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To: jach who wrote (32772)	2/1/1998 8:58:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 61433

Gore pushes for school Internet access United Press International - February 01, 1998 03:26 %DOMESTIC %US %GORE V%UPI P%UPI 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. -- Copyright 1998 by United Press International. All rights reserved. --