Editorial Urges State Financing Of Public Education Reform
A Gazette editorial argues for major reform in funding public education, favoring eliminating local real estate taxes in favor of state financing. It highlights Senator John Stouffer's plan to shift to personal income taxes, raise state aid coverage to 80 percent by 1983-84, and reduce local tax burdens while preserving support for seniors and housing affordability.
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Pennsylvania
General Assembly
State Senate
John Stouffer
Stauffer
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Bread and wheat politics move in a global satire
A satirical Liberal View piece imagines Soviet leaders coercing wheat consumption to drive shortages at home and abroad. It riffs on bread lines, mass rations, and a mock plan to arm MIRV missiles with cream of wheat, mocking wheat diplomacy and Cold War tensions.
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Art Buchwald
Washington
United States
Moscow
Politburo
Leningrad
Marx-Eagles Baking Co
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Tito
Belgrade
China
Soviet Union
Siberia
America
Washington Merry-Go-Round Forced Out For Doing A Good Job
Washington column reports William Brown, chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, is being forced out for his effective civil rights actions including AT T damages of 15 million. He is replaced by John Powell. sources say AT T lobbied for his departure. Brown opposed Nixon era hiring policies.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
William Brown
American Telephone and Telegraph
AT and T
Brown
Telephone Company
T and T
Nixon
Nixon Administration
John Powell
General Coursel
US Commission On Civil Rights
Powell
Lyndon Johnson
Westinghouse Electric
Ted Bowes
White House
Geoffrey Shepard
Dam
Shepard
Ken Dam
Horace Mann teachers left lasting high standards
Reminiscence on Horace Mann Elementary Indiana from the late 1930s and 1940s highlights exceptional educators. The author recalls strict yet caring teachers across all grades, the principal Miss Mary L Russell, and a local program drawing quality staff. Strong faith in formative impact and lifelong respect for the school community.
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Horace Mann Elementary School
Indiana
Horace Mann
Hast End School
New
South Fifth St
North Fifth St
Parent Teachers Association
Gertrude Walker
Goldie Preston
Miss Fleming
Beatrice Harvey
Alaska
North Pole
Nanook
Orth
Hesse
Ruth Thomas
Indiana School Board
Lola Beeler
Mary Thompson
Mary L. Russell
Florida
In Favor of Education From a Purchase Line Teacher
A reader, a teacher, writes in passionate support of public education in response to Taxpayers Rap Striking Teachers. The letter defends education as vital, describes teachers’ dedication, funding needs, and parental partnership, and questions Rhoda Pearce’s remarks. It emphasizes commitment to students and urges realism about education's costs.
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Taxpayers Rap
Purchase Line Education Association
Taxpayers
Rhoda Pearce
Purchase Line
Harrisburg
Morrow
I.Q
Pearce
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Elizabeth KR
Sweeney
Amye Taylor Ray
R. Hastie Ray
Edkor
Russell M. Hickey
Joseph L. Donnelly
Isecren
William B. Hastings
Frank B. Hood
Associated Press
AP News
Carrier Boy
Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Penna
Justice and Commerce Departments
Congress
Justice Department
Commerce Department
Kenneth Payne
Ted Boives
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Garrett
Haldeman
H. R. Haldeman
Harbor Island
Calif
Harbor
Bob Haldeman
Watergate
Senate Watergate Committee
Inrey
By Frank B. Hood
Dorothy Fleming
Frank Edwards
Yellowstone National Park
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