Nationwide teachers strikes suspend classes in five states
Thousands of educators across Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Montana walked out affecting about 150000 students while Philadelphia teachers ratified a three year contract to avert a repeat of last year’s 50 day strike. Substantial walkouts touched Flint Michigan East St Louis Illinois and frontier Ohio districts with thousands more students held home as talks continued.
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Harris Wins Georgia Democratic Runoff for Governor
Georgia Democrat Joe Frank Harris defeats Ronald Ginn by about 70,000 votes in the runoff to secure the party’s gubernatorial nomination. Harris, 46, of Cartersville, led with 53.7 percent to Ginn’s 46.2 percent as 2,242 of 2,247 precincts reported. He faces Republican Bob Bell in the general election. Incumbent George Busbee cannot seek re-election this year.
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Agent Orange study delayed until 1988 or 1989
Washington AP reported that the VA expects six to seven years of study before conclusions on Agent Orange exposure and health can be drawn. The epidemiological research, begun in 1979, faces delays awaiting method to identify veterans who contacted the herbicide, and criticism of national commitment from state officials.
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