NEA opposes Bork nomination and official English push
The NEA voted to oppose Robert Bork for the Supreme Court and to challenge efforts to make English the official language. Delegates also backed birth control access in schools, opposed corporal punishment, and urged AIDS education and teacher certification reforms. They debated gay rights marches and Nicaragua aid while criticizing Secretary Bennett.
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Los Angeles
Supreme Court
Robert Bork
United States
Bork
Jane Stern
Rockville
National Education Association
Nicaragua
Washington
NEA
Mary Harwood Futrell
U.S
William J. Bennett
Reagan
Bess T. Chappas
Savannah
America
Greece
Ed A. Foglia
California Teachers Association
National Standards Board
Futrell
National Board
Bennett
Europe
Margaret Thatcher
Pope John Paul II
Fourth of July fireworks mishaps and celebrations across the U.S.
The holiday weekend saw a Osage Iowa fireworks accident injuring Brian K. Jones and others, plus multiple reports of pier collapses and injuries from Topsail Beach North Carolina and other locations. Beachgoers packed lakes and city parks, with crowds statewide and major events drawing hundreds of thousands in Boston Philadelphia Washington Chicago and beyond.
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Younkers
Osage
Metz
Osage Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Cape Cod
Nebraska
Lake McConaughy
Roger Knowlton
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Lake Monroe
Topsail Beach
N.C
Kenosha
Wis
New York
Washington, D.C
Clarkston
Wash
New York City
Macy’s
East River
Springdale
U.S. Capitol
Washington Monument
U.S. Park
Philadelphia
Chicago
Grant Park
Spamdemonium festival marks Spam's 50th anniversary in Austin
Town celebrates Spam's history with a three day festival featuring a Salute to Spam airshow and a Spam n Hotcakes breakfast while labor strife at Hormel continues. Residents wear Spam shirts and share first tastes as Hormel workers picket the plant's contract dispute.
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Austin
Minn
Minnesota
John Myers
Texas
The
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Geo. Hormel & Co
Hormel
250 Pound Ray Strikes Boy On Gulf Boat
A 250 pound spotted brown ray leaped from the water and landed on a 5 year old boy aboard a 16 foot boat in the Gulf of Mexico. The child was hospitalized at Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center in satisfactory condition. The ray also pinned another passenger’s legs before Carroll forced it back into the water.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Carlton Carroll
Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center
Sharon Golden
Bill Fite
Carlton
Carroll
Bill Piotrowski
John Adam
Gulf
Ray
Piotrowski
Summer Summer Index measures heat discomfort in new index
Washington AP report explains mechanical engineer John W. Pepi of Maynard Massachusetts created the Summer Summer Index to express heat and humidity discomfort. By rebaselining base humidity to 10 percent the index rises with moisture, yielding a 96 degree reading for 85 F at 50 percent humidity.
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Washington
John W. Pepi
Maynard
Mass
Pepi
Weatherwise Magazine
American Society of Heating and Refrigeration Engineers
Arizona
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U.S. Peace Academy
Clarkston, Wash
Associated Press
Iowa
Mitchell County Fairgrounds
Brian K. Jones
Mitchell County
Curt Younker
June Metz
Russel E
Rusty” Michels
Mike Gilliam
Raleigh, N.C
New York Times
Sharon Piller
Allan Krejci
Monty Python
David Letterman
Spain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Herme
Boy
Rick Carroll
Augusta
Gardiner
Maine
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