Board Rejects Two Year Probation for New Virginia Teachers
The Virginia State Board of Education defeated 5-4 a plan to place new public school teachers on two years of probation before permanent certificates. The vote preserved current practice that grants permanent certificates to graduates of state teacher colleges. Supporters say provisional certification ensures competency, while opponents call it mediocrity and a waste of resources.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Board of Education
General Assembly
Superintendent of Public Instruction
S. John Davis
State Council of Higher Education
Southern Regional Education Board
Virginia Education Association
Henry W. Tulloch
Waynesboro
Kenneth White
Lynchburg
Alex B. James
Virginia Union University
Thomas R. Watkins
Hampton
Mark Travel
Old Dominion University
Christmas Trees Tested For Pests In Virginia
Virginia inspectors from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are checking Christmas trees for gypsy moth egg masses, focusing on imports from the northeast. The gypsy moth population has surged this year, with significant defoliation from Maine to Maryland and a 5.1 million acre loss in 1980, threatening evergreens after a single attack.
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Richmond
State Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Virginia
Marshall Trammell
Pennsylvania
New York
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
United States
Maryland
Valley Forecast Quiet, partly sunny with upper 30s to low 40s
The forecast calls for partial sun today with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s and a cold night with teens to around 20s. Sunday should be mostly sunny with highs in the 40s and a light breeze.
In Our Skies Saturday Dec 12 Skywatch Notes
In Our Skies for Saturday December 12 the sun sets at 4 55 p m and rises at 7 24 a m Moonrise occurs tonight at 6 35 p m The last quarter moon arrives December 17 Tonight Orion rises in the east Venus sinks in the west and the Square of Pegasus sits high in the southwest
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Venus
Pegasus
Norfolk Unions Protest Waterside Hiring Rebuff
About 16 unions plan a picket at Waterside and City Hall in Norfolk to denounce alleged local-union hiring slights on the $15 million waterfront project. Union leaders accuse out of town developers and managers, while NRHA defends bidding and local-content plans.
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Norfolk
Waterside
Eugene Leach
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
James W. Rouse
Aubrey Gorman
Enterprise Development Co
Columbia, Md
Rouse
Gorman
City and Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority
Leach
Hampton Roads Building Trades Council
City Hall
Robert Smithson
Sheet Metal Workers Local 87
David H. Rice
NRHA
Builders and Contractors Exchange
Dodge Plan Room
Rice
Navy Warns Of Drug Crackdown In Force
The Navy and Marine Corps announce a hard line against illegal drugs with immediate discharge for officers caught with even one marijuana cigarette. The policy, effective Feb. 1, targets both services and emphasizes punishment over rehabilitation, following congressional reports of drug abuse in the armed forces.
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Norfolk
Navy
Marine Corps
Harry D. Train II
Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk Ledger-Star
Atlantic
Cmdr
Howard Matson
Train
Robert H. Barrow
United States Marine Corps
Barrow
House
U.S
Nimitz
Mine Group Plans Washington Lobby On Strip Mine Rules
Roanoke AP Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association backs changing federal strip mine regulations. Director B V Cooper says operators will march on Congress in early 1982 to curb Office of Surface Mining powers and uphold property rights amid stricter blasting and suitability rules. Cooper cites 40 percent lost production and court battles over unconstitutional provisions while supporting reclamation.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Congress
Washington
B.V. Cooper
Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association
Big Stone Gap
Cooper
Interior Department
The
Mining Association
U.S. Office of Surface Mining
Association
U.S. Supreme Court
Metro
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