Gore pushes for school Internet access
United Press International - February 01, 1998 03:26
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31 (UPI) - Speaking at a black-tie affair at the
revamped California Science Center in Los Angeles, Vice President Al
Gore has unveiled a $750-million plan to expand classroom Internet
access and let parents use computers to follow their children's progress
in the school.
Since the earliest days of the Clinton administration, Gore has been
pushing to make sure all schools have access to the Internet, though
this marks the first time he has brought his message to Southern
California.
The vice president was greeted by a marching band and a huge
reception in what seemed almost like a campaign appearance. But the
campaign Gore is waging is for everyone to be plugged in to the World
Wide Web.
The California Science Center has undergone a multimillion-dollar
refurbishing and is slated to open Feb. 7 with family-oriented exhibits,
an IMAX theater and hundreds of hands-on computer exhibits.
Gore, on a three-day visit to California, gave the featured speech at
the event, attended by Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, Police Chief
Bernard Parks, comedian Red Buttons and Los Angeles attorney Gloria
Allred.
In Silicon Valley on Thursday, Gore unveiled a plan to extend tax
credits for research. At the San Francisco International Airport on
Friday, he announced the planned deployment at 32 major U.S. airports of
$100-million worth of new X-ray devices to screen luggage for
explosives.
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