50 Million In Schools This Fall
North American Newspaper Alliance reports record enrollments nationwide with total public private school and higher education enrollment at 56 million. College enrollments rise 9 percent to 4 million, while grade school 36.6 million and high school 13.3 million. Private/parochial students total 8.7 million. Shortage of teachers grows despite $50 billion in education spending. 2.045 million K-12 teachers plus 466,000 college faculty needed to meet growth.
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Benjamin Fine
Alliance
New York
United States
U. S. Office of Education
Office of Education
Cecil J. Hannan
The
National Education Assn
Viet Cong Bombard Saigon Erupts Across South Vietnam
Viet Cong guerrillas fired 19 mortars and small arms at Phan Thiet air strip 100 miles northeast of Saigon. A fuel dump burned briefly with light aircraft damage and no U.S. casualties reported. In An Khe and other areas, clashes left several Viet Cong killed or captured while air operations against North Vietnam continued. Security forces heightened after Viet Cong plans to attack a U.S. billet and a Saigon radio station.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Phan Thiet
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Highlands
An Khe
Hanoi-Peking
Red China
North Viet Nam
United States
Frontier Demilitarized Zone
Russia Gains French Aid For Atomic Energy Expansion
Report notes three nearby Soviet cities Serpukhov Dubna and Obninsk near Moscow spearheading atomic progress. Serpukhov hosts a large synchrotron with French partners to design a bubble chamber, Dubna known as Oak Ridge of Russia with Chinese and international cooperation, Obninsk hosts the first practical Soviet nuclear power plant delivering electricity since June 1954.
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Moscow
Serpukhov
Dubna
Obninsk
Capital
Russia
Charles de Gaulle
Oak Ridge
United States
Serpukhovsyn
Saigon Election Beset by Viet Cong Attacks and Grenades
In Saigon and across South Viet Nam, voting opened amid Viet Cong grenade assaults and daylight disruptions as Premier Ky's regime seeks turnout. Six killed and 29 wounded in two days of attacks. 76 enemy and allied casualties reported in isolated clashes.
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George McArthur
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Oklahoma Brunette Winner In Miss America Pageant
Jane Anne Jayroe a 19 year old brunette from Oklahoma was named Miss America of 1967 in Atlantic City New Jersey. She won a talent preliminary conducting and singing a ballad and aims to become a musical conductor.
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Jane Jayroe
Laverne
Okla
Atlantic City
E. G. Jayroe
Debbie Bryanthoma
N.J
Jane Anne Jayroe
Oklahoma
Jane
Oklahoma City University
Jay-Jay
Jayroe
Deborah Bryant
Kansas
Virginia Lass Named Miss Congeniality
Linda Jo Maclin 18 representing Virginia in the Miss America pageant was chosen Miss Congeniality by secret vote of 49 contestants at Convention Hall. The award includes a $1000 scholarship and was announced by Maria Elizabeth Mushro of Iowa as the winner last year.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Linda Jo Maclin
Virginia
Convention Hall
Maria Elizabeth Mushro
Iowa
Linda
Mary Washington College
Inside Reading Study Lists Industrial Sites
A compact page item lists industrial sites under reading study headings on page 2 A and page 1 C. The notation suggests cross-referenced sections for researchers and students.
Treasury freezes new borrowing by federal agencies
Secretary Henry H. Fowler announced a temporary halt on new federal agency borrowings in private securities markets through year end. Planned multi billion dollar sales of government loans will be postponed, reducing about 5 billion dollars of government backed securities in money markets and potentially easing inflationary pressures. Fowler noted a possible four month rise in Treasury borrowing but said the net effect should ease money market pressures and may lower interest rates.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Johnson
Fowler
Treasury
40 Et 8 Boys Revel At Baltimore Convention
The 47th national gathering of the 40 et 8 veterans, old World War I and new World War II members, features water pistols, jokes, and playful pranks in a Baltimore hotel. Delegates boast about numerous props and prizes for children while acknowledging changes from past rowdier antics.
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Baltimore
Stanley Dzoiba
New Bedford
Mass
Lawrence F. Smith
Lancaster County
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Soviet Union
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Hanoi
California
Charlene Dallas
Danville
Tennessee
Vicki Lynn Hurd
Kingsport
Ohio
Sharon Elaine Phillian
Delaware
New Hampshire
Nancy Anne Naylor
Rye Beach
Virginia Lass
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