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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1981
Page
4
Mary Ellen Marvich marked her 108th birthday with a party attended by county officials, continuing her nationally publicized citizenship effort.
Tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma and Kansas as a May storm raced into the Midwest bringing heavy rain and flooding. Snow blanketed Colorado Rockies and parts of New York New England logged record cold. Utilities failed in St Louis, Florida wildfires burned 102000 acres, and tornado warnings surged across Oklahoma many areas hit hard but no deaths reported.
Virginia's average teacher pay slipped from 32nd last year to 39th, with $14,874 average salary. VEA president Walt Mika urged state ear marks for funds, warning education could face disaster without new support. NEA's Estimates of School Statistics 1980-81 provided the figures.
President Reagan's choice for assistant secretary of state for human rights, Dr. Ernest W. Lefever, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that communists are among the world's worst violators while opposing human rights abuses by both right wing and communist governments. Democrats grilled him during the first day of confirmation hearings.
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