First Of Four Parts Local Education Costly For City
Bill Eaton outlines the 1969-1970 Corry Area School budget at 2,235,616 with teacher salaries at 1,363,440, over half the total. The piece notes public concern over pay scales, mentions Act 96, six approved raises, and a shift by the Pennsylvania State Education Association to enforce raises, with a focus on non degree teacher increases.
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Bill Eaton
Corry
Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA
Pennsylvania
Joint
Walter L. Carmo Jr
Harrisburg
U.S. Deaths Rise in Vietnam Battle Week
U.S. battlefield deaths in Vietnam rose 23 percent to 182 last week, though still 23 percent below the year's weekly average. South Vietnamese headquarters report 295 government troops killed, down 16 percent from the prior week, while enemy casualties eased from 2,369 to 2,203. A U.S. Command spokesman said action picked up somewhat last week.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Kennedy Future Unclear As Senate Silent On Accident
Washington AP report notes senators, aside from Mike Mansfield, are tight lipped about Edward M. Kennedy's weekend crash that killed a woman riding with him. Despite Republican doubt of his presidential prospects, many privately say Kennedy’s political fate may not be in his hands. The piece adds grim casualty figures and hazy prospects into September amid ongoing small unit contacts and booby traps.
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Washington
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Kennedy
Kennedy crash autolicense suspended in Edgartown case
Kennedy's license was suspended by the Registry of Motor Vehicles after a preliminary finding of fault in the accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard. Investigators said the probe isn't finished and questions remain before a full report is ready, with Kennedy facing leaving the scene charges.
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Edgartown
Mass
Edward M Kennedy
Registry of
George W. Kennedy
Boston
Massachusetts
Washington
Kennedy
George Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Chappaquiddick Island
Martha’s Vineyard
Apollo 11 splashdown area shifted to new zone
Thunderstorms forced NASA to relocate the Apollo 11 return to a 4. clear but windy Pacific Ocean area about 250 miles away, 241 miles from Johnston Island. Officials said re entry remains the same and splashdown simply occurs later as Nixon and other dignitaries prepare to watch the return.
Nixon Welcomes Apollo 11 Crew From Arlington
President Nixon, aboard the USS Arlington, awaits the Apollo 11 splashdown after praising the moon landing for lifting global spirits. He will greet Armstrong and Aldrin from the Hornet, then depart to visit several nations during an 11 day trip.
Vote Awaited On Public Strike Bill In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg AP House Majority Leader K Leroy Irvis aims to call a vote next week on a Democratic bill granting public employees the right to collective bargaining and limited the right to strike. The Rules Committee amended the measure before sending it to the floor amid broad caucus support anticipated from Republicans. The bill would affect about half a million workers including teachers and private nonprofit staff, requiring employers to recognize a bargaining representative. In another item, Altoona man Thomas Ollinger 34 injured when his truck hit by a Penn Central train near Turtle Point, with $8000 damage and no crossing lights but whistle sounded.
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Harrisburg
K. Leroy Irvis
Irvis
House Rules Committee
Pittsburgh
House
Lee A. Donaldson Jr
R-Allegheny
Kane
Altoona
Penn Central
Port Alleghany Hospital
Thomas Ollinger
Ollinger
Turtle Point
Apollo 11 Moon Mission Ends With Pacific Splashdown
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins splashed down in the Pacific aboard the USS Hornet after reentry at 24 600 mph The landing point was moved 950 miles southwest of Hawaii due to storms Nixon awaited on the Hornet but would not greet them in person A frogman in protective gear prepared to disinfect them before transfer to an air tight trailer en route to Houston for isolation
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Uss Arlington
Nixon
Earth
San Francisco
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin F. Aldrin Jr
Romania
Britain
Johnston Island
Honolulu
South Pacific
Atoll
Mid- Pacific
Hawaii
Arlington
Hornet
Uss
Pacific Ocean
Edwin B. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Houston
Tex
HRC rejects desegregation plans for Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Erie
Harrisburg AP The state Human Relations Commission denied new desegregation plans for Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Erie districts serving about one fifth of Pennsylvania's 2.3 million pupils. Chester district gains extension for junior high race mixing to September 1970 and Wilkinsburg gets new October 1 final deadline. Harrisburg plan review ongoing.
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Harrisburg
State Human Relations Commission
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Erie
Pennsylvania
Chester
Wilkinsburg
Allegheny County
Richard B. Anliot
The
Commission
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International Ladies Garment Workers Union
George L. Meany
ILGWU
Dubinsky
Edinboro
Carmo
Journal
Journal Joint Committee
Naw
Miss Kopechne
Page Four
Corry Bleacher Co
East Main Street
New York State
David Johnson
Space Agency
Donald E. Stullken
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Thomas 0. Paine
NASA
John
McCain
Pacific
Air Force
Edwin EB
Aldrin Jr
Frank Borman
William P. Rogers
C. J. Seiberlich
Cmdr
William Tasker
Apollo
HRC
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