Building the Teacher Corps Faces a Political Test
The Teacher Corps has long battled political hostility in Congress with funding debates. pending amendments aim to grant local and state controls and unlock 3.8 million in supplemental funds for summer training of new corps members. The program, small but effective, pairs graduates and Peace Corps volunteers with veteran teachers to tutor underprivileged children in urban and rural areas.
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Peace Corps
Rise and Fall offers penny per inch skirt cleaning deal
A London dry cleaning firm markets a sensational price for mini skirts claiming tuppence per inch of hem. Ads boast the shorter the skirt, the less you pay, framing the sale as clever business with a natural limit to prevent losses as hems lengthen.
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London
Public letters clash over Johnson, communism, and reform
Readers debate President Johnson and U S Vietnam policy while criticizing generations of political rhetoric. A critic urges dignified protest and letter writing, contrasting communism fears with poverty, civil rights, and oil rights. A poet-critic mocks press labeling, and HALAL adds commentary on Young Republican divisions.
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U.S
Vietnam
United States
Goldwater
Lyndon
J. W
Letter writers clash over wage strikes and labor regard
Ranger T P Treland chides Col Densford for stance on Valley workers striking for a living wage. A reader, Richard Tyler, praises laborers and mocks the editor’s letter by Raymond Orr and envisions Orr as a presidential candidate from any race or even space aliens, urging readers to address letters to In the Mailbox at The Light in San Antonio.
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Charles Densford
U.S.A
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Raymond Orr
Outer Space
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Mr. Orr
Richard Tyler
P.O
San Antonio
Texas
Computers Pinch Labor Race Gap in Federal Drive
A federal push to computerize equal employment data aims to map hiring by race across thousands of U.S. employers. The plan centers on a vast Bureau of the Census computer and a parallel EEOC archive, targeting minorities in high paying trades and construction while unions await forms and hearings.
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Midwest
Bureau of the Census
Teeta Gore
D.C
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
America
E.e.0.c
Franklin Roosevelt Jr
Steve Shulman
Iirms
University of Pittsburgh
E.O.C.C
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E.E.O.C
Shatman
Labor
Wirtz
Albuquerque
Los Angeles
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Court Critics Race Law and Union Rights Across States
A panel of three federal judges, by a close vote, faulted Connecticut welfare rules that tie payments to residence, arguing they block free movement. The piece questions equal protection in labor cases, noting a 5-4 ruling upholding union fines on cross picket lines and the unequal treatment of union dues payers versus nonmembers seeking work. The author decries a de facto caste system in U.S. rights.
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Supreme Court
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Orwell
America
Justice Black
Labor Board
Justice Warren
King Features Syndicate
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Traveling health tips for safer long distance trips
A 1947 King Features Syndicate piece urges travelers to overcome travel illness fears with pre trip medical checks and doctor letters. It advises a full physical, test any special problems, and carrying a doctor signed medication list for emergencies.
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