Merit Rating in Teaching Spurs Union Opposition
The editorial attacks merit rating for teachers as a threat to pay, arguing AFT and NEA oppose objective evaluation. It contends unions resist performance-based pay, protecting salaries regardless of individual results, while praising service members in other sectors for yardsticks of ability. It calls for recognition of outstanding teachers and criticizes union influence on education policy.
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American Federation of ‘Teachers
AFT
National Education Association
NEA
Afl-Cio
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APT
Lenten Meditations on Faith and Self Denial
A fragment from a religious meditation urging humility before God and submission to divine will. It reflects on spiritual double mindedness, prayer, and prioritizing the Kingdom of God, ending with a brief obituary note of Donata Morlette, 65, crushed to death in a construction accident in Chestnut Pa.
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Christ Jesus
Jesus Christ
Chesteh
Donata Morlette
Wallingford
Upton
Public calls for church and state debate stir nationwide
The column cites a circular from Americans United for Separation of Church and State urging fundraising to educate lawmakers and media about church state issues. It surveys diverse views on church funded education, buses, atheism, and fears of Papal influence versus Marxist threats, noting personal interruptions amid ongoing debate.
Dollar and tariffs clash with idle production
Paul Harvey argues that rising complexity in monetary policy and tariffs misleads the public. He warns that more dollars without productive output devalues the currency, notes tariff concessions with 24 nations, and questions who buys domestically produced goods as productivity lags. He laments anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish letter writers amid Cold War fears of Communism.
Spring Hope Lightens Business Outlook Across Sectors
New York report notes mixed February data with gains in personal income to a record 432.8 billion dollars and factory output recovering, while durable goods orders fell 1 percent. Analysts await stronger consumer spending and business confidence as spring begins.
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New York
API
Washington
Japan vows retaliation in Pacific war clash with US and Britain
A wartime report notes Japan declaring extreme warfare based on retaliation and hatred and promising reciprocity. It references a coal shortage among teachers and mass resignations as Dr. C J Christensen of Edinboro State Teachers College urged teachers to remain in the profession at a Corry association meeting. Gas stations in Corry are expected to suspend Sunday operations under the 72 hour limit across eastern states.
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Poau
Tokyo
United States
Britain
Japan
C. J. Christensen
Edinboro State Teachers College
Corry Teachers Association
Christensen
Corry
Kennedy Trade and Medical Bills Face House Gridlock
James Searlow analyzes two Kennedy administration priorities stalled in Congress. The medical care bill, tied to Social Security, languishes under Rep Wilbur Mills in a Democratic House, while the trade bill, urged by Kennedy, seeks broad new presidential tariff powers amid committee opposition and outside pressure. The White House coordinates a wide lobbying effort as hearings continue.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
House
Ways and Means Committee
American Medical Association
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
John W. McCormack
Mills
House Rules
Senate
Kenedy
White House
Asnerton
Creativity Not Grades College Goal Emphasized
Dr Edward D Eddy Jr president of Chatham College urged a shift toward creativity over grades at a three day eastern regional Intercollegiate Association of Women Students conference. He said many students want more focus on creativity and less emphasis on grades as freshmen programs at colleges lag behind evolving high school curricula across the region from Michigan to South Carolina.
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Nivenorr Raga
Edward D. Eddy Jr
Chatham College
Pittshurgh
Eddy
Intercollegiate Association of Women
Michigan
South Carolina
Students Escape As Skidding Car Rams School Bus
James Lawi composes from Pine Valley Central School in Chau Tauqua County where a bus rear impact by a skidding car near Conewango Valley caused minor injuries to Mrs Constance Dye and her mother Mildred Cochran while James Cochran and bus driver Niles Hadley escaped unharmed.
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James Lawi
Pine Valley Central School
Chautauqua County
Conewango Valley
Jamestown
Bate
John Amet
Falconer
Here
Constance Dye
Dye
Mildred Cochran
James Cochran
Buffalo
Niles Hadley
Cherry Creek
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