U.N. backs wage idea for housework at Nairobi conference
Delegates at the U.N. women conference urged governments to value and pay for women's work in the home and fields. A global one day strike is planned Oct 24 to press for salaries for housework, with support from homemaker groups and advocates in London and Los Angeles.
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Nairobi
Kenya
U.N. Women’s Conference
Wilmette Brown
Newark
N.J
Britain
Reykjavik
Iceland
U.N
Margaret Prescod
Los Angeles
Housewives In Dialogue
Krishna Ahuja Patel
Patel
India
International Labor Organization
Geneva
Fisher brings Ashley home after baby defeats cancer
Odessa mother Jan Fisher proclaims her 7 month old daughter Ashley is healed after a lengthy battle with leukemia. Ashley returned from Fort Worth Children's Hospital to her Odessa home where Fisher credits God and her determination for the successful experimental treatment outcome.
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Fisher
Ashley
Baby
Ector County
Jan Fisher
Pepperidge Place
Odessa
Fort Worth Children’s Hospital
Marshall
God
Tragic Italian Dam Collapse Kills Dozens in Dolomites
A dam retaining wall failed after storms near Stava in Val di Fiemme, sending mud and floodwaters into Tesero area. Officials warn the death toll may reach 100 to 200 with up to 20 houses and four hotels inundated and 34 miles of valley swept by water and mud.
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Rome
Italy
Dolomite
Giuseppe Zamberletti
Stava
Val di Fiemme
Milan
Bolzano
Civil Defense Ministry
ANSA
State board ends graduation fitness test requirement
The Texas State Board of Education voted in Austin to drop the mandatory fitness test for non-P E students seeking graduation credits. The move allows substitutes such as band drill team cheerleading ROTC and vocational work without a required test. Officials said the test proved little and will be reviewed further by the Texas Education Agency.
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State Board of Education
Austin
Paul Dunn
el Paso
Dunn
Keith Dial
Ector County Independent School
Texas Education Agency
Jon Brumley
Fort Worth
No Teacher Shortage Yet at Ector County Schools
Ector County teachers view a 20 percent drop in applicants as not creating a shortage. District official Gordon Madison cites higher statewide pay and HB 72 efforts as factors, with expected growth in elementary enrollment driving about 40 more hires. Retirements exceed usual levels but no layoff occurred as attrition covered gaps.
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Ector County
Gordon Madison
Bynum
Madison
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Dr. J.O
Defense Ministry
Alma Bernard
Tesero
Associated Press
Texas
West
Raymond Bynum
Ector School
Roy Marin
Marin
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