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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1975
Page
1
A Marion County Schools Task Force letter urges removal of sex based course tracking in middle school home economics and industrial arts. It cites Title IX, requests combined gender enrollment, and proposes bi sex instruction in a jointly titled program with equal access and notice to parents.
Orville Dunkin superintendent reports adoption of a revised seventh and eighth grade industrial education program. World of Construction starts 1975-76, World of Work 1976-77. discusses equal education opportunity compliance and potential scheduling changes with federal and state guidelines, funded locally.
The piece argues against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment citing concerns from critics and supporters. It notes 4000 Iowa women petitioning to rescind ratification, questions about family, employment, draft, and public facilities, and recalls statements by Justice Felix Frankfurter. It then outlines recent legislative actions including Wage Payment Act passage, highway funding, a lie detector ban, and the Town Family Farm Act with land divestiture provisions.
A reader accuses South Central Conference sportswriters of ignorance for naming Doug Spilman the outstanding wrestler. The letter promotes Les Nieuwsma of Pella and Kirk Stone of Chariton as superior contenders and urges coaches be consulted before voting.
The author opposes the proposed amendment, arguing it would establish a monopolistic framework and likely bring far reaching detrimental consequences in the future. The language emphasizes potential harm to competition and broader negative impacts anticipated over time.
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