Bush Hears Sales Pitch; Leaders Make City's Case for USS Kennedy's Importance but His Focus Is on Education, Not Mayport's Aircraft Carrier

Kormanik, Beth, The Florida Times Union

Byline: BETH KORMANIK, The Times-Union

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Jacksonville firefighter Eric Mitchell discussed education with President Bush on Friday at a program at Florida Community College at Jacksonville. Due to a photographer's error, his last name was incorrect in a photo caption on Page A-11 Saturday.

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The neediest college students would receive more grant money over the next five years in a plan President Bush announced Friday during a visit to Florida Community College at Jacksonville's South Campus.

The president said he will ask Congress to boost the maximum amount of the federal Pell Grant program from $4,050 to $4,550 over five years. It would mark the first increase in the grant program in three years. His plan also includes giving up to $1,000 in …

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Publication information: Article title: Bush Hears Sales Pitch; Leaders Make City's Case for USS Kennedy's Importance but His Focus Is on Education, Not Mayport's Aircraft Carrier. Contributors: Kormanik, Beth - Author. Newspaper title: The Florida Times Union. Publication date: January 15, 2005. Page number: Not available. © 2007 The Florida Times-Union. COPYRIGHT 2005 Gale Group.

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