestyle. SEN1 Don't forget to sign up for tl Sign up is in the Placement1 Close Building, deadline is 1 allied clarke coopers < e ernst ? frit( georgia stat houston's 1 metro] no; prud] stati touci townsen1 tranec united ( I-??mm?mwma?B?m??mmammmmuamm Hi UJltimate Spirit of ?arolin; Ijnm CCO|11lf ning Commission is currentl ling Queen. Applications are 5 Aoolication fee is $20. Sdoi I I * led to apply. idatory information meeting c srviews will be conducted on JE SEPTEMBER 15 by 5:00 re information contact Step i. Be a part of one of THE s show 4 ombined scores dipped 2 points to akers averaged 934, 1 point higher r. s, SAT averages showed little change isecutive year. Average verbal scores to 427 from 1988; math scores were i, for a combined 903. national averages have changed little they hit 906. osite scores on the ACT Assessment, ance test that predominates in 28 srn and Western states, dipped 0.2 lo 18.6. Averages on the four-part English, math, social studies and nas, are scored on a scale of 1-35. opulence, >ther says "The Bakkers had a tendency to grow very bored with what they had," Taggart testified. "It was not unusual to see something completely replaced more than once." Taggart continued his testimony Tuesday, taking the jury on a video tour of the presidential suite at the Heritage Grand Hotel, where the Bakkers stayed at times. The fourth-floor suite had 4,000 square feet, he said. Taggart said he completed the project within 12 working days. Three PTL partners then testified, including a mother of 13 who has 21 grandchildren. Sarah Combs of Spanishburg, W.Va., said she and her husband, a disabled coal miner were living on $400 a month. But they decided to use $1,000 of a $19,000 "black lung fund" that her husband received for medical compensation to instead buy a partnership in the Heritage Grand Hotel. But she was never able to stay there, despite repeated attempts, she said. "Every time I called, I would talk to someone else and they would give me a different reason why there wasn't any room," she said. fORS! he organizations listed below. Office, 6th Floor, H. 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The two-part multiple-choice test is scored on a scale of 200-800, with a combined 1600 Kninrr o r\nrfa/?t uvuig a pvi it/va j The ACT, taken by 855,171 high school students during the last school year, is administered by Ameri- I Textbooks Continued f an IBM disk. ~ "Strictly speak Cole said this concerned him for legal because the two reasons. a professor and it: "Number one is the fact that this do with what he ) book went out free and they're "There is not mi charging me 30 bucks for it," he We've marked th< said. "The second is that those au- only." thors and the publishing company Rorie said man aren't making anything off the are unsolicited. "1 book." if a professor gel The textbook representative said cited, books are j it is the single biggest problem that then any means 1 book companies face, but there is ing of the book i: nothing that can be done. said. 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