Court Rules North Carolina NTE Requirement Illegal
A federal court struck down North Carolina’s use of the National Teacher Examination minimum score 950 for teacher certification as unfair and discriminatory. It upheld the right to require competency tests but warned the NTE could not be used to exclude applicants, noting racial disparities and timing with school integration. The ruling spurred the 1975 legislature to seek a new testing system while the Board of Education begins the search.
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North Carolina
North Carolina Assn. of
Braxton Craven
State Board of Education
Two ex governors may strike future political chords
North Carolina's Robert W. Scott and South Carolina's John West, both former governors, are viewed as possible future contenders. Scott has left politics for private business but plans a government relations consulting venture. West returned to law and chairs an education task force on alcoholism.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Robert W. Scott
John West
U. S
Scott
West
Hilton Head
Education Commission of the States
North Carolina Agribusiness Council
Pat Taylor Jr
Wadesboro
Charles Barbour
Durham
Bob Scott
Senate
Jesse Helms
Memories Of The Kingfish Huey Long As Leader And Rogue
A retrospective on Huey P. Long of Louisiana describing him as a complex figure who could be both reformer and dictator. The piece traces his rise from railroad commissioner to governor and then to U S Senate, noting his populist slogan Every Man a King and his impact on state reforms and national politics.
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Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Kingfish
Long
T. Harry Williams
State Railroad Commission
Public Service Commission
Cas
U.S. Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
EPA deposit plan on throwaway cans undercut by industry lobby
A leaked Washington story reveals the EPA's June 2 deposit proposal for beverage containers faced intense industry opposition led by the U.S. Brewers Assn and Can Manufacturers Institute. Lobbyists flooded Congress and inside officials circulated comments to weaken the guidelines, prompting changes and raising questions about integrity and neglect of public interest.
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EPA
U.S. Brewers Assn
Aluminum Co. of America
Reynolds Metals
Can Manufacturers Institute
National Soft Drink Assn
Glass Container Manufacturers Institute
Federal Register
H. Lanier Hickman
Russell Train
U.S
Capitol Hill
Congress
Hickman
American Can
U.S. Brewers
Coca- Cola
Bethelem Steel
Owens-Illinois
Robert Colonna
Colonna
Portugal’s Labyrinth Shapes Crisis in Lisbon
A Manila-style analysis outlines Portugal’s pro Communist Premier Vasco Goncalves facing a broad anti-Communist coalition. Key military leaders shift, Antunes manifesto backs pluralism, Gomes and COPCON seize control, while peasants and Angolan recruits rise in opposition. Endgame remains unsettled as external powers loom and internal factions fracture.
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Portugal
Vasco Gonzalves
Lisbon
The Missile Explained by Buchwald Column
Washington review of the missile program lampoons the process from civilian idea to Pentagon approval. It argues decisions are driven by bottom up signing, endless funding, and PR spins, ending with failed tests praised as progress while paper ideas remain ahead of real missiles. The piece cites a $10,000-a-year civilian engineer and criticizes wasteful defense budgeting and management.
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Washington
Air Force Manual
Air Force
Pentagon
ROTC
Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
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A.ra
America
Environmental Protection Agency
Gonzalves
Goncalves
Acores
Costa Gomes
Gomesh
Vayo
Carvalhorem
Armed Forces Movement
AFM
Melo Antunes
Troika
Gomes
Carvalho
Carlos Fabian
Fabian
Copcon
Alvaro Cunhal
Angola
Etecandenie -Pound
Rosa Coutinhe
Ponaiar Movement
Popular Movement For the Liberation
Ansola
Luanda
THE
ART. Buchwald Column
Kennedy
White House
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