Reforming American schools through teacher supply and university cooperation
The Washington Post editorial argues talent and training gaps in U S teaching hinder math and science, due to birthrate shifts and a buyers market for staff. It urges higher salaries, closer school university ties, joint appointments, and incentives to retain top teachers amid limited arrivals.
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Yale
Ernest L. Boyer
Carnegie Foundation
Washington
Washington Post
Preservation urged for Dickerson rail station landmark
Letters urge Montgomery County to save the Dickerson Railroad Station, the last 1890s B&O design by a master architect. Readers argue it is a historic asset, not an eyesore, and oppose demolition while noting tourism and regional memories linked to Sugarloaf Mountain.
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Dickerson
Montgomery County
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chessie Systems
Pennsylvania
Wheaton
Frederick County News Highlights From Files 50 Years Ago
York county and Annapolis protests over teacher salary cuts spark local action. Snow flurries persist as geese fly northward. Debaters John A. Derr and Emmett R. Bowlus win a Virginia intercollegiate match at Bridgewater College. American Legion Auxiliary plans Easter treat at Maryland State Sanitorium with patients receiving fruit and candy. Dozols and Kefauver inspect pasteurized milk plants as county dairy farms await review. Mentally Retarded Children group to sell Easter baskets after Optimist Club ends project. Maryland SAR to unveil John Hanson plaque on April 6. Fred. County 4-H clubs to compete in public speaking contest.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Maryland
Sabillasville
Frederick County
Frederick County Association For
Optimist
Maryland Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
John Hanson
United States
Congress
SAR
Frederick
West Patrick Street
Hanson
Annapolis
To Swap NATO for Navy in Postwar Debate
In a two part series the writer examines whether the United States should trade entangling alliances for greater naval power. He weighs NATO's security against U S naval build up and questions the influence of sea power theory versus founders era neutrality. The piece hints at shifting from West European partnership to a stronger independent navy.
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Reagan
NATO
Navy
Quentiin
U.S.S.R
Lehman
Adi Mahan
Washington-Hamilton- Jefferson-Monroe
West Europe
NATO's Diminishing Role and 1960s Withdrawal Debates
Holmes Alexander surveys NATO's fate from Truman era plans for six divisions in West Europe to de Gaulle's 1966 exit, noting Navy weariness, Mansfield's withdrawal bid, and ongoing U.S. tensions with West Germany amid Vietnam and assassinations.
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Pearl Harbor
Russia
U.N
North Korea
Red China
de Gaulle
U.S. Senate
NATO
Mike Mansfield
AULA
West Germany
U.S
Holmes Alexander
Nursing home debate on aging parents duties
A reader letter discusses whether aging mothers should be kept at home or placed in nursing homes. Clergy and administrators defend homes as humane options while others argue families bear burdens and prefer home care. The piece cites church views and observer quotes on elderly happiness and social life.
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Nursing Homes
Aivuet Donstrator
Rest of the Story Reveals Peron Dinner Guest
In a macabre tale, John recalls his ex wife Livia who died nineteen years earlier and, after a long search, is discovered preserved and brought to dinner in Madrid. The narrator notes the unsettling dinner at a villa outside Madrid where Juan Peron presides over a surreal reunion with his wife.
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Joan Boyle
Ski Liberty
SKX
Jobo
Isabel
John
Old Ames
Tashar
Iabel
Madrid
Susin
Argentina
Juan Peron
Lvia
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Frederick, Md
Rae Belcher
P.O. Box
Bealisville
Cavaril
Maloney
Emmitsburg
Barbara K. Myers
Internal Revenue Service
Ick Ltt
Allan M
Creed
Wyngate Drive
Victor
H. F. Shipley
Victor Records
Corner Market
Church Streets
H. ¥. Shipley
Shipley, Bidg
Storm & Shipley
Second Streets
News-Post
Eugene W. Pruitt
John A. Derr
Monrovia
Emmett R. Bowlus
Jefferson
Virginia
Bridgewater College
Hampden-Sydney College
E. P. Dozols
State Department of Health
Division of Food and Drugs
B.C. Kefauver
Alexander
Holmes
U.S. Navy
Aurandt
Plagent
Eisenhower
Raisig
USA
Bahons of
Dokars
Ussr
Tne
George Plagen
Tvé
Paul Aurand
South America
Bonn
Rome
Milan
Wipim
Aging America
Pybuenu
Popelahan Te Oe Poor
Medias Wee Weil
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