Teacher Dropouts Challenge Stanford Study On Teaching
Prof Robert N Bush of Stanford highlights high dropout rates among teachers. More than half of June graduates leave teaching within two years and many in their first year plan not to teach in five years. He cites a gap between college training and school practice as a core cause.
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Robert N. Bush
Stanford University
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Public employment shares rise across government sectors
A study shows most people work for government when including education and defense roles. In April last year one in seven workers held public jobs, up from one in nine in 1953 and one in sixteen in 1929, with education the largest employer and a 78 percent rise in teachers and administrators from 1953 to 1963. State and local government account for about three quarters of public jobs, with the New York New Jersey Pennsylvania region showing 37 per 1000 employed in 1963, up 28 percent while population grew 14 percent.
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Four Minute Mile Milestone Spurs Record Talk
The piece notes Roger Bannister’s historic sub four minute mile and reports multiple recent record feats. It cites Peter Snell’s 3 54 1 as the world standard while London races see eight runners under four minutes. It discusses training advances, equipment, and diet as factors in continual record breakthroughs.
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British Amateur Athletic Association
Roger Bannister
London
Peter Snell
New Zealand
Bannister
Nuclear shield pledge to deter spread of nukes
U.S. planners consider a sweeping defense guarantee to defend non-nuclear nations attacked with atomic weapons. The idea, under exploration in State Department, Pentagon, and ACDA, could drive nations to seek nuclear arsenals to avoid being protected. Experts warn such guarantees may trigger broader proliferation.
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State Department
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U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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Congress
Nuclear shield plans spark broad defense guarantees
Ray Cromley discusses shifting ideas on global security where "have not" nations could import technicians and materials to pursue weapons. He notes UAR Egypt’s use of German experts for rockets and recalls U.S. pledges to defend many states, with proposals for cross bloc atomic protection and potential Cuba era precedents under the Monroe Doctrine.
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Major dubbed Tiger Eyes leads Da Nang sector to gains
In Da Nang, Major Robert E Ley and Col. Charles H Brown head a small advisory team that built a hardened 150 square mile sector defense. They launched 42 company size assaults, killed about 400 Viet Cong and captured 400, with 25 Americans killed or wounded, and no prisoners taken. Ley earned the Vietnamese Gallantry Medal with Silver Star.
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Tiger Eyes
Robert E Ley
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Georgia
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West Point
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Charles H. Brown
el Paso
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Viet Nam
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Life of one epic motion picture shown to crowd
A crowd of about 1,000 attended the opening of a four part series last night at the theatre. The program titled Life of one epic featured the first presentation in motion pictures. The audience enjoyed the inaugural show and the event drew local excitement.
Twenty Years Ago Items From The News Post Files
Twenty years back items note Rockwell Terrace bird disturbance by shotgun fire to move birds from northern city areas. Nipponese journalist accuses Suzuki cabinet as Japan faces crisis amid Allied bombing. Berlin Kommandator says Soviet orders stay in force while Red Army relinquishes 12 of 20 boroughs to Allied control. Fort Cumberland Post 13 protests Truman over using Bedford Springs Hotel to house Japanese diplomats captured in Germany.
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Vietnam diplomacy and appeasement dangers warned
Washington Today editor argues that appeasement and surrender threaten the free world in the Southeast Asia crisis. Cites Geneva 1954 lessons, urges strong U S policy, allied unity, and an embargo on Communist aid to North Vietnam to avert a broader war.
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Senate
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South Vietnam
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